Shahzia Sikander's "The Last Post," a video installation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, mesmerizes as an abstracted examination of colonialism.

In the early 20th century, Paris presented something America couldn’t: independence. For a generation of women, the City of ...

You don’t have to be an art expert to appreciate a good painting, especially when it comes from Black female painters who are revolutionizing the art world with every brushstroke. From bold portraits ...

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

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

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

The Space Shuttle drips romance. Representing nearly a half-century of human spaceflight—from its conception in 1968, even ...

With temperatures expected to reach around 90 degrees on Monday in the District, some Smithsonian museums closed due to HVAC ...

Some Smithsonian museums will not be open to the public on Monday due to maintenance issues, according to the Smithsonian's ...

Classical archaeologist Michael Guggenberger, who has published several studies on the objects, described them in a 2000 ...

A team of researchers led by the Smithsonian has discovered the oldest known pterosaur fossil in North America. Pterosaurs were flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs and were the first ...

They all showed off their talents at this year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The theme: How youth keep cultural traditions ...