EXHIBITION OPENINGS Value of Money Updated Exhibition Experience Gallery of Numismatics, One West Opens Nov. 15 - Ongoing ...

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When the U.S. Army massacred a Lakota village at Blue Water, dozens of plundered artifacts ended up in the Smithsonian. The ...

Pluto has five moons—“fun-looking space potatoes,” Singer calls them—and its largest is a behemoth. Charon was discovered in ...

It fell to Belle da Costa Greene, a Black woman whose racial identity was kept secret for decades, to catalog J.P. Morgan's ...

In order to catch liars, the ancient Chinese would sometimes give the accused a mouthful of uncooked rice during ...

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The 2000 presidential election cemented the color-coded nature of political parties. Prior to that race, the colors were ...

A new exhibition co-presented by the National Portrait Gallery and the Archives of American Art explores the seminal artist’s ...

By analyzing the ancient skeleton of a baby found in southern Italy, scientists have put together a striking picture of the ...

NOAA designated the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary this month, following a decade of advocacy by supporters. The ...

Winners of the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition captured insects, cancer cells, cat claws and more ...