President Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for ...

You snooze, you lose! All of our featured events for the week are one day only, so be sure to mark your calendars. Attend an author talk, learn about careers in science and technology, celebrate ...

The government is starting to reopen after President Trump signed a bill to fund the government through Jan. 30.

Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium opened in 1930, joining the Field on Chicago’s lakefront south of Grant Park. In 1998, ...

The center’s planned 5,000-square-foot STEAM Studio will be funded by a gift from Alina de Almeida and John Paulson.

The Chicago Archaeopteryx, the 14th specimen of this species known to science, is the most important addition to the Field Museum’s Genius Hall of Dinosaurs since SUE the T. rex. But did you know that ...

Downey hopes to finish Space Center expansion before Olympics, the atmospheric river storm hitting California and more big ...

Ashleigh Anderson and her dog Harper pass by the Science Museum of Virginia each day as they venture beyond the pavement surrounding her Scott’s Addition apartment.

The Dittrick Medical History Center sits unassumingly on Case Western Reserve University’s campus, quietly housing one of America’s most captivating collections of medical artifacts and oddities.

In the heart of Scranton, Pennsylvania sits a tan brick building that holds the gritty, fascinating story of how rocks that burn built America. The Anthracite Heritage Museum might sound like a snooze ...

Several of D.C.’s federally funded museums are finally reopening their doors, giving visitors long-awaited access to some of the nation’s most popular attractions.