Walk through the entrance of the National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem, past the steam engines, gasoline engines, machine tools and assorted nuts and bolts, and suddenly you’re ...

Award-winning VFX company Framestore produced a number of daemons and polar bears for the series "His Dark Materials." The project was overseen by senior effects designer Russell Dodgson. The team ...

It's well-known that elephants are intelligent and graceful creatures - but these animals have taken that reputation a step further by becoming professional painters. The group of seven Asian ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. The best early-modern European ...