At the beginning of the 19th century, a group of European astronomers came together to form an association without precedent in the history of astronomy. Informally known as the Celestial Police (in ...

Whether ground up as medicine or on display at 'unwrapping parties,' Egyptian mummies fascinated Europeans, giving rise to what's known as Egyptomania. In an 1891 painting by Paul Dominique ...

A look at the 19th century Ice Age and how air conditioning shaped history. The genesis of the frozen water trade and the clever uses of ice developed to win over a skeptical public. Also, mechanical ...

A new study traces the origins of osteopathy and chiropractic, linking them to a seminal yet overlooked 19th-century European therapeutical discourse called “mechanical medicine”.

The museum, renowned for its collection of paintings from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, has announced a plan to ...