This year, the Institution’s museums are bringing to the public everything from the flair of state fairs to the artwork of ...

As white Americans moved further westward into the Nebraska territory after the Civil War, they kept fashioning a new ...

As a Native American photographer, the late Dugan Aguilar loved nothing more than to show Native American faces. “I see ...

One historian says that Michigan’s Great Fire of 1881 in some ways still burns, offering lessons about how to prevent future ...

Questions over the extent to which animals can experience mental illness have existed for centuries. Though researchers and ...

With groundbreaking biennials, major exhibitions and highly anticipated museum debuts, 2025 promises an exciting year of art ...

The Hope Diamond first appeared in the historical record in 1666, when a French gem merchant named Jean-Baptiste Tavernier ...

About 7,000 public servants make up the Smithsonian Institution. That’s a fact that Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III ...

Dominated by a 900-year-old hilltop castle, this history-soaked city feels even more atmospheric on dark days. Climb Castle ...

There is a whiff of the Teddy Rooselevelt's big stick diplomacy in Donald Trump’s recent utterances on Greenland, Panama and ...

This charming little museum on Peaks Island celebrates the mundane in the most delightful way. As you step onto the porch of ...

Over the centuries, the effect of ice on Lake Michigan has had an important role in shaping the economic and cultural ...