Smithsonian museums, research centers and the National Zoo are closed as the partial government shutdown continues. The Smithsonian Institution touts itself as the world’s largest complex of museums, ...

WASHINGTON -- Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo, which receive federal funding, are closing temporarily amid the federal government shutdown. The shutdown impacts all 21 of the Smithsonian's ...

Two people finished their terms on the institution’s Board of Regents in early March and have yet to be replaced ...

The White House is escalating pressure on the Smithsonian Institution, demanding extensive internal records and warning that congressionally authorized funding could be withheld if the museum system ...

As the first woman curator of the National Museum of Natural History’s collection of amphibians and reptiles, Doris Cochran ...

The Smithsonian Institution raced to meet a Tuesday deadline set by the White House to share records about its operations and exhibits, but the upload only raises bigger questions about what President ...

The Smithsonian announced today that the “Smithsonian Campaign for Our Shared Future” has surpassed its $2.5 billion fundraising goal one full year ahead of schedule, a milestone that comes as the ...

As part of America's 250th, the Smithsonian has chosen the Levitt's annual All My Relatives festival to be part of a ...

Director Lonnie Bunch said the institution is committed to being "transparent and open," turning over documents for a mandated content review. Smithsonian's Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art ...