Museum officials say the decision is unrelated to protests over the Sackler family's ties to Purdue Pharma

As his new book is released, the new secretary of the Smithsonian Institution talks of extending its reach beyond Washington

The director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture is the first African American, and first historian, to lead the organisation

The famed Chinoiserie dining room, designed by James McNeill Whistler, has been reinstalled in closer alignment to the artist’s aesthetic vision

Institute’s collections are helping to provide an understanding of how global warming affects specific locations

The renovation taps into the spirit of the founding architect, Gordon Bunshaft

The shutdown dealt a blow to federally-funded museums, with disappointed visitors, furloughed staff, disrupted exhibitions and lost revenue that “can never be regained”

Empathetic, user-centred products that can shape a more equitable world for people with disabilities go on show at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland this week

Institutions need all hands on deck to redress imbalances in jobs and programming

US Institution will collaborate with Victoria and Albert Museum at its new outpost in East London

Island’s institutions join forces to safeguard collections and plan for future disasters

Asian art museums on National Mall get a physical and “mental” makeover