Darivoff said that the addition of the Smithsonian brand may open up the Weitzman Museum in Philadelphia to a new crowd.

It will culminate in 2026 with the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The Smithsonian Institution was founded by a single philanthropic donation. It was established ...

In the wrap-up of “Objects of Wonder,” hundreds of the museum’s most treasured specimens are returning to the collection ...

Special Victims Unit” character, played by Mariska Hargitay, is now part of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of ...

A Mercer County inventor who died five years ago achieved a measure of immortality when one of his creations was accepted for ...

This National Virginia Day, learn how Smithsonian scientists are using historic collections and current conservation ...

Notice of Intent to Repatriate The National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution plans to repatriate the following to the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California. The 304 ...

A“lost” 19th Century drainage cistern was uncovered alongside the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during enabling utility ...

Philanthropist and Baltimore native David M. Rubenstein pledged $10 Million to the National Zoo for the upcoming return of ...

Fossils in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History research collection in its Department of Paleobiology. Before this study, a reliable temperature curve for the Phanerozoic did not yet ...

Deep Time," a 31,000-square-foot dinosaur and fossil hall at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, takes visitors on a journey through deep time to explore ancient ecosystems, ...

WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) received a large donation to help fund ...