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WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is unveiling five newly renovated galleries as part of its ...
It is one of the most evocative works from the American Civil War: A sculpture of a Black man who had escaped from slavery ...
The Hirshhorn, the Asian Art and African Art museums, and the National Museum of the American Indian had to close on Sunday.
The Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum are both open from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and admission to both is always free.
With safety protocols working, Smithsonian to reopen four more museums on Friday September 14, 2020 More than 4 years ago The lobby of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
All Smithsonian museums have officially reopened after officials say  heating, ventilation and air conditioning issues linked ...
The American Art Museum shares the Old Patent Office Building with the National Portrait Gallery, where then-Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough censored an exhibition of LGBTQ portraiture in 2010.
The museums will temporarily close as the Smithsonian routes staff to other outposts. By Sarah Bahr As the Omicron variant overtakes the country, and coronavirus cases reported for the last week ...
Smithsonian American Art Museum In a press release issued in mid-June, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (henceforth abbreviated as “SAAM”) announced a new exhibit called Musical Thinking ...
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art first opened its doors in 1923—comprised of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery—and has become a bastion of preserving ...
Left: Sam Gilliam, Swing, 1969, acrylic and aluminum on canvas, 119 5⁄8 x 283 1⁄2 in. (303.8 x 720.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. Edwin Janss, Jr., 197.Right: Alison Saar ...