The Smithsonian is one of the world’s foremost research centers in science, the arts, and the humanities. In addition to ...

The Smithsonian Institution was established by an act of Congress in 1846 as an independent federal trust instrumentality, a ...

The Smithsonian Institution museums and the National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute have temporarily closed due to the government shutdown. Because the museums and the zoo are part of the ...

Scuba diver, world traveler, scientific pioneer and Smithsonian-honored biologist are just four ways to describe Dr. Phyllis ...

The tug-of-war over space shuttle Discovery is becoming more volatile. Discovery — the crown jewel of the Smithsonian Institution's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia — is the subject of a ...

National Museum of African American History PHOTO COURTESY OF NMAAHC.SI.ED Today (Tuesday) is an all-day board meeting for the Smithsonian Regents. Advocates and lawyers are ...

(The Hill) — The Smithsonian Institute announced Saturday that its museums will be closed starting Sunday as the lapse in government funding persists. “Due to the government shutdown, Smithsonian ...

Having been through more than one federal government shutdown, Washington, D.C.'s arts and cultural institutions know the drill. Visitors will find some shuttered doors but also find plenty of ...

When Donald Trump published an August 12 letter addressed to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, informing him of “a comprehensive internal review” of the shows and explanatory materials at ...

The two Texas Senators trying to mandate the relocation of Discovery from the Smithsonian Institution's Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia to Texas, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, and joined by Texas ...

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 ...

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, ...