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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is giving $10 million to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture planned for the National Mall in Washington.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History plans to open a hall next year dedicated to the story of human evolution over 6 million years, officials announced Wednesday.
The National Museum of Afghanistan on Tuesday unveiled hundreds of looted artifacts, some dating back as far as the 11th century, seized from smugglers trying to sell them on Europe's black market.
Producers of "The Lion King" musical are donating two of the Broadway show's elaborate costume pieces to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
Three-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Eddie Maple were elected Monday to the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame.
For nearly 150 years, a story has circulated about a hidden Civil War message engraved inside Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch. On Tuesday, museum curators confirmed it was true. A watchmaker used tiny tools to carefully pry open the antique watch at the National Museum of American History, and a descendant of the engraver read aloud the message from a metal plate underneath the watch face.
Bob Baffert and two champion horses he trained are among the 11 finalists for election to the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame.
Iraq's restored National Museum reopened Monday with a red-carpet gala in the heart of Baghdad nearly six years after looters carried away priceless antiquities as American troops largely stood by in the chaos of the city's fall to U.S. forces.
A former college president and anthropology professor has been named director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian is putting its 800,000-object collection online.
Researchers believe they have solved the puzzle of three seemingly different fish, one all males, one all females and one all juveniles. They're the same fish, and undergo remarkable changes as they mature. "You can imagine it was a pretty exciting discovery," said G. David Johnson, an ichthyologist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. "The pieces kept falling into place."
More than 60 objects from President Abraham Lincoln's life are going on display at the National Museum of American History days before President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, which will echo themes from the 16th president.
When the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force began looking at ways to depict the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, big obstacles loomed.
Whatever Michelle Obama chooses to wear to the inaugural balls could soon have a special place for display — right next to a dress worn by Martha Washington in the 1780s that featured painted flowers, butterflies and other insects.
The only exhibit of Vatican artifacts outside the papal capital is on display in an unlikely spot — the National Museum of Funeral History, an exhibit hall that celebrates coffins, hearses and other ceremonial aspects of death.
George and Martha Washington, Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz" and other costumed characters greeted thousands of visitors Friday as the National Museum of American History reopened after a two-year, $85 million renovation.
President George W. Bush urged all Americans Wednesday to come visit the newly renovated National Museum of American History, which he called a "fantastic place of learning."
The founding director of the National Museum of the American Indian has agreed to repay the Smithsonian Institution more than $9,700 for improper travel and entertainment reimbursements, according to an audit released Wednesday.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian is mounting the largest retrospective of works by artist Fritz Scholder at its Washington and New York locations.
Iraq's National Museum, which was looted after the U.S. captured Baghdad in 2003, will remain closed to the public for up to two more years until security in the capital is better, the director said Monday.
Marine artist Wyland is unveiling his 100th and final mural on the National Mall to mark the opening of the new Sant Ocean Hall at the National Museum of Natural History.
Covering more than 70 percent of the planet's surface, the ocean is both a life-giving resource and a highway. Yet it's also a life-threatening obstacle, hiding untold mysteries.
Jockey Edgar Prado and trainer Carl Nafzger, who between them have three Kentucky Derby wins, led a group of six new inductees into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame on Monday.
A special new gallery for the flag that inspired the national anthem will debut in November when the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History reopens after a longer-than-expected renovation, the museum announced Wednesday.
Dishing the dirt has a long history in Washington, but the Smithsonian Institution is taking it to new depths. The National Museum of Natural History opens a new exhibit on Saturday — "Dig It" — exploring the mysterious and complex world of soil.
Maybe Your Great-Grandmother Really Was CherokeeBlack folks who always heard that grandma was an Indian—Cherokee, you say?—will get a sense of affirmation from a museum exhibit that just opened at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.
Stanford Olympians Headed to BeijingStanford University's alumni magazine profiles several of the athletes who will be competing in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. A sidebar in the print version of the magazine notes that Stanford athletes have won a total of 193 medals at the Olympics since 1908.
Renovating the Museum's LibraryThe Minister of Culture Mr. Michalis Liapis launched yesterday (Monday the 26th of May at 19.00) the renovated library of the National Archaeological Museum.
Let Your Motto Be Resistance - washingtonpost.comEach of these inspiring pictures depicts the beauty of the African race and their bravery in the face of marginalization and a corrupt government. This is just a sample of the portraits in the exhibit. (Please be patient through the advertisement.)
Smithsonian toned down climate change exhibitThe Smithsonian Institution toned down an exhibit on climate change in the Arctic for fear of angering Congress and the Bush administration, says a former administrator at the museum.
Saviour of Iraq's antiquities flees to SyriaIraq's most prominent archaeologist has resigned and fled the country, saying the dire security situation, an acute shortage of funds, and the interference of supporters of the radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had made his position intolerable.
Creationists urge Cover-Up of Evolutionary EvidencePowerful evangelical churches are pressing Kenya's national museum to sideline its world-famous collection of hominid bones pointing to man's evolution from ape to human.
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