A serendipitous find in the National Museum of Natural History’s collections yielded just the second known specimen of a ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

The president may not like how the museum and research institution tells the American story — but Americans do.

Trump’s new executive order targets what he describes as the spread of a “divisive, race-centered ideology” at museums.

The National Museum of the American Indian in NYC has been around for more than 30 years, but is arguably one of the most ...

President Trump targeted the Smithsonian Institution and especially its National Museum of African American History and Culture with an executive order.

The American Museum of Natural History's Identification Day invites people to bring their own specimens for scientists ...

Our special video series looks at some of the more unique shells at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum on Sanibel, Florida.

The nation’s capital is a surprisingly treasure-filled jewelry town. If you know where to look. Several years ago, when ...

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has again achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the ...