The opening of the special exhibition "Lee Kun-hee Collection," scheduled for the 6th at the Smithsonian National Museum of ...

American Realist portraitist Amy Sherald showed Anderson Cooper her evocative "Ecclesia (The Meeting of Inheritance and ...

Institutions around the country are preparing for the nation’s 250th anniversary, even in the face of political crosswinds.

The Smithsonian's museums and zoo are now closed due to the government shut down. Tours of historic Washington, D.C. sites ...

The Museum of Art is preparing to open a new exhibition, "Amy Sherald: American Sublime," on Nov. 2. The exhibition is in ...

The exhibition is in Baltimore after Sherald canceled the show at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery over the summer ...

The institution’s 21 museums, zoo, and research centers are shuttered indefinitely as Congress remains in a stalemate over funding. Closed signage outside the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space ...

Kathryn Jones began to visit Washington's museums in January and didn't plan to make it her full-time pursuit, but it become ...

The closures would affect some of the most popular tourist attractions in Washington, D.C.—including the National Museum of Natural History, the Air and Space Museum, and the National Zoo—which have ...

The Smithsonian’s collections speak to the resolve and ingenuity of America’s service members A chess set used during the ...

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