Van Young was an internationally celebrated scholar of colonial and 19th-century Latin American history, with an emphasis on ...

Murals made by museum artists illustrate the biology of fungi, the role they play in the ecosystem and their evolutionary ...

The Academy of Natural Sciences has safeguarded 222 pressed plants since the 19th century, with plans to display specimens in ...

In his latest book, Peter Kirkpatrick retrieves from Australian cultural history the compelling figure of the “ wild reciter ”, as a reviewer in the 1920s termed amateur elocutionists.

Albany is the near-forgotten brewing capital of the 19th century. The rest of the Hudson Valley got in on the action as well.

Set to open March 29, Cockx dives deep into how influential designers in modern history explored this concept and how the ...

Self-taught, he practiced “the lost art of making furniture well,” producing pieces for collectors, presidents and even the ...

An Aklan-based artist is preserving the memory of his late mother’s persevering love through his paintings of the iconic sampaguita-designed blanket seen in most Filipino households. Twenty-four ...

She’s the artful dodger. The ex-wife of a late British baron refuses to hand over a 16th-century painting that was stolen from an Italian museum more than 50 years ago — even though she “nev ...

On Tuesday, Tony-winner Nathan Lane visited The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to discuss his new show, Mid-Century Modern, or, as it has been called, "the gay Golden Girls," a description which ...

The American ... 18th- and 19th-century ephemera, including flyers, prints, broadsides and even steamboat schedules. The collection was assembled over several decades by the late Stephen Davies ...

Here are five more songs prompted by the work of famous 19th and 20th-century poets ... Produced by the late Hal Willner, the album also includes vocals by Laurie Anderson, David Bowie, Steve ...