In the wrap-up of “Objects of Wonder,” hundreds of the museum’s most treasured specimens are returning to the collection ...

It is hard to imagine the United States without the Constitution. This short document, drafted in 1787 in a hot and stuffy ...

A survey of social studies teachers found that many find primary sources online for lesson plans. But a notable minority also ...

Darivoff said that the addition of the Smithsonian brand may open up the Weitzman Museum in Philadelphia to a new crowd.

A unique series of the Stations of the Cross, originally made for St. Paul’s Catholic Cathedral in Lagos, Nigeria, is now on ...

As institutional investors endeavor to attract and retain women and other diverse talent, Venus Phillips pointed to one thing that makes her say that she “absolutely loves working here” — creating an ...

A timeline of 485 million years of Earth’s surface temperatures shows ancient greenhouse conditions were hotter than scientists thought.

At 80, he was found one day weeping at his workbench because he thought that he had not learned enough about the art of drawing. On his deathbed nine years later, he cried out in anguish, ...

A scene of conflict that was lost to the ages has been unearthed, assembling an indigenous perspective on events at the very ...

A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's ...

The 33rd Freedom Award Student Forum will feature its distinguished Freedom Award honorees: XERNONA CLAYTON, civil and human rights activist and producer; SHERRILYN IFILL, President and ...