During the sixth millennium B.C.E., carvers in present-day Sweden etched patterns into the artifact before redecorating it in ...

A new study indicates the giant reptile Deinosuchus is not a close relative of modern alligators, as scientists previously ...

The auction house also sold a gold Omega Speedmaster that belonged to Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell for $142,664. Though ...

TOM D. CROUCH is a curator emeritus of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. He has authored many books, including the award-winning The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright ...

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt. The Smithsonian Institution came of age in the era of Manif ...

With the help of a tech start-up, the Madrid museum is enlisting technology to quantify large crowds in its artworks and ...

In his cozy workshop behind his D.C. home, contemporary kumiko craftsman David Gootnick, a Craft Show featured artist, uses the raw material of his practice: a five-foot-long, two-inch-thick plank of ...

Researchers are developing the biomaterial as a more environmentally friendly alternative to concrete, but any wide-scale use ...

In 1900, a political writer described the “hill-billie” as someone who “talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it ...

Conference Career Expo, hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Smithsonian, united youth delegates to explore ...

The designation was awarded by a London-based charity that aims to make cities more like national parks: "greener, healthier ...

Curators think the volume's corners and spine are bound in the skin of William Corder, an infamous criminal who was convicted ...