The Smithsonian’s flagship podcast Sidedoor launches its 12th season today, Nov. 26. Lizzie Peabody, senior producer and host ...

Smithsonian’s educational travel program was one of the first of its kind when it debuted nationally in 1970, and it quickly found an audience eager to explore places both familiar and far-flung—from ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) --When Kathryn Jones began to visit Washington's museums in January, she didn't plan to make it her full-time pursuit. But after 112 exhibits and hundreds of hours spent ...

Smithsonian museums, research centers and the National Zoo are closed as the partial government shutdown continues. The Smithsonian Institution touts itself as the world’s largest complex of museums, ...

On April 25, 1890, Congress approved ". . . An Act to provide for celebrating the 400th Anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, by holding an international exhibition of arts, ...

The look on the curator’s face said it all, and the intensity of the conversation was escalating by the moment. Confusion to worry. Worry to dread. “I want to do this,” the curator said. “But I don’t ...