The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History celebrates America’s 250th anniversary by spotlighting fascinating items from across the nation ...

The Old Patent Office Building now houses the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. A new ...

The Smithsonian is displaying a “rare” artifact from the state of Oregon as part of a new exhibit celebrating America’s 250th anniversary.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Smithsonian museum exhibit about the maritime journey that millions of Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic to slavery in the Americas will change later this month, ...

Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry's Japan Expedition (1853-1854) not only began a tradition of “gunboat diplomacy” so often associated with mid-nineteenth century American expansionism, it also ...

Smithsonian Store has launched a fresh new selection of museum-inspired items for Mother’s Day and spring celebrations, bringing treasures from the national collection beyond the gallery walls.

School children visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture's Middle Passage exhibit, behind a wooden timber, the artifact at right, from the slave ship, the São José-Paquete de ...

WASHINGTON — A Smithsonian museum exhibit about the maritime journey that millions of Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic to slavery in the Americas will change later this month, when a ...