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On a journey to six cities across the country over the course of seven years, a photographer captured images of the roads that bear the civil rights leader’s name

This year, the Institution’s museums are bringing to the public everything from the flair of state fairs to the artwork of Grandma Moses

In an extensive interview, Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III spoke on the current political climate, the process of returning human remains from the Institution’s collections, the awe-inspiring scope of Smithsonian science and much more

In the decades since the end of the cherished newspaper strip, audiences continue to find reasons to chuckle and cheer over Charlie Brown’s gang

One of the smallest owls in North America, the northern saw-whet lives among us and is rarely seen—but one volunteer science project aims to find them and uncover their secrets year after year

On her beloved typewriters, the literary legend mapped out a course for the future of the genre

This year, the Institution collected everything from the stunning shell of an extinct cephalopod to a Blue Origin rocket booster

The sosaku hanga movement, now explored in an exhibition at the National Museum of Asian Art, was a showcase for new techniques in creative prints

Yitskhok Rudashevski documented his life while hiding from Nazis, as well as folklore told in his community that “must be collected and preserved as a treasure for the future”

The monarch set fashion trends during her time, and the flower holder became a sought-after accessory in Victorian society

Soon to be on display at the National Museum of American History, the laptop is the centerpiece of a criminal case that shows an evolving understanding of cryptocurrency

The true, forgotten and sometimes-stinky history of the cohort who took Alexander Fleming's innovation and forever changed the face of modern medicine

A new exhibition spotlights a trio who pushed the boundaries of American art and illustrated the experiences of World War II incarceration

The work, now on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, tells the story of two characters on the island—the last people alive in the world

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day

A Smithsonian curator reflects back on the artistic legend, a "Renaissance man" with 28 Grammys to his name, who died Sunday at 91 years old

The Smithsonian Design Triennial presents 25 commissions that explore the physical and conceptual ideas of shelter and refuge

A paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London chronicles the age of the famous and fascinating massive reptiles

The early polygraph machine was considered the most scientific way to detect deception—but that was a myth