The 'Treasures, Royal Gems & Jewellery,' colloquium held in Lisbon explored the history, preservation and public role of royal gems and jewels ...

Check the website to see what's on display before you go. Attracting millions of people each year, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum contains a trove of celebrated aircraft ...

(March 15, 2025, through August 24, 2025) “The Winston Red Diamond and the Winston Fancy ... History While this is not an exhibition at a Smithsonian museum, its National Museum of Natural ...

The Falcon 9 rocket from the North American company SpaceX is sending two small Portuguese satellites into space today, one from the company LusoSpace for monitoring maritime traffic and one from the ...

Angus was also the first to report on the electrical conductivity of diamond doped with boron.. More information: Intervalence plasmons in boron-doped diamond, Nature Communications (2025). https ...

Gary Ingram, CEO of The Diamond Store explains: “This method of evaluating diamonds was invented by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) in 1949. Today, their grading system is the ...

Visitors at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., will soon get a double dose of President-elect Trump, as the museum installs a second photograph of him ahead of the ...

Male giant panda Bao Li in his habitat at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Oct. 24, 2024. Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

NEWTON, Iowa — The Legacy Plaza in Newton has opened their doors for a Smithsonian exhibit that highlights innovation in small towns. Spark: Places of Innovation highlights rural towns around the ...

On Wednesday, the Smithsonian announced its DC museums will be closed on January 20. Inauguration Day in DC typically brings a lot of road closures, high security measures and various restrictions.

January is a big month for historic events in DC, but the debut of two new pandas at the National Zoo is perhaps the biggest highlight for Washingtonians. Bears Bao Li and Qing Bao will finally meet ...

Circa 1990, as I recall, collectors, curators, and gallerists visiting New York were so eager to see what Colin de Land was showing at his gallery American Fine Arts Co.