The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden will loan scores of modern and contemporary masterworks in storage to museums in 50 ...
New research shows that just like humans, vampire bats with deep social relationships use similar sounds as one another to communicate ...
The Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) in Washington, D.C., transformed on the 28th into a vast “arena of ...
At the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain in the Revolutionary War, a gunboat called the Philadelphia for the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and has planted the president’s name on the organization’s headquarters despite an ...
In the first year of his second term, President Trump has made sweeping efforts to influence the arts and media in America.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Smithsonian Institution Building, known as the Castle. - (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post) The Smithsonian Institution on ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology." In ...
An artist’s reconstruction of the fossilized landscape, plants and animals found preserved in a remote bonebed in Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. Illustration: Brian Engh From a small ...
A collection of short highlights from our year in conservation science work. Mike Bock Tackling some extraordinary scientific challenges is one cause for celebration. Building a multidisciplinary ...