"It shows the resiliency of the U.S. Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor," head curator Dr. Voula Saridakis said of the ...

These museum shops are brimming with festive cards, clever stocking stuffers and unique items that carry real stories.

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Christmas is already in Chicago at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. On Saturday, the museum started the holiday season with a tree lighting and it's "Christmas Around the ...

Paul Tazwell’s costumes from “Hamilton,” “Wicked” and “West Side Story” are set to go on display at Chicago’s Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. The exhibition, titled Crafting Character: The ...

The Art Institute of Chicago will have a new space within the museum specifically for its art conservation work, officials announced Tuesday. The Grainger Center for Conservation and Science, ...

A hidden gem on Chicago's North Side is a place where skeletons and skulls aren't scary, they're educational – the International Museum of Surgical Science. "People have heard of us, but they don't ...

Shrink to the size of a bug – literally – for the Field Museum’s Halloween twist on its popular Underground Adventure. Horror host Svengoolie guides guests through a creepy-crawly world where soil and ...

The Field Museum just added two new CT scanners, giving scientists a closer look at animal specimens without leaving the building. Researchers kicked off spooky season by scanning bat skulls, creating ...

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) - High school students got into the spirit of Massachusetts STEM Week Thursday with a visit to the Museum of Science’s new simulation space, where they got to work in a ...

In which Observer's Arts Editor sets out to have as many art and art-adjacent encounters as possible in the Windy City in just two days. Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, better known as the Bean. Photo: ...

A look inside Barack Obama’s “living, breathing cultural and gathering space” (with an N.B.A.-size basketball court). Not everyone is cheering. The granite-clad museum at the Obama Presidential Center ...