Smithsonian magazine commissioned Drew Gardner for a project that connects Black Americans today to their lost ancestry. Read about Gardner’s project and process, as well as more details about the ...

A recent exhibition shows how soldiers sent in votes during the Civil War and World War II, as many Americans would in 2020 ...

Experts say that the trove of silver currency is official treasure and includes coins from England and Ireland ...

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, UNESCO has verified damage to 438 Ukrainian cultural sites, including ...

Lizzy, the avatar based on the novel’s Elizabeth Bennet, will hold period-accurate conversations with visitors at Jane Austen ...

Sensitive instruments onboard the plane detected hundreds of events producing gamma rays in storms over the Caribbean and ...

Fifty years ago, on October 5, 1974, David Kunst completed the first verified circumnavigation of the globe on foot. Along ...

Discover how Ella Jenkins' joyful songs and storytelling have inspired generations of young listeners, while her commitment ...

Learn about Fannie Lou Hamer, a voting rights activist whose vision for an inclusive political future laid the groundwork for ...

Arthur “Jack” Schubarth cloned illegally imported genetic material from the Marco Polo argali to create hybrid sheep that ...

A new study from Smithsonian scientists analyzes ant and fungus species, and uncovers the origins of their close partnership ...

In May of 1946, the United States Navy gave one of their own battleships, the USS Stewart, a burial at sea—sinking it in a ...