A new exhibition at the Jane Austen House in England includes six artworks that are going on public display for the first time ...

Research shows that playing a musical instrument does amazing things to our brains — and especially in young children.

DC! Close out spring at an outdoor music festival such as M3 Rock and Porchfest. Plus, WorldPride comes to town boasting an ...

Celebrate documentaries and dramas at Filmfest D.C., explore hundreds of bands during Petworth PorchFest, and sample gourmet ...

Daughtry set out on a quest to make art accessible for every child. The Art Prevails Project started in his car but has blossomed into much more. With his signature programs, like Speak Your Piece and ...

The arts and humanities organizations, led by visionary change agents, do much more than organizing cultural events: they ...

It’s officially spring break for thousands of kids in D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia, and you don’t need to go on ...

It’s becoming increasingly easy to tell whether an exhibit at one of the Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C. was designed decades ago or in recent years, simply by whether its depictions are ...

In his latest attempt to police thought in America, the president issued an executive order last week that aims to control museum exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution and re-erect any ...

“For all of the art that is consumed by everybody ... recently joined the advisory council for the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, where she will bring this experience ...

He announced his departure in a memo to museum staff, said Smithsonian spokesperson Linda St. Thomas, three weeks after the Smithsonian had announced internally that he was on indefinite personal ...

Because I wanted to read about our country and the world, history and science, art and music. I also loved going in person — and still do. Because the Smithsonian’s museums are free ...