Washington’s National Zoo is preparing to welcome a pair of new giant pandas by the end of the year about six months after it sent its three pandas back to China. …
Ngaire Blankenberg. Photo Earl Abrahams/Courtesy Ngaire Blankenberg When Ngaire Blankenberg was first appointed director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art in 2021, she wasted no time in shaking …
Now the Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community wants a spot. It might need to be patient – as the National Mall runs out of space, competition intensifies, Congress becomes …
Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum outside of New York City—a place we know and love that already receives plenty of …
Museum curators are hitting the road for election memorabilia. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images As the 2024 presidential election cycle kicks off, so does the production of election-related memorabilia. Buttons, …
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) and Secretary of the Smithsonian Lonnie Bunch (left). Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images The reach of the Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum, research …