As part of next year’s Sesquisemiquincentennial celebrations, Overland Trail Museum has a lot of exciting events planned for ...

The Smithsonian Institution was established by an act of Congress in 1846 as an independent federal trust instrumentality, a ...

Science isn’t just about textbooks and laboratories—it’s an engaging journey of discovery that can lead you to the farthest ...

Princeton University will present its top awards for alumni to Kevin Gover, Class of 1978, under secretary for museums and culture at the Smithsonian, and Terence Tao, a 1996 graduate alumnus, ...

Willow Blossom had looked forward to stepping inside the Library of Congress. Kenzie Wendel wanted to see Ford’s Theatre. Another eighth-grader from Fort Recovery Middle School dreamed of walking ...

President Trump's orders to review the Smithsonian museums to make sure they "...reflect the unity, progress, and enduring values that define the American story" are further complicating the future of ...

The Smithsonian’s collections speak to the resolve and ingenuity of America’s service members A chess set used during the ...

In the early 1970s — as the economy stalled, productivity declined and another recession loomed — President Richard M. Nixon’s administration appealed to an unlikely partner to help turn things around ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) --When Kathryn Jones began to visit Washington's museums in January, she didn't plan to make it her full-time pursuit. But after 112 exhibits and hundreds of hours spent ...

A new permanent exhibit honoring Native American history debuted in the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma on Sunday. The exhibit, “This is Native Land,” is in the museum’s Great Hall of ...

Vertical sheet mounted horizontally and tipped into binding. View of a large masonry building with multiple stories divided by stringcourses, and with a picturesque roofline of steeply pitched roof ...

BUFFALO, New York – For those considering a trip to Niagara Falls, or to catch the Buffalo Sabres, brave the cold at a Bills game, head to a concert or simply want an intriguing stop along the Thruway ...