This week's contribution is from Richard Tollo, emeritus Professor of Geology at George Washington University. Yellowstone National Park is a popular destination for geology field trips. It’s easy to ...

With a collection of more than 147 million items, this robust Smithsonian museum on the National Mall attracts ... ancient Egypt and geology, among other topics. Although this museum is especially ...

The Swiss National Museum resides within a historic, castle-like building in the northern tip of Kreis 1. The museum surveys Swiss art, history and culture from as far back as 100,000 B.C. to ...

THE remarkable growth of geological knowledge concerning China commenced with the foundation of the National Geological Survey, under the able directorship of the late V. K. Ting, in 1915.

With the snow headed to Athens, school closures arise. Athens Technical College, the University of Georgia, and several other Athens schools have announced early closures for Tuesday. Here are all ...

The island of Maui, Hawaii, upon which sits Haleakalā National Park, has the same geologic origin as Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii. This is because Maui, like the Big ...

(Courtesy photo) Students engage in object-based inquiry with the UW Art Museum’s curator of academic engagement ... The sculpture is mystifying at first glance — a broad and somewhat geological ...

Precautionary measures were put in place to safeguard Santorini's antiquities from potential earthquake damage.

The Alexander Mosaic in the Archaeological Museum of Naples. Credit: ho visto nina volare / Wikimedia Commons The Alexander Mosaic, housed in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN ...

Greece approved plans for the construction of a museum at Faliro, south of Athens, that will exhibit a group of 78 shackled skeletons, believed to have been executed in the 7th century BC. These ...

With so much history crammed into one crowded, chaotic city, it’s hard to know where to start sightseeing in Athens ... the collection at the National Archaeological Museum is superior to ...

Federal support guarantees the Museum’s permanent place on the National Mall, and its far-reaching educational programs and global impact are made possible by generous donors. Located among our ...