Today, the Arabian Gulf is home to manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs that shape the seafloor as they graze on ...

The recently acquired skull of the dome-headed dinosaur Pachycephalosaurus. USNM PAL 803273, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of Eric and Wendy Schmidt. Photo by James D.

L-R: “Head of Harihara” (mid-10th century), “The Goddess Uma” (10th century) and “Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)” (c.

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced Matilda Myers of Maryland and Kate Stermer of California as winners ...

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will present the immersive sound installation “ Devon Turnbull: HiFi Pursuit ...

Green ratings demonstrate that a curriculum meets the expectations of High-Quality Instructional Materials set by EdReports.

Exhibition Features Works, Some Never Publicly Displayed Before, From Renowned Benkaim Collection ...

Unlike the typical crystal ball used by a magician or fortune teller, this crystal ball weighs 106.75 pounds, is 12.9 inches ...

Much Here is Beautiful: Photography Surveys of the U.S. Bicentennial From the California coast to the Kansas heartland to the streets of New York City, photographs provide an expansive and evocative ...

Because the Smithsonian museums are free, we cannot base our visit tallies on a number of tickets sold. The counts sometimes include staff, as well as visitors who leave the museum and return. A ...

Press releases from the newsroom for the Smithsonian's museums, research centers, education centers, and the National Zoo.

Containment and siting of nuclear power plants; proceedings of a symposium ... held by the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, 3-7 April, 1967. [With illustrations, diagrams and tables] ...