As passersby spotted the new addition to the facade of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building, reactions ranged from ...

An artifact from Iowa State University, linked to George Washington Carver's rediscovery of Egyptian blue, was displayed at ...

To historians and archivists, it points to the possibility that Trump's presidency will leave less for the nation's ...

The agency will require manufacturers to add a warning to prescription and OTC labeling about the risk of itching and the ...

Aerial view of the Washington dig site with Fredericksburg visible on the horizon The George Washington Foundation Suffice it to say that the idea of historic preservation hadn't quite caught on ...

What was particularly thrilling was that the declaration of “act of solidarity” was not coming from a Democratic member of ...

But now, the Smithsonian is pushing back ... Brown described one of the artifacts — a book written by Rev. George Washington Williams in 1880 — as a “precious and most historic book ...

He described one of the books, written by Rev. George Washington Williams in 1880 ... Brown said he lent the artifacts to the Smithsonian in 2016. He said the museum always gave him the option ...

The history book written by George Washington Williams ... Trump issued an executive order in late March, targeting the Smithsonian Institution. In a statement, it said "In recent years, it ...

Thomas Jefferson’s personally owned and signed copy of Cicero’s Ciceronis Oratione (“Orations”), in a six-volume set, acquired at auction directly from his personal library in 1829. Estimate: $150,000 ...

Washington, DC, befitting of the nation's capital, is full of historical sites bearing a dark past, including this ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is considering whether to permanently keep two prized artifacts belonging to civil rights icon Amos Brown. The institution had ...