Willow Blossom had looked forward to stepping inside the Library of Congress. Kenzie Wendel wanted to see Ford’s Theatre. Another eighth-grader from Fort Recovery Middle School dreamed of walking ...

Painted around 1900, Friedrich Heyser's "Ophelia" may have been an inspiration for a popular song on the singer's latest ...

The exhibition is in Baltimore after Sherald canceled the show at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery over the summer ...

The Smithsonian’s collections speak to the resolve and ingenuity of America’s service members A chess set used during the ...

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania will once again celebrate American history, service, and song during its 25th annual Trains & Troops weekend, set for Saturday, Nov. 1, and Sunday, Nov. 2. The ...

Vertical sheet mounted horizontally and tipped into binding. View of a large masonry building with multiple stories divided by stringcourses, and with a picturesque roofline of steeply pitched roof ...

Taylor Swift and Charli XCX have long denied there’s any tension between them, but their rumored beef made headlines again with the release of Swift’s 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl. After ...

Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to ...

QUINCY (WGEM) - October is the month of ghouls and ghosts, and the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County (HSQAC) is using the latter to educate the public. The annual Woodland Cemetery Ghost ...

The Smithsonian Institute announced Saturday that its museums will be closed starting Sunday as the lapse in government funding persists. “Due to the government shutdown, Smithsonian museums are ...

Kat Lloyd stands in the dim light on the first-floor staircase of a dilapidated, New York City tenement building. Before her: a tour of wide-eyed teens on a field trip from their high school in Queens ...