Today you can hop aboard the USS Potomac and learn its mind-boggling history while cruising the beautiful Bay.

As a young girl growing up in the 1960s, Patricia Matos-Puente wanted to be an astronaut. Her interest in space was sparked ...

It is one of the most evocative works from the American Civil War: A sculpture of a Black man who had escaped from slavery ...

1661 Pennsylvania Ave NW, #1 Washington, DC 20006 americanart.si.edu ...

Four Smithsonian museums on the National Mall remained closed Tuesday as crews worked to resolve heating, ventilation and air ...

Fellow cat owner Amelie shared her own experience: "My cat only goes for mice and rats, she was laying in the garden the ...

A remarkable finding has surfaced in the colorful, fossil-rich badlands of Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park: North America’s oldest known pterosaur. The newly identified species — a flying ...

In Tuesday’s “Working Capital” episode of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax went to the Smithsonian National Zoo to pose ...

Artists are nominated by a Smithsonian research staff member and then selected by a panel of Smithsonian art curators and representatives from the science, history and culture communities. More than ...

A 64-ounce plastic Stripes cup is included in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History as part of an exhibit ...