The Smithsonian’s popular National Air and Space Museum was one of the first museums that reopened to the public Friday after a monthlong closure during the government shutdown. The rest of the ...

Check out what's on tap at area museums and galleries.

A new Smithsonian exhibit explores the bison’s role in American history, from widespread herds and near extinction to ...

The Smithsonian museums and National Zoo are set to reopen within days after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history comes to an end. The National Museum of American History, the National Air ...

As the US gears up for a major anniversary, a new expansive exhibition looks at history in a range of objects, from an 18th-century gunboat to a Maga hat ...

Visitors in line at the Smithsonian Institute's National Air and Space Museum following the end of the federal government shutdown in Washington, DC, on Friday. - Pete Kiehart/Bloomberg/Getty Images ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The sight of food trucks lining the National Mall is a common one. But where will tourists go next, now that the Smithsonian museums are closed as part of the government shutdown?

You may not have heard of the sprawling red brick gothic pile at the top of the National Mall, but the Smithsonian ...

Helicopter shot of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. at sunset on a fall evening, looking over residential streets towards the U.S. Capitol Building, Supreme Court, and the National Mall - ...

Happy Monday, DC! There’s plenty of cool things to do over the extended weekend. Snag a ticket to the highly-anticipated opening of Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Othello, take the family to ...