However, dinosaurs were only established as a group in the 1840s and no one was yet thinking about dinosaur eggs. As this ...

From happy moments to heartbreak, our phones' photo reminders might be messing with how we remember—and forget.

Introducing an innovative method for studying perforated objects, based on digital 3-D models of the stones and their ...

The work, now on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, tells the story of two characters on the island—the last people ...

Get a behind the scenes look at how staff are helping giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao settle into their new home at the ...

Spanish forces and their Indigenous allies captured Tenochtitlán in 1521, bringing the Aztec Empire’s reign to a close after less than a century. The White House, whose cornerstone was laid in 1792, ...

Recently, SAAM acquired a “Wobbulator” built by Nam June Paik and Shuya Abe for its Nam June Paik Archive and were able to ...

In 19th Century Space Station Frame 0321, Charles Csuri creates generative art inspired by the science fiction writer Jules Verne. Part of Csuri’s Infinity Series, this work reflects his fascination ...

In-flight magazines, for all their prominent writers and engaging fiction, were travel magazines at their core. September’s ...

Pedestrians in Montreal, Grand Rapids and other locations can time-travel thanks to installations that map historical scenes ...

Bianca Sánchez is an editorial intern at Smithsonian magazine, as well as a senior at Northwestern University, where she studies Journalism, Latino and Latina studies and Political Science.

Dr. Richard Kurin, the Smithsonian’s Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador at Large and founder the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative, has served as the institution's Under Secretary and as ...