Even as race-conscious cultural programming is under attack, this San Francisco museum is celebrating its 20th anniversary ...

US astronaut, doctor and engineer Mae Jemison became the first Black woman to go into space in 1992. She was one of seven ...

"If we stick to our plan, we will be the first standalone commercial LEO platform ever in space with Haven-1, and that's an ...

Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy of the Russian space agency Roscosmos will venture outside the International Space ...

The institution’s 21 museums, zoo, and research centers are shuttered indefinitely as Congress remains in a stalemate over funding.

In addition to the jobs of federal workers in the aviation sector and the overall impact on air travel in the United States, historic and significant attractions across the country are being affected ...

During the last government shutdown from December 2018 until January 2019, which lasted 35 days, the Smithsonian museums and ...

Texas lawmakers want to move the Smithsonian’s retired space shuttle to Houston. It’s “a vanity project that is apt to ...

By Sunday afternoon, the steps outside some of the country’s most popular museums, were filled with disappointed sightseers, many of them caught off guard.

The Smithsonian museums and research centers and the National Zoo, closed to the public Sunday for the first time during the ...

Despite Trump's efforts, the Smithsonian's museums have not had any direct impacts on funding. However, there have been some ...

The institution operates some of the most popular sites in Washington and beyond, including 21 museums and the National Zoo.