Smithsonian

by Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, Miami University If people know the name Joel Roberts Poinsett today, it is likely because of the red and green poinsettia...

ATLANTA – One of the most anticipated museum openings in modern history has a significant Atlanta connection. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) opens in Washington, D.C. tomorrow on Saturday, September 24, 2016, and Atlanta-based H.J. Russell & Company (Russell) played a significant role in its construction. Russell was selected as the construction management […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Everybody knows Bill Cosby's humor, but the comedian has kept his artistic tastes close at home. Now the extensive art collection...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of photographs, papers and historical objects documenting the history of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are being added to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Flashback to a 1940s jazz club. A saxophonist performs on stage wearing his sunglasses at night. "I'm cool," he says, relaxed...

WASHINGTON — Numerous exhibits and programs in the nation’s capital will allow visitors to retrace the historic steps of the 1963 March on...