The Hirshhorn, the Asian Art and African Art museums, and the National Museum of the American Indian had to close on Sunday.

Our art critic visits the Smithsonian American Art Museum to get a closer look at the Trump administration’s attack on DC ...

Some have suggested that it stems from Hussenot’s device because it used film and “ran continuously in a light-tight box, hence the name ‘black box,”‘ according to Airbus, which noted that orange was ...

Go behind the scenes with curator Rachel Seidman as she interviews women for “We Do Declare: Women’s Voices on Independence,” ...

Photographer Jeff Henrikson captured the rarely seen creative spaces of 11 celebrated artists including Nate Lowman and ...

Only 50 Rice’s Whales Are Left. Can We Do Enough to Protect Them Before It’s Too Late? In 2021, researchers identified a new whale species and are now scrambling to save their natural habitat ...

A hard day is helped along by a few creature comforts: a good meal, a few friends, the right show to unwind with. So we asked ...

Our Shared Future: 250 spans the Smithsonian’s 21 museums, 14 education & research centers, the National Zoo, and over 200 Smithsonian Affiliates. Kevin Gover, Under Secretary for Museums and Culture ...

Inspired by the sight of the American flag after battle, Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Its vivid imagery captured the spirit of survival, symbolizing the nation's push ...

Ace-Liam Nana Sam Ankrah , a Ghanaian Guinness World Record holder for the Youngest Male Artist has been honoured as a Global Child Prodigy ...

A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: As sharks declined by 75 percent and fish preferred by ...

Karin Wulf is the director of the John Carter Brown Library and a historian at Brown University. She was previously the executive director of the Omohundro Institute of American History &amp ...