From exhibitions of works by Jack Whitten, Rashid Johnson and Amy Sherald to the international debut of Luana Vitra, there’s ...

China's Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa ...

Several space missions have flown by asteroids before and gotten a peek at their compositions, but bringing a sample back to Earth is even more helpful for scientists. The most informative analyses ...

From major exhibitions to creative collaborations, highlights like Wes Anderson’s archive, VE Day poppies, the Design Biennale and Craft Week celebrate leading design.

Memory is a repository for history—one that can be unlocked by the voice. But living memory can be lost forever if it is not ...

Several Wyoming museums says they were caught by surprise when federal grants were cut. That’s left some on the hook for ...

Museum curators are working to determine compliance with a federal law that requires tribes' consent to house artifacts.

I have to apologize: the photos are kind of crummy, with the glaring sun light through the windows and incomplete images ...

Rarely seen works will spend more time out of storage thanks to a new lending initiative that’s not pegged to special ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is going to consider whether to permanently keep two prized artifacts belonging to civil rights icon Amos Brown — which the ...

Director Ava DuVernay reflected on what the Smithsonian museums mean to Americans as she received an award at the National Museum of American History.