Two Australopithecus fossils named Lucy and Selam made a rare trip out of Ethiopia for a 60-day display at the National ...

The Smithsonian’s popular National Air and Space Museum in D.C. is one of the first museums that reopened to the public after the government shutdown.

Hundreds gathered outside the National Museum of American History to be there when the doors opened for the first time in ...

Areas of the National Gallery of Art and parts of the Smithsonian were open to the public for the first time in more than a ...

"There's not a building large enough in Oklahoma or anywhere in the world to tell all of our story... but this building allows us ... to explore those big themes." ...

The National Zoo will be among a number of Smithsonian locations resuming normal hours Saturday after the federal government ...

If you love exploring museums just as much as appreciating beautiful architecture, check out this New England museum that won a prestigious award.

The Smithsonians, National Gallery of Art and other sites that receive federal funding are announcing their reopening plans ...

From tearing it down to making it a museum for the study of corruption and autocracy, Democrats pitch alternative uses for ...

Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma wanted the jewel's location to be kept secret for 100 years after the death of her husband, ...

"Master of the Loom" at New York's Sapar Contemporary shines a light on Ethel Stein and her legendary weavings.

Convert it into a museum: Saikat Chakrabarti, a Democrat who’s running for retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s seat in California, suggested turning the ballroom into a Smithsonian-run museum. If elected, he ...