Thieves snatched jewelry valued at more than $100 million, but the museum will not be compensated for the loss.

Sculptor Jim Sanborn opened his email account one day last month expecting the usual messages from people claiming to have ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Meyercord Co. Meyercord Co. decal ...

The known type specimens of Crocodilia and Testudines in the collection of the Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, published through 2006 ...

Jim Sanborn is auctioning off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency’s headquarters. Two ...

American Indians have long been erased or hidden from historical records, but archivists and Native communities are working ...

At the show’s entry, the remarkable remains of a Robert E. Lee statue, the one whose planned removal from a public park ...

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 ...

The Smithsonian Institute’s museums, research centers, and the National Zoo remain open this week despite the government shutdown that started at midnight Oct. 1. The Smithsonian, a federal government ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - A White House-ordered review of the Smithsonian museums could result in the removal of a Lowcountry sweetgrass basket maker’s work. The internal review is designed to ...

Having been through more than one federal government shutdown, Washington, D.C.'s arts and cultural institutions know the drill. Visitors will find some shuttered doors but also find plenty of ...