Russia’s palatial institution is now the second largest in the world, with an impressive collection of three million objects ...

The libraries listed below are those that have significant special collections. Call each individual library for specific information and to make an appointment. The Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design ...

We have posted all of the museum’s ethnographic and contemporary art collections to the Smithsonian’s collections search center, more than tripling the number of our object records online.

This introductory text is pulled from the 1957 Smithsonian Publication "Automobiles and Motorcycles in the U.S. National Museum" written by curator Smith Hempstone Oliver. At present a large number of ...

The museum agreed to omit text near the display ... One of the least likely items in the Smithsonian’s collection is a crappy video game. Amid many internet lists of strange Smithsonian catalog ...

Kathy Hollis from the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, who is leading the project there, explained: "We are trying to make our entire collection available digitally for researchers to use ...

It's a story that in some ways began about 20 years ago during a Central Michigan University fraternity event for accounting ...

WASHINGTON — Art lovers, rejoice! The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has just hit the refresh button on ...

With a collection of more than 147 million items, this robust Smithsonian museum on the National Mall attracts millions of visitors each year. Some of the museum's highlights include replicas of ...

Filecoin Foundation is stepping up today to preserve cultural artifacts in digital form using its decentralized network technology.