I get chills recalling the sheer power of art that I felt in this room at the National Portrait Gallery, as if the genius loci of Washington, D.C. was standing next to me like a ghost.

The first African American museum has opened in Warren County, Virginia, established in honor of local activist James Wilson Kilby.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is helping families preserve film and photos many ...

Discover the National Museum of African American History and Culture's November programming, including exhibits on Black women activists and African American religion.

Hidden histories come to life in this sprawling show, which includes photos, films and interactive touch-screen oral ...

For historians of slavery, the origins of the modern world and the origins of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade are one and the ...

Bunch III, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and the founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African ...

In collaboration with USA TODAY, “America’s Veterans: Honor, Service, and Sacrifice” is a tribute to veterans—covering ...

Martin Luther King III, the son of revered civil rights icons Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, directly ...

Download logo Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee will travel from November 2-8 to Dakar, Senegal, to participate in the Dakar Biennale, one of the largest arts festivals in ...

In her speech, newly appointed director Anne Helmreich emphasized the center’s role in safeguarding the diverse stories that define American art.

Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch told the ... They include Janice Canaday, 67, who also is the museum's African ...