Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

The timing couldn't have been worse. The Trump administration has slashed museum budgets, the Smithsonian is being reviewed ...

The estimated cost is based on figures from past deployments and on 3,000 troops potentially being sent to Chicago, though no ...

Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente, a paleoentomologist at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, also not involved, highlighted that this marks the first identification of ancient beetles, flies, ...

Chicago's Puerto Rican museum unveils a new mosaic and garden amid community concerns over federal agents in the area.

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber in South America for the first time. This amber was found ...

President Donald Trump has amplified his promises to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to Chicago by posting ...

Pausing next to a hulking steam locomotive at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History on Friday, Kathryn Jones bent down to look at a tiny silk slipper. “I’ve never seen one in person.

WASHINGTON — In an afternoon’s walk through ground zero of Americana — the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History — objects around every corner invite one question: What could possibly be ...

None of the items or exhibits the White House was concerned about were on display when USA TODAY visited the museum in late August.

The principles of moral courage and historical clarity are being tested by the current administration’s directive to the Smithsonian to downplay the tragic aspects of our country’s history. This ...