Peter Bentzon (ca. 1783–after 1850) was not only a free man; he was also a silversmith and jeweler who worked in Philadelphia and on the Caribbean island of St. Croix. Bentzon’s work is recognized ...

Black History Month honors the achievements and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history, and it’s a great time ...

The first Medal of Honor earned by an African American, and some of the slave shackles that they have on display, just poignant pieces of American history,” Davis said.

Executive Chef Ramin Coles, of the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Sweet Home Cafe, tells WTOP ...

Visitors can reach the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture by taking the Metro's Blue, Orange or Silver lines to Smithsonian station or Federal Triangle station.

assistant director of history at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and director of the Center for the Study of Global Slavery. “Their humanity is ...

The Amy Sherald SFMOMA show is the artist's largest to date, featuring her Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor paintings.

An exhibition at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum points to a burgeoning trend: museums are engaging the public more openly ...

In a staff-wide email, the organization said it was complying with Trump’s executive order banning federally funded diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

An executive order by Donald Trump prohibits all DEI programs at federal institutions. Some have already dismantled them.

The Smithsonian Institution is closing its Office of Diversity, freezing federal hiring and ordering employees back to ...

Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G Streets ... article misidentified the artist who painted a 1926 portrait of an African American man in a cobalt suit. It was Miki Hayakawa, not Hisako ...