The Smithsonian Castle is a beautiful neo-Gothic building towering over the National Mall in Washington DC. “The Castle” is actually the Smithsonian Visitor Center, and you should check it out ...

The western lowland gorilla was born Saturday at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, DC. Valerie Schultz, Smithsonianâs National Zoo and ...

The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex. And it harbours a commensurate number of mysteries, secrets and amazing artefacts.

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Smithsonian Institution said its iconic “Castle” would close at the start of February in order to undergo its first major renovation in more than 50 years. The ...

Kathryn Jones is on a mission to read every plaque in every D.C.-area Smithsonian. While she didn’t start the project for posterity, proposed cuts to the institution give her experiment extra weight.

Exactly how America's most important cultural institution came to be funded remains a mystery. The Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC: The mystery surrounding the famous museums.

The Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo in Washington, DC, closed their doors Wednesday as the partial government shutdown entered its 12th day. The 19 museums in the Smithsonian Institution ...

Sun-dial Lupine (Lupinus perennis Linnaeus) collected near Washington, DC, plate 6 North American Wild Flowers by Mary Vaux Walcott, v.1, 1925 (Washington, DC: The Smithsonian Institution) ...

A number of museums in Washington, DC are closing their doors again amid a spike in coronavirus cases. The Smithsonian Institution announced on Thursday it will temporarily close all its museums ...

WASHINGTON, DC, JANUARY 31: Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough speaks during a press conference at the Smithsonian Institution on January 30, 2011, in Washington, D.C. (MATT MCCLAIN/The Washington ...

Museums & Heritage Smithsonian Institution Lonnie G. Bunch III National Mall Washington, DC National Museum of the American Latino American Women's History Museum Congress Carolyn Maloney Eduardo ...