The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., is working to digitize thousands of rare cassette recordings, including ...

Culture collides at the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival, not only for those visiting, but for the 600 participants ...

“Youth and the Future of Culture” Highlights Younger Generations July 2–7 ...

Three unidentified workers elevate the Joseph Henry statue on wooden supports while the Mall is regraded, November 8, 1934. A small construction vehicle sits nearby and in the foreground is a ...

NPR's Pien Huang takes a journey to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival to hear from youth voices about how they're telling the ...

Smithsonian Folklife Festival runs from Wednesday, July 2 through Monday, July 7, and this year’s theme is “Youth and the ...

There will be free Metro fares for all from 5 p.m. until close on Metrorail, Metrobus, and MetroAccess on Friday.

Smithsonian Folklife Festival returns next week to D.C., running from July 2 through 7 with a theme focused on youth from ...

The Smithsonian Institution late Monday issued its own declaration of independence, saying authority over its staff lies with Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch. The move follows President Trump's assertion ...

The Board of Regents publicly backed Smithsonian leader Lonnie G. Bunch III and called for nonpartisanship after Trump attempted to fire a museum director.

Tourists and locals flock to the National Mall every year to visit the monuments, explore Smithsonian museums, take part in a school trip, admire alfresco art at the Sculpture Garden, and of course, ...

The Trump administration is proposing to eliminate separate funding for the Smithsonian’s long-planned National Museum of the American Latino on the National Mall, as well as the Anacostia ...