Researchers have confirmed the discovery of the HMS Endeavour, once commanded by legendary British explorer Captain James Cook, in Rhode Island’s Newport Harbor. A shipwreck labeled RI 2394 has been ...

They have been on display at the British Museum since the early 19th century but should they be returned to Athens?

I love London in the Summer, though many might argue. I love the art in parks, the getting out and discovering new lost and ...

Arrayed like giant puzzle pieces on the museum floor, research assistants and volunteers spent weeks cleaning the timbers to ...

Workers digging at Manhattan's World Trade Center site 15 years ago made an improbable discovery: sodden timbers from a boat built during the Revolutionary War that had been buried more than two ...

The Concorde suffered a fatal crash in July 2000, which spurred the end of the supersonic jet program. What's next for mach speed flight?

About. Located in the historic D.C. City Post Office next to the restored Union Station, the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum showcases the largest and most comprehensive collection of stamps and ...

Launch into the history of flight by surrounding yourself with icons of air and space travel. The flagship building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C, exhibits aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, ...

The British Museum has welcomed design visionary Sir Jony Ive to its Board of Trustees, marking a pivotal moment as the ...

Supporters saw the Mütter’s preserved fetuses, skulls, and “Soap Lady” as a celebration of human difference. New management ...

With the end of British colonial rule in 1947, the Indian subcontinent was divided into two nations, majority-Hindu India and majority-Muslim Pakistan. But simmering secular tensions and a hastily ...