SPOKANE, WA.- The Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (MAC), a Smithsonian Affiliate, and Charles J. Simon, founder of pioneering technology companies and nationally recognized software developer, announced today the innovative pilot project PassPort to…
Interactive Technology to Enhance Museum Experience
SPOKANE, WA.- The Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (MAC), a Smithsonian Affiliate, and Charles J. Simon, founder of pioneering technology companies and nationally recognized software developer, announced today the innovative pilot project PassPort to…
National Portrait Gallery to Commemorate the 60th Anniversary of "Peanuts" Debut
WASHINGTON, DC.- A photograph of “Peanuts” creator Charles M. Schulz (1922–2000) will be presented to the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in a ceremony for invited guests Oct. 1. The event recognizes the cartoonist’s im…
Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Presents "Americans Now"
WASHINGTON, DC.- “Americans Now,”drawn from the National Portrait Gallery’s collection, features portraits of outstanding individuals in the realms of science, business, government and the arts. The exhibition opens Aug. 20 and will be o…
Incredible Shrinking Moon Is Revealed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
WASHINGTON (AP).- The moon may be shrinking. Not to worry though, lovers and crooners, it won’t be disappearing any time soon. New research indicates cracks in the moon’s crust that have formed as the interior has cooled and shrunk over the last billio…
Jazz Scene Photographer Herman Leonard Dies at 87 in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP).- Jazz scene photographer Herman Leonard, famous for his smoky, backlighted black-and-white photos of such greats as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Frank Sinatra, has died. He was 87. L…
Smithsonian Extends Chance to Glimpse Rare Blue Diamond
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is extending its exhibit of one of the most rarely seen gems in the world, the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond, to Sept. 1. Before the diamond was exhibited beginning Jan. 28, it had …
Manhattan Mogul Elie Hirschfeld Acquires $2,000,000 Original Frank Stella Painting
NEW YORK, NY.- Manhattan real estate tycoon and President of Hirschfeld Properties, LLC, Elie Hirschfeld announces the acquisition of “Gray Scramble X (double)” (1973, Alkyd on Canvas), an original oil painting by Frank Stella (born 1936) valued at $2,…
Botanical Illustration Exhibition Highlights the Art Behind Conservation
WASHINGTON, DC.- A new traveling exhibition, “Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World,” will open at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Aug. 14. The exhibition, a collaborative effort between the Am…
National Anthropological Archives Receives Grant from President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Anthropological Archives has received a $323,000 “Save America’s Treasures” grant from the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. The grant will ensure long-term preser…