For the first time, scientists have completed an in-depth analysis of fossilized soft tissues from a plesiosaur ...

Frédérique Irwin, CEO of the National Women's History Museum, aims to make women's historical representation resonate with younger generations.

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Peter Bentzon (ca. 1783–after 1850) was not only a free man; he was also a silversmith and jeweler who worked in Philadelphia and on the Caribbean island of St. Croix. Bentzon’s work is recognized ...

Harris's photographs, which capture Black life in mid-20th-century America, are now the subject of a permanent exhibit at the ...

The investigation was a global endeavor that led to a Post series exposing the Smithsonian's “racial brain collection.” ...

The first Medal of Honor earned by an African American, and some of the slave shackles that they have on display, just poignant pieces of American history,” Davis said.

A major Dutch museum is staging a huge exhibition of American photography that explores the tension between how the United ...

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Daniel Weiss ’85, former president and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, discusses the distinctive joys and challenges ...

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Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...