The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is celebrating 50 years since the building in Washington, D.C., opened to the public and will commemorate this milestone throughout 2026. The museum ...

The U.S. will celebrate its 250th birthday this summer, while the Smithsonian has come under political pressure from White ...

The National Air and Space Museum's second location in Virginia features a restoration hangar where workers repair and ...

But the Smithsonian has long sought a higher mission than national storage. George Brown Goode, who ran the Smithsonian in ...

Robert Rauschenberg’s aviation-inspired works will headline new Smithsonian exhibition. The show will debut as part of the National Air and Space Museum’s newly renovated Flight and Arts Center. The ...

When Rauschenberg created Sky Garden (Stoned Moon) in 1969, it was the largest ever hand-pulled lithograph. Nearly 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) tall, it marks the launch of Apollo 11 and its impact. The ...

The institution, long regarded as independent, is facing a White House deadline to hand over records about its content and will see turnover that could reshape its governing board. By Graham Bowley ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is home to more than 2,200 animals across its campuses in D.C. and Virginia. The zoo was the first in the United States to hire a ...

An Artemis Orion capsule could take space shuttle Discovery's place in Houston, NASA's new chief says. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

WASHINGTON — Smithsonian museums may lose funding if they don't produce a review of exhibits and programming, the White House said. The institution has until Jan. 13, 2026, to turn over documentation ...

In a new letter, the Trump White House has reignited its threat to pull funding from the Smithsonian Institution amid a probe of the federally funded organization's programming, budgets, and ...

The White House threatened to withhold federal funding from the Smithsonian Institution if the prestigious museum system does not submit additional documentation for the Trump administration’s ...