Kathryn Jones began to visit Washington's museums in January and didn't plan to make it her full-time pursuit, but it become ...

This year, marking the fifth anniversary of the late Lee Kun-hee, former chairman of Samsung, the Lee family, including ...

Smithsonian museums and facilities are closed for the foreseeable future as the federal government shutdown continues.

In the first book of Secret Smithsonian Adventures, four middle-schoolers visiting the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum discover that someone is tampering with history. They travel through ...

How does one crack the world’s most famous code? The breakthroughs on Kryptos provide a guided tour through the cat and mouse ...

The Smithsonian Institution has closed all 21 museums and the National Zoo due to the government shutdown. Find out more ...

Dataland co-founder Refik Anadol spoke to Mashable about the AI-generated art museum opening in Los Angeles next year.

Commissioned by the Russian emperor Nicholas II, the diamond-covered Winter Egg is expected to fetch $27 million when it goes ...

Erected in the 5th century BC to honor Athens’ patron goddess Athena, the Parthenon is the centerpiece of the Acropolis, ...

Smithsonian biologists are using heart monitors designed for humans to study how high stress levels in animals can hinder ...

The theft of priceless jewels from the Louvre in daylight has sent shockwaves through France, but the country is far from the ...