Where Dreams Are Painted and Songs Echo New York City is nothing short of an artistic mecca. As soon as you walk its bustling ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...

The U.S. is full of archaeological sites, "but in most cases you could be standing right on top of one and never know it," Elic Weitzel told Newsweek.

A unique and custom-designed home perched in the Oakland Hills, 5950 Grizzly Peak Blvd. is a rare Bay Area property: log cabin style and a treetop view.

Indiana Humanities is now accepting applications for one of the Smithsonian’s traveling exhibits to visit small Indiana towns ...

Frédérique Irwin, CEO of the National Women's History Museum, aims to make women's historical representation resonate with younger generations.

Peter Bentzon (ca. 1783–after 1850) was not only a free man; he was also a silversmith and jeweler who worked in Philadelphia and on the Caribbean island of St. Croix. Bentzon’s work is recognized ...

The investigation was a global endeavor that led to a Post series exposing the Smithsonian's “racial brain collection.” ...

The first Medal of Honor earned by an African American, and some of the slave shackles that they have on display, just poignant pieces of American history,” Davis said.

A major Dutch museum is staging a huge exhibition of American photography that explores the tension between how the United ...

From ancient artifacts to groundbreaking contemporary installations, the United States is a treasure trove of cultural ...

Daniel Weiss ’85, former president and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, discusses the distinctive joys and challenges ...