Abraham Lincoln was our tallest president. At 6-foot-4, he would stand out even today, and he certainly towered over the men and women of his era. The top hat he habitually wore in public made him ...

Learn about Abraham Lincoln (sixteenth president, 1861–1865) through museum art and artifacts from across the Smithsonian. The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery collection reflects many faces of ...

It reminds me that Ford’s is not just a place of death. Lincoln laughed there, too. His hat bore a mourning band for his son Willie, who had died in 1862. Cade Martin The coat Lincoln wore to ...

(CNN)-- A long-hidden message has been discovered inside Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch, the Smithsonian's Museum of American History announced Tuesday. Watchmaker Jonathan Dillon was repairing ...

Explore America and discover people, places, art, history, and other items related to Pennsylvania in the Smithsonian’s growing digitized collections. Held in trust for the American people, the ...