History

Visitors at the New York State Museum are encouraged to ask questions of staff as they reassemble the historic vessel.

My sister and I recently unearthed a forgotten box of correspondence our mom received from servicemen she'd met at Red Cross dances in Rome near the end of the war. She would have been 100 this year.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to historian William Dalrymple about his latest book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World."

Podcast host Ed Helms has published many more of historical blunders in the book "Snafu: The Definitive Guide to History's Greatest Screwups."

The National World War Two Museum and the Gary Sinise Foundation celebrate the trailblazing women who worked in the American defense industry in the 1940s, and preserve their stories for future generations.

This month, Connecticut hosted the largest ephemeral fair in the United States, where historic objects can cost anywhere from pocket change to thousands of dollars. While some dealers do the job for fun, for others, it's a living.

Ancient DNA reveals that during the Iron Age, women in ancient Celtic societies were at the center of their social networks — unlike previous eras of prehistory.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Jonathan Lane, of the consortium Revolution 250, about why the Battle of Bunker Hill won't be reenacted at Bunker Hill to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S.

Michel Martin speaks with filmmaker Tyler Perry and actor Kerry Washington about their film based on World War II's only Women's Army Corps unit of color.

Christmas wasn't always a national shopping spree — or even a day off work. But in 19th-century London, it went viral.