Researchers at the museum concluded that the three artefacts were removed from Cambodia during the civil war of the 1960s and ...

The US Senate unanimously approved the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act of 2025 on December 10. The bill renews and expands the original 2016 legislation, which is set to expire in 2026, ...

Among the highlights is a folio from the Bhagavata Purana dating to around 1775 to 1780, attributed to the successors of the ...

The Smithsonian museums, National Gallery of Art and other sites that receive federal funding are announcing their reopening plans now that the government shutdown is over. While the financial impact ...

The Honorable Lonnie G. Bunch III Secretary, Smithsonian Institution 1000 Jefferson Dr SW Washington, DC 20560 Subject: Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions ...

Lending art to the White House is nothing new for Smithsonian museums. In the 1940s, when the tradition began, the museums had a growing collection of artworks and limited gallery space. The White ...

L-R: “Head of Harihara” (mid-10th century), “The Goddess Uma” (10th century) and “Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)” (c. 1200); Image Credit: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, ...

Visitors return to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., on June 18, 2021, after the museum was closed for more than 400 days due to the pandemic. Win McNamee / Getty ...

This will be the first return made by the museum under the Smithsonian's 2022 Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns policy ...