Family members at the Taylor family home on Martha’s Vineyard. Credit: Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American ...

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives will launch a dynamic lineup of exhibitions and public programming starting in May as part ...

African lion Shera rests on a bed of hay in her indoor enclosure Jan. 26 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Great Cats ...

From the earliest days of computers, people have found ways to play games on them. These early computer programmers weren’t just wasting time or looking for new ways to goof off. They had practical ...

The Smithsonian is the world’s largest museum complex. Eleven museums are located along the National Mall in Washington, D.C., six others and the Smithsonian’s National Zoo are nearby, two are in New ...

Photography Surveys of the U.S. Bicentennial” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum brings together, for the first time, ...

Scorpions are incredible hunters, and while we knew that metals strengthen the weapons in some species’ arsenals, we don’t ...

This May, the Smithsonian invites audiences to explore and celebrate the contributions of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians ...

The evening concluded with a tribute performance by the Oscar Peterson Centennial Quartet, Ulf Wakenius on guitar, Mark ...

A Museum in the Making” Is a Window Into the Design and Collaboration Behind First National Art Museum in the US “Freer was fiercely dedicated to sharing his Asian and American art collection to ...

Horseshoe crabs play a vital role in the Delaware Bay on the East Coast. Each spring, hundreds of thousands of these ancient ...

The extinction of the passenger pigeon is a poignant example of what happens when the interests of man clash with the interests of nature. It is believed that this species once constituted 25 to 40 ...