Peggy Montes started Bronzeville Children's Museum, worked to elect Mayor Harold Washington and sought to empower, inspire ...

Illinois’ commercial fossil trade is alive and well thanks to collectors who are motivated by money, science and the hunt — and who test the outer bounds of legality.

Syracuse, N.Y. — The 24-second shot clock monument in Armory Square — a tribute to one of Syracuse’s greatest contributions ...

From batch sales of unopened rocks on eBay to discreet phone calls to higher-dollar patrons, Illinois’ commercial fossil ...

Pennsylvanians will lose an hour of sleep as clocks spring forward for daylight saving time amid ongoing debate.

The nonprofit organization has been putting out the list of what it calls imminently threatened historic buildings and community assets since 2002, in hopes of saving them from demolition.

For the first time in the 22-year history of Preservation Chicago’s annual ranking of the city’s seven most endangered buildings, a former McDonald’s restaurant has cracked the list — sort of. No, ...

Improving the discoverability of women’s history is the focus of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum’s ...

A groundbreaking global study indicates that the body clocks of mammals are being disrupted by human ... The study, published in the journal Science Advances, involved an extensive analysis of video ...

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At the Morgan Library & Museum, an exhibition looks at the museum’s first director, whose remarkable career broke prejudicial barriers as she helped hone the tastes of avid collector J.P. Morgan.

After being named the second-best science museum in the nation last year, COSI has reclaimed the No. 1 spot, according to the USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards. This is the fifth time COSI ...