It is one of the most evocative works from the American Civil War: A sculpture of a Black man who had escaped from slavery ...

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Four Smithsonian museums on the National Mall remained closed Tuesday as crews worked to resolve heating, ventilation and air ...

Pictures of Belonging at the Smithsonian American Art Museum spotlights Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo, three ...

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

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture honored B Michael and his husband Mark-Anthony ...

Washington's museums like the National Gallery of Art and the Hirshhorn have not had their collections sold off to give the ...

A remarkable finding has surfaced in the colorful, fossil-rich badlands of Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park: North America’s oldest known pterosaur. The newly identified species — a flying ...

At some point, many of us have been enchanted by birds. People have tuned in to the diverse array of  melodies these flying ...

Artists are nominated by a Smithsonian research staff member and then selected by a panel of Smithsonian art curators and representatives from the science, history and culture communities. More than ...