The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum welcomes two new acquisitions to the collection—the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) Pathfinder and Parker Solar Probe model. The Pathfinder is a ...
The National Museum of African American History and Culture is removing a rare slave ship timber from its “Slavery and Freedom” exhibit and returning it to South Africa. Visitors will have ...
An ancient artist applied a white substance to an illustration of a jackal, slimming down its appearance, according to ...
On a Monday afternoon this winter, 64-year-old historian James Millward climbed the steps of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery with a “little stack of handouts, like a good professor,” and no ...
Four months after France was stunned by a brazen daylight heist where thieves snatched jewels worth approximately $102 million from Paris' Louvre Museum, the home of the “Mona Lisa” has a new boss.
The head of the Louvre Museum resigned Tuesday, four months after a brazen daylight heist where thieves snatched jewels worth approximately $102 million, shocking French citizens who questioned how a ...
The gown joined the collection at a ceremony on February 20, 2026. Lisa Kathleen Graddy When Melania Trump visited the National Museum of American History today, she became the only First Lady to ...
First lady Melania Trump said her 2025 inaugural dress reflected “America’s destiny” as she donated the gown to the Smithsonian’s First Ladies Collection on Friday. Trump’s Herve Pierre-designed black ...
Museums Free-for-All day returns to Southern California on Sunday, with nearly 30 museums and cultural institutions in the region offering free admission. The annual event is organized by SoCal ...
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art will celebrate its 2026 Nowruz Family Festival Saturday, March 14, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Named for the Persian word ...
Melania Trump’s inaugural gown is getting a spot in the Smithsonian. The Hervé Pierre-designed white gown that featured a dramatic black stripe that Trump wore at last year’s presidential inauguration ...