The immersive exhibition, "The Utopia Project," at the Anacostia Community Museum is about setting high goals and the means for achieving them
A full slate of events honors the painter's life in timing with the 50th anniversary of his death
The author reflects on her classic 1967 novel, its 1983 film adaptation and its legacy today
Born 150 years ago this week, the author was known for her incisive portrayals of women's everyday lives
The retail giant’s mail-order business reigned supreme for more than a century, offering everything from quack cures to ready-to-build homes
The award-winning Beninese artist unveils a work dedicated to the president’s “generosity of heart”
The Stars Are Aligned at the National Museum of American History
Actor Jimmy Vee says climbing inside the droid costume, now on view at the Smithsonian’s American History Museum, is like entering “your own world"
Scheduled to launch this year are new institutions dedicated to punk rock, Amelia Earhart and robots
In January 1928, Tom Howard of the "Daily News" smuggled a camera into Sing Sing, where he snapped a picture of Ruth Snyder’s final moments
The painter’s entire “Fighters for Freedom” series is now on view for the first time in more than 75 years
Her mighty contralto propelled her across color lines
Smithsonian curators remember the celebrated artist, who died last month at 98, and who viewed humanity with biting realism
Every year, Haitians around the globe eat the pumpkin dish on January 1 to commemorate the liberation of the world’s first free Black republic
Explore the enduring bonds and intimacies of modern love at the National Portrait Gallery
The latest additions are a rich trove of books, films, songs and other works from 1927
The celebrated architect Hector Guimard was also a passionate advocate for workers’ rights, even as he honed his reputation in the business of luxury
The year's most exciting discoveries included hidden portraits by Cézanne and van Gogh, sarcophagi buried beneath Notre-Dame, and a medieval wedding ring
Andrew Parker has produced some of the brightest hues in the world. So, what’s his secret?
A biographical exhibition reveals the profound origins of her intensely engaging art
The much-mocked wonder-rock from the 2009 blockbuster 'Avatar' doesn’t have an atomic number, but engineers have used the actual word for decades
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