On February 23, 1954, the world’s first-ever polio vaccine was administered in Pittsburgh, United States. This day is also significant because the Gutenberg Bible was first published in Germany, pavin ...

The rare book world can involve a lot of beautiful objects, but its inner workings aren’t always pretty. The full title of ...

Since the first Gutenberg Bible rolled off the presses ... Muslims believe it is the Word of God only in the original Arabic and that translations in other languages are just interpretations ...

For various reasons, up until well after the Protestant Reformation, the Roman Catholic Church generally resisted the ...

No matter how much time you plan to spend in New York City, it never seems like quite long enough. It’s truly a “so much to ...

Fort Knox, the fortress of US’ gold reserves, symbolises economic might and democratic ideals. Now, with Trump and Elon Musk ...

Now, after a six-month restoration, the original round table is back at ... Americas to King Ferdinand’s court and the first Gutenberg Bible brought over to the Americas. New treasures rotate ...

Housed in research centers, NYPL’s historical collections hold such treasures as a draft of the Declaration of Independence written in Thomas Jefferson’s hand, one of the few surviving copies of the ...

The original decor and layout, designed and created by Henri Labrouste between 1870 and 1875, have been preserved and restored. It housed a storeroom of the Rare Book Reserve until 1998, where copies ...

Ben’s Chili Bowl has a few locations now, but the original is located on U Street ... The Library of Congress also houses treasures like the Gutenberg Bible, the Declaration of Independence, and The ...