Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Smithsonian Institute’s museums, research centers, and the National Zoo remain open this week despite the government shutdown ...

Three bronze bison sculptures created at a Loveland foundry will find their forever home in front of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. on March 19. Along the way ...

(The Hill) – Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo officially shut down to the public on Sunday due to the government shutdown, which is on day 13. The Smithsonian announced on X Friday that ...

The sight of food trucks lining the National Mall is a common one. But where will they go next, now that the Smithsonian museums are closing as part of the government shutdown? “That’s a good question ...

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History safeguards 148 million objects, yet 99% of them remain hidden from public view in secure areas known as collections. Behind the scenes, these ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — As the sun set over the Capitol, shining light after 43 days of darkness, a glow also illuminated the Smithsonian Museums, all nine of them that reopened this weekend and welcomed ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The federal government shutdown has forced the Smithsonian Institution to close all 21 of its museums, along with the National Zoo, after exhausting prior-year funds. The ...

A White House official helping lead the Trump administration’s sweeping audit of the Smithsonian accused the institution’s Washington museums of putting too much focus on slavery. “The fact that our ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The federal government reopened its agencies, and many national museums began welcoming visitors again on Saturday after the record-breaking 43-day government shutdown. Jen Sullivan ...