In an 1898 card catalog handbook, Melvil Dewey even gave instructions on what types of cursive should be used by catalogers on handwritten cards. “Legibility is the main consideration,” he wrote.

Parents and educators have found it valuable. Smithsonian unveils game-changing app making surprising use of face recognition ...

‘Earthrise,’ which appeared on the cover of the second and third Whole Earth Catalog, was taken by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders during lunar orbit, Dec. 24, 1968.

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But Trump’s effort to oust Sajet presents the Smithsonian with an existential crisis: If the president succeeds in removing a key leader who is not accused of any professional or personal ...

Dickinson, then 18, died just six years later, and so President James K. Polk signed the act approving the Smithsonian Institution into law in 1846. Curiously, Smithson had never even visited the U.S.

In an essay for the exhibition’s catalog, Stephanie Stebich, the museum’s director at the time, wrote that “our goal is to encourage visitors to feel invited into a transparent and honest ...

The Smithsonian Institution is closing its Office of Diversity, freezing federal hiring and ordering employees back to in-office work, according to an email sent by Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III.

Trump's latest EO takes aim at "anti-American" DEI programming in federal institutions like the Smithsonian by empowering Congress to withhold taxpayer dollars.

The president’s executive order demanding change at the institution presents a perilous test for Lonnie G. Bunch III, its secretary, whom the White House calls a partisan Democrat.

The National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Museum is a catalog of money. It houses gold bars, 600,000 Confederate banknotes, and gold coins from the 14th century. Now it also houses a ...