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David Adjaye, architect of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, approaches building design as creating “fabric” Alex Palmer The copper design on the museum is informed ...
Defense contracting giant Northrop Grumman has donated $10 million to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in D.C.
The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum received a $10 million donation from Northrop Grumman to support the transformation of the museum’s building in Washington, D.C. In honor of the gift, ...
The Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building first opened to the public in October 1881, though back then it was known as the U.S. National Museum.
The Castle was a jewel in its heyday, but it has been falling into disrepair for years and is now mainly an office building, providing space for about 200 employees. A leaky roof and porous ...
Smithsonian museum builds artifact collection to create 2020 time capsule of events 04:44. When the calendar flipped to 2020, Americans has no idea it would be a year unlike any other.
“People would say, ‘Well, this is the opportunity to craft a museum by Black people, for Black people, and I thought that was a mistake,” said Bunch, the current secretary of the Smithsonian Museum.
The Arts and Industries Building (AIB) is the Smithsonian’s second oldest building and a national hub for creative exchange between ideas and objects from our past and our future. AIB opened in 1881 ...
Museum on Main Street (MoMS) is the Smithsonian’s premier program for small towns. For almost 30 years, MoMS has brought rural communities high-quality museum exhibits in partnership with the ...
The Smithsonian Castle is a beautiful neo-Gothic building towering over the National Mall in Washington DC. “The Castle” is actually the Smithsonian Visitor Center, and you should check it out ...
The Smithsonian American Art Museum, billed as the nation’s first collection of American art, shares a building at Eighth and ...
Is Architecture Actually a Form of Weaving? David Adjaye, architect of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, approaches building design as creating “fabric” ...