Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum returns stolen Tirumangai Alvar idol to Indian authorities in London

CHENNAI: Days after the US-based Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art decided to restitute bronzes stolen from Alathur ...
Rio Blanco Herald Times

HISTORY LESSONS: The Powell Expedition

There were several reasons that many military men and former military men became western frontier explorers, miners, cowboys, ...

Bronze bison will visit the Field Museum as part of Smithsonian tour

A trio of larger-than-life bison sculptures will be displayed outside the Field Museum later this month as part of a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Meet the Scientist Analyzing Historic Bison DNA to Understand How the Species Rebounded from the Edge of Extinction

Smithsonian researcher Sarah Johnson studies bison specimens to understand how the species’s genetic diversity changed after its decline ...
National Parks Conservation Association

9 Women You May Not Know Who Shaped the American Revolution

As the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary, NPCA highlights a few of the women who influenced the success of the patriot cause.