WASHINGTON, DC.- The Phillips Collection reopens Saturday, September 4 after closing due to a renovation-related fire on the roof of the Phillips House. The Phillips House will remain closed for repairs until further notice. All other galleries will op…
Phillips Collection to Reopen on Saturday, Museum Waives Admission Fees
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Phillips Collection reopens Saturday, September 4 after closing due to a renovation-related fire on the roof of the Phillips House. The Phillips House will remain closed for repairs until further notice. All other galleries will op…
Smithsonian American Art Museum Offers Largest Mission-Based Game Ever Designed
WASHINGTON, DC.- A new mission-based, alternate reality or “big” game, called Pheon, will debut in September at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. A variation on the classic game Capture the Flag, Pheon is a competition to obtain the game&#…
Archives of American Art Marks Kraushaar Galleries’ 125th Anniversary
WASHINGTON, DC.- This September, Kraushaar Galleries, a leading dealer in American art of the first half of the 20th century, will celebrate its 125th year, a record of longevity that dates back to the 19th century and is shared by only three other New…
National Museum of American History Receives Record-Breaking Tennis Racquet
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has acquired John Isner’s tennis racquet from his record-breaking match against Frenchman Nicolas Mahut at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. The racquet is one of four rac…
John Gossage: The Pond Opens at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
WASHINGTON, DC.- “John Gossage: The Pond” celebrates the recent gift to the museum of this remarkable photographic series and the re-issue of one of the most influential photography books of the past three decades. John Gossage (b. 1946) phot…
John Gossage: The Pond Opens at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
WASHINGTON, DC.- “John Gossage: The Pond” celebrates the recent gift to the museum of this remarkable photographic series and the re-issue of one of the most influential photography books of the past three decades. John Gossage (b. 1946) phot…
Spy Museum Adds Another Former Spy to Staff in Washington DC
WASHINGTON, DC.- The International Spy Museum has welcomed an experienced intelligence analyst, author and scholar as the organization’s new historian. Mark Stout has 13 years in intelligence, including time spent with both the CIA and the State D…
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…
National Museum of American History Accepts Red Hat Society Donation
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will receive a donation from the Red Hat Society, a women’s social organization that fosters a sense of joy and sisterhood. The gift includes a bright red fedora, the hat that i…