Read about the history of the carousel in honor of the Smithsonian carousel on the National Mall reopening after three years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tug-of-war over space shuttle Discovery is becoming more volatile. Discovery — the crown jewel of the Smithsonian ...

Since 2018, the American Women's History Initiative Pool has funded more than 200 projects across the Smithsonian, supporting research, collections, and programming that make women's history visible ...

The Smithsonian opened the MSC in 1983 to ease overcrowding at the natural history museum’s main building on the National ...

Georgia’s Putnam County is hosting a unique exhibit highlighting democracy in America, just in time for the nation’s 250th birthday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Smithsonian Institution's traveling exhibition "Americans," which explores the role of American Indian images, names and ...

The Great Hall of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC (photo via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0) The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) has postponed the opening of an exhibition for its ...

Using place-based learning, portrait analysis, and oral histories, Smithsonian teams up with Historic New England to inspire ...

Smithsonian museums, research centers and the National Zoo are closed as the partial government shutdown continues. The Smithsonian Institution touts itself as the world’s largest complex of museums, ...

The Smithsonian Institution museums and the National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute will be shut down after closing time Saturday. That's after an extra five days beyond Oct. 6, the initial ...