Althea Gibson shattered barriers in tennis and beyond by becoming the first Black athlete to win major titles and blaze a ...

While living and working in New Orleans, Louis Jordan frequently played with trumpeter Wallace Davenport, and had a unique ...

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

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

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

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

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

Of all the spectacular museums in DC, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is my kids’ favorite! It is the one museum we must visit every time we go to DC even though it doesn’t have a ...

A rediscovered trove of Mary McLeod Bethune's papers at Fisk University links Nashville to America’s continuing fight for ...

In July 1860, the Clotilda—the last known slave ship to arrive in the United States—landed in Mobile, Alabama. The wooden ...

Ball, a free man of color, opened a one-room photo studio in Cincinnati in 1845, but the business soon folded. He honed his ...