The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s main building is located at Eighth and F streets N.W. above the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metrorail station. Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily (closed Dec. 25).

The American Art Museum shares the Old Patent Office Building with the National Portrait Gallery, where then-Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough censored an exhibition of LGBTQ portraiture in 2010.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum has completely revamped its modern and contemporary art galleries. The space—which is home to one of the museum’s most popular pieces, Nam June Paik’s “Electronic ...

The oldest art museum on the National Mall is also the newest, as the Freer Gallery of Art reopened with a string of gala events October 14 and 15, after being closed nearly two years for renovation.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. commemorates its centenary in 2023 with a year’s long celebration highlighted by its inaugural Asian ...

With its spires, rotunda and colorful facade, the Arts and Industries Building is a festive relief compared with its neighbors. But restoring the Smithsonian's first museum hasn't been easy.

The National Museum of Asian Art has announced its 2023 recipients of the Freer Medal, a lifetime achievement award that honors individuals who have substantially contributed to the understanding of ...

Dalila Scruggs named Smithsonian museum’s first African-American art curator. Scruggs, who holds a doctorate in the history of art and architecture from Harvard, will gather essential pieces of ...

Left: Sam Gilliam, Swing, 1969, acrylic and aluminum on canvas, 119 5⁄8 x 283 1⁄2 in. (303.8 x 720.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. Edwin Janss, Jr., 197.Right: Alison Saar ...