News & Politics AC Problem Closes Four Smithsonian Museums on the National Mall The Hirshhorn, the Asian Art and African Art museums, and the National Museum of the American Indian had to close on Sunday. They're still closed. heat, Hirshhorn Museum, National Museum of African Art, National Museum of Asian ArtJuly 15, 2025
News & Politics Why the Washington Post Is Still Reporting on the Smithsonian’s Racial Brain Collection “I think many people don't know this chapter of our country's history," says one of the lead reporters on the project. Smithsonian Institution, The Washington PostDecember 19, 2023
News & Politics An LGBTQ+ Museum Could Be on Its Way to DC New legislation would establish a National Museum of American LGBTQ+ History and Culture as part of the Smithsonian Institution. But there's a long road ahead of it. LGBTQ, Mark Pocan, Museums, National MallOctober 3, 2022
Things to Do Smithsonian Museums Will Once Again Be Open Seven Days a Week Museums, Reopening, Smithsonian InstitutionMarch 29, 2022
News & Politics The Smithsonian’s Mask Mandate Will End Friday masks, Reopening, Smithsonian InstitutionMarch 7, 2022
Things to Do Sneak Peek: Smithsonian’s New FUTURES Exhibit Opens This Weekend Here's what it looks like Arts and Industries Building, Bill Nye: Science Guy, Exhibition, FUTURESNovember 19, 2021
News & Politics Jeff Bezos Donates a Whopping $200 Million to the Smithsonian Jeff Bezos, Smithsonian InstitutionJuly 14, 2021
News & Politics The African American History Museum Has Restored DC’s Rediscovered Last Supper Frieze Studio Acting Conservatory built its new Columbia Heights home around the discovery of a lost sculpture inspired by the Black Arts Movement. National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Studio Acting Conservatory, The Last SupperDecember 4, 2020
News & Politics The Experience of Visiting Museums on the Mall Will Be Much Different Whenever They Reopen Neither the Smithsonian Institution nor the National Gallery of Art has yet announced reopening plans. Coronavirus 2020, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian InstitutionMay 28, 2020
Things to Do Things to Do in DC This Weekend (March 8-11): International Women’s Day, Two Tony Award-Winning Musicals, and the Big Apple Circus Big Apple Circus, Ford's Theatre, Keegan Theatre, National HarborMarch 8, 2018
