WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Museum of African American History and Culture opening this weekend in Washington took more than a decade to build. A look at some of the key milestones in its ...

Helicopter shot of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. at sunset on a fall evening, looking over residential streets towards the U.S. Capitol Building, Supreme Court, and the National Mall - ...

A Smithsonian museum exhibit about the maritime journey that millions of Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic to slavery in the Americas will change later this month, when a remnant from ...

Since 2018, the American Women's History Initiative Pool has funded more than 200 projects across the Smithsonian, supporting research, collections, and programming that make women's history visible ...

In December 2020, Congress authorized the creation of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum. Nearly six years later, progress has stalled in Congress, delayed by disagreements over its ...

Washington, D.C. is not only the center of American politics — it's also one of America's central hubs for museums. Specifically, Washington's acclaimed Smithsonian Institute administers many of the ...