Liza Kirwin is the interim director of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Smithsonian Libraries and Archives contains nearly 3 million library volumes and more than 44,000 cubic feet of archival ...

Smithson was one of the first researchers to systematically categorize calamine—or zinc as it was later called. In 1832, three years after Smithson’s death, French mineralogist François Sulpice ...

America’s national parks are a treasured asset for the millions of visitors they host every year. They are also a rich resource for the scholars who study the history of our species and planet. The ...