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

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, ...

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 ...

The story of prehistoric ocean life that emerged in the South Atlantic Ocean between the Americas and Africa 72 to 87 million years ago is explored in a new traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian.

Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to ...

Last summer, my mom told me she wanted to visit Washington, D.C. and tour all of the historical sites and museums, "before it was too late." I didn't really understand entirely what she meant until ...

JANESVILLE — Janesville history buffs gathered in the city’s Riverside Park Sunday for a journey back in time. They traveled not by car or plane, but by foot along a former tourist-gauge rail line, ...

A teenager was shot near the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on Washington, D.C.’s National Mall on Friday, with at least one bullet damaging a window of the museum. The teen, who was not ...