“The center of our population has traveled westward, keeping curiously near the 39th parallel of latitude, never getting more ...

Jesse Smith, director of curatorial affairs at the Science History Institute, curated ”Lunchtime: The History of Science on the School Food Tray.” (Emma Lee/WHYY) Across the state, all students have ...

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes "Monkey Trial" — where a teacher was charged with the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. At the time, it was ...

An anthropologist highlights the revolutionary role of the practice, which was often led by women, and was just as crucial to ...

This year, the museum opened “Forensic Science on Trial,” a temporary exhibition that explores how people influence the way forensic science is used in the pursuit of justice. The exhibition ...

The centennial of the discovery of brain waves in humans exposes a chilling tale involving Nazis, war between Russia and Ukraine, suicide and the vicissitudes of history ...

First came the idea of splitting the atom; then, a chain of events leading to a moment forever etched in collective memory—the use of nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

The Virginia Museum of History of Culture wants you to know that Colonel William Tavington wasn’t so bad after all. “He’s based on a real historical person called Banastre Tarleton,” says ...