This year, the Institution’s museums are bringing to the public everything from the flair of state fairs to the artwork of ...

For humans, the most important star in the universe is our sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the ...

Hope Diamond at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum ...

The Parrish Art Museum is pleased to announce the appointment of seven distinguished leaders to its Board of Trustees: ...

Better known as becoming the first Native American woman to receive a medical degree, Susan La Flesche, along with her sister ...

Each year, the Smithsonian Institution—the world’s largest museum, education and research complex—grows in its holdings, one fascinating object after another. The highest-profile additions to the ...

People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of modern history's worst ...

To provide an address for MetroAccess Paratransit, please use 800 G St, NW. Please note this address is located directly across the street from the museum’s entrance. The Café offers a fresh and ...

The ominous swirling grey of Hurricane Milton is captured in the Gulf of Mexico in this shot from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere. In October, Milton became one of the ...

Celebrate the many 2024 Smithsonian science achievements with a beautiful image of the crab nebula. Nebulas are giant clouds of dust and gas, often forming after a massive star explodes (what ...

Photo: Sean Fennessy As the art world gears up for the spring season, Observer has scoured the programs of the most prestigious museums worldwide to compile a list of must-see museum exhibitions ...

Natural History Museum scientists have described and named 190 new species to science in 2024 The list includes a snake named after actor Leonardo DiCaprio, a species of fossilised dung named after ...