Smithsonian National Museum of American History Online Exhibits
Access: Publicly available resource
Description: The museum exhibitions explore major themes in American history and culture, from the War of Independence to the present day. Includes History Explorer which contains a timeline of American History. Online Exhibits include:
- America on the Move
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820–Present
- The Disability Rights Movement
- Edison Invents: All About Thomas Edison and His Inventions
- Fast Attacks and Boomers: Submarines in the Cold War
- Magic Lanterns, Magic Mirrors: A Centennial Salute to Cinema
- A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
- Price of Freedom: Americans at War
- Produce for Victory: Posters on the Home Front, 1941–1945
- Project HOPE: Forty Years of American Medicine Abroad
- Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education
- Three Mile Island: The Inside Story
- Vote! The Machinery of Democracy
Coverage: Various Dates
Subject(s):
Digital Archives & Collections
Publicly Available Resources
Related Databases
America : History and Life
America's Historical Newspapers - Series I, II, III
American Periodicals Series
Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition
Nineteenth Century US Newspapers Digital Archive
Sabin Americana 1500-1926
Smithsonian Global Sound (Requires Headphones)
Related Links
American Memory
Making of America : Cornell ** http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/ **
Making of America : Michigan ** http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/ **
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