Most valuable objects don’t look valuable at all. They sit in drawers, closets, basements, and attics because they were once ...

History isn’t just written in books — it’s buried in the artifacts we’ve lost. Across centuries, priceless treasures, sacred relics, and scientific wonders have vanished without a trace, swallowed by ...

Housing more than 4,000 books, topographical maps, newspaper clippings, postcards, and other archival material, the historical society Montgomery History celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2019 by ...

An umbrella from early 20 th century Japan. A wine glass from Belgium, circa 1825. Three teapots: one from early 20 th century China, one from late 19 th century England and one from late 19 th ...

History is written with great deeds, but sometimes also with small, everyday objects. The latter, once involved in the ...

Using the Mbari architecture of the Owerri-Igbo of eastern Nigeria as a starting point, this article addresses the different forms and meaning the objects take on in different historical periods and ...

Collections Manager Katie Grant with a statue of Echo sculpted by Larkin Mead at the new Research and Exhibition Gallery at the Vermont History Center in Barre on Wednesday, September 25. Photo by ...

While the Dorotheum auction of imperial court memorabilia and historical objects on 7th May 2015 may not offer the emperor’s new clothes, it does feature several items from the wardrobe of Empress ...