He later wrote that Tookoolito asked, "Are you cold Mr. Hall?" Charles Francis Hall: I answered, "My feet are almost frozen. I cannot get them comfortable." Quickest thought, Tookoolito made passage ...

From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...

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

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

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

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.

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced Matilda Myers of Maryland and Kate Stermer of California as winners of the 2025 Teen Portrait Competition, a triennial event inspired by the ...

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

Photos and b-roll are available in the Zoo’s newsroom. Carnivore keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, are celebrating a litter ...

American Chemical Society Symposium: Origins of Elements in the Solar System: Implications of Post 1957 Observations (1999 : New Orleans, La.) "Proceedings of the American Chemical Society Symposium: ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will open “The Gunboat Philadelphia Preservation Project” Aug. 22, a new exhibition where visitors can follow the multiyear effort to preserve the ...

Recent reports about the Smithsonian removing the historic Greensboro, North Carolina, lunch counter and a stool from the National Museum of American History and National Museum of African American ...