The president of the state’s Museum of African American History, which has locations in Boston and on Nantucket, is worried ...

Researchers say a fossil jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors.

The two U.S. senators from Texas are hoping to bring one of NASA’s famed space shuttles to what they call its rightful home – Houston. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, both Republicans, introduced a ...

The institution forces America to look at its full history. We’re supposed to learn from what we see — not pretend it doesn’t ...

Recent changes by the Trump administration are affecting how US museums and institutions tell the nation's multicultural ...

Recent changes by the Trump administration are affecting how US museums and institutions tell the nation's multicultural ...

The Smithsonian represents a pinnacle of official US efforts to represent pasts that are painful and violent as well as beautiful and accomplished.