Vanessa Armstrong

Almost two decades in the making, the institution centers on art that shapes our everyday lives and reveals the craft behind it

I toured LACMA’s historical new galleries before they're open to the public

Lucy Worsley's PBS series highlights the emotional fallout of the conflict, with a focus on the British perspective

I interviewed directors Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers about the PBS series executive produced by Ken Burns and Don Henley

Anna Eva Fay beat Crookes's scientific séance; here are some theories on how she did it.

In the 19th century, scientific Spiritualists repurposed a device that measures electricity to “test” women’s supernatural abilities.

The odd, ethereal instrument pops up on shows like Severance and Starfleet Academy.

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds': Inside the making of the murder mystery episode, 'A Space Adventure Hour.'

Literature is full of reminders that long odds can sometimes be surmounted.

The 1898 Wilmington massacre left dozens of Black North Carolinians dead. Conspirators also forced the city's multiracial government to resign at gunpoint

"Spectropia" demystified the techniques used by mediums who claimed they could speak to the dead, revealing the "absurd follies of Spiritualism"

Carrying on a family tradition, she brought her singular act, full of illusion and humor, to Black audiences in the segregated South and on up to Philadelphia.

Pneumatic tubes were supposed to revolutionize the world but have fallen by the wayside. Except in hospitals.

Each of these titles will stick with you and, perhaps, make you more likely to realize when you’re not seeing the truth.

These titles reflect on what drives our species to seek out the uncharted and unknown.

This one’s for the Muffin heads — the best episodes of ‘Bluey’ that are derailed (in a good way!) by Bluey and Bingo’s chaotic, hilarious younger cousin.

A new limited series starring Michael Douglas as Benjamin Franklin revisits the founding father's years as the American ambassador to France

Two new TV series -- 'The Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin' and 'Renegade Nell' -- celebrate and put a twist on 18th century highwaymen.

A new series dramatizes Edwin Stanton's hunt for John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators in the aftermath of the president’s 1865 assassination

Some episodes of the beloved Australian kids’ show ‘Bluey’ are silly, some are heart-wrenching — many are both. We’ve rounded up some of the best episodes.