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Culture minister says UK institution ‘should learn from what has happened’ as Smithsonian returns 29 Benin artefacts

It cost as much as a Mercedes, could only travel 79 miles, and was both the hero and villain of Hollywood. Only 10 years after it rolled into driveways, almost all were crushed. One remains operational … and its parked at The Smithsonian. A qualified antique, it’s still the car…

With a museum scene that's earned the nickname Smithsonian of the South, a notable restaurant repertoire and a boast-worthy beer scene, an unassuming North Carolina town has an abundance of built-in reasons to brag.

Shrimp-like Cystisoma are protected from predators by being virtually invisible – thanks to unique retina and a body that casts almost no shadow

All presidential portraits in Smithsonian privately funded, museum says

Extreme temperatures are taking a toll on zoo animals. Zoos throughout the U.S. are finding ways to help animals beat the heat.

For decades, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has held the remains of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, whose bones were taken from Australia without permission. But after long negotiations, these men are bringing their ancestors home.

Scientists face a challenge: A troubled species rebounds thanks to restoration efforts, only to make things worse for others by preying on them or outcompeting them for food and living space.

The museum and J. Paul Getty Trust will digitize and make available material that documents African American life for most of the 20th century.

In southwest Nigeria, West Africa's only natural history museum serves as a world class facility for conservation of natural resources. Built in 1973 as part of the zoology department at Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria's Natural History Museum was left abandoned for over 30 years before it was renovated and reopened…

Small, ancient sculptures that have been gathering dust in an Albuquerque storage box are returning home to Mexico