Home page of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

This virtual exhibit features over 250 objects from the National Museum of American History's collections, revealing the stories of how and why they were collected.

This innovative program will take you on a personalized tour through the collections of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

Welcome to the National Numismatic Collection (NNC) of the Smithsonian Institution, one of the largest numismatic collections in the world. Located in the National Museum of American History, the NNC includes approximately one million objects--more than 400, 000 coins and some 550, 000 pieces of paper money and encompasses the entire history of money of the world, coins and paper money, as well as ...

This site from the National Museum of American History chronicles the donation of Julia Child's kitchen to the Smithsonian.