Hultén, the director of the National Museum of Modern Art from 1973 to 1981, saw art as a means of changing the world. He ...

Russia’s towering Klyuchevskoy volcano, located on the Kamchatka Peninsula, has captured the world’s attention after its ...

Nazi Creek was renamed Thursday to Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, an Unangax̂ phrase replacing a name originally assigned by World War ...

The renamed sites include a mile-long stream formerly known as “ Nazi Creek ” and a nearby summit previously bearing a ...

Newly discovered fragments of 2,200-year-old star coordinates—once thought lost—reveal the incredible skill of the ancient astronomer Hipparchus.

89 action camp projects will be implemented from April to December 2025 at 82 World Heritage properties and sites on the Tentative Lists, by 70 organizations in 41 countries around the globe.

This large format full-color map features the World Heritage sites and brief explanations of the World Heritage Convention and the World Heritage conservation programmes, as well as superb photos of ...

The mapping of the world : early printed world maps, 1472-1700 / Rodney W. Shirley Smithsonian Libraries and Archives ...