The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is opening a new permanent exhibit exploring human evolution over 6 million years. The nearly $21 million Hall of Human Origins opens Wednesday. It will include more than 285 fossils and artifacts, including the only Neanderthal skeleton in the ...

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum says 30 million visitors have now come through its doors. The museum said Wednesday that the milestone was passed this week. The museum has been open since April 1993. A museum spokesman says 1.75 million people visited last year ...

First Lady Michelle Obama bowed to tradition Tuesday and donated the dazzling ball gown she wore for her husband's presidential inauguration last January to the Smithsonian museum institution. The flowing, white, one-shouldered Jason Wu gown studded with appliqué embroidery, along with peep-toe white Jimmy Choo high heels, a huge ring, thin diamond bracelets and dangling earrings joined the Museum ...