The National Cherry Blossom Festival is one of Washington’s most popular tourist attractions, drawing more than 1.5 million ...

Ameya Okamoto, Santana Walker, and Celeste Hampton—part of the Smithsonian's Nail Art Project. Photos courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution When Indigenous entrepreneur and aesthetic innovator ...

The possibility of a government shutdown means many federally funded national parks, monuments and attractions might be closed until the government reopens.

Spend a long weekend in our nation’s diverse, dazzling capital, with food from across the globe and free world-class museums.

To mark the centenary of the artist’s birth, the eponymous foundation is staging a series of events and exhibitions around ...

Let out your inner nerd (and hear from Janelle Monáe) at Blerdcon, sample wine and cheese for Women’s History Month, or dance ...

The Washington, DC institution had been due to open exhibitions about queer identity and the African diaspora in the Americas ...

Sir Isaac Julien’s moving image installation interweaves period reenactments across five screens to create a vivid picture of ...

Three nail artists visit the Smithsonian and design nail art sets based on art, artifacts, and stories featured in our museums ...