From greeting guests to leading tours, museum volunteers provide essential support across departments, both in public and behind the scenes.

More details have emerged surrounding the resignation of Kim Sajet, the former director of the Smithsonian-run National ...

His famous size-96 Lucchese boots are heading to Washington, D.C., where they'll be displayed at the Smithsonian Institution ...

As the Smithsonian presents the aviator’s restored Vega in Washington, a special replica of the aircraft quietly re-emerges after decades in obscurity ...

As we approach the 250th anniversary next year of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War ...

Amy Sherald, the former Baltimore artist who painted former first lady Michelle Obama’s portrait, has withdrawn her solo show ...

The coelacanth is known as a "living fossil" because its anatomy has changed little in the last 65 million years. Despite ...

The 33-year-old moved from Washington to the Chicago area as part of the Indian Relocation Act of 1956, officials said, but ...

Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn argues moving the shuttle to a site near Houston's Johnson Space Center would right an "egregious ...

Mid-Century Modern' star Nathan Lee Graham has landed the lead role in Margin Films' upcoming supernatural thriller 'Destiny ...

Trump has shown signs of support for the women's history museum. At an event at the White House in March, Trump told Rep.

"What is it like to be a teen right now?" Young artists explored that question for two different exhibitions of their work this summer. But on the National Mall, their work was deemed too political.