National Portrait Gallery

The Smithsonian will reopen four more museums to the public on Friday, Sep. 18. The National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum will reopen with new coronavirus prevention measures.  The museums will have reduced hours of operation and visitors will…

As the world mourns the death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his portrait will be part of a special display at the National Portrait Gallery starting Monday. A 2007 photograph of Bryant that is part of the museum’s collection was mounted on the first floor of the museum on Monday morning. The black-and-white photograph by Rick Chapman shows Bryant in…

A 2007 portrait of Kobe Bryant is on display at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Bryant died on Sunday in a helicopter crash.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Michelle Obama and Anna Wintour all attended the National Portrait Gallery Gala Sunday night.This event honors six people who help shape our shared history. News4’s Tommy McFly has more.

D.C. performance artist Sheldon Scott has hulled rice by hand for so long this week that his fingerprints are wearing off. He’ll do the grueling work for a few days. His enslaved ancestors on the South Carolina coast did it for years.

The Smithsonian is adding U.S. royalty to its permanent collection.

The Eye to I exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery shows how artists have chosen to depict themselves. Barbara Harrison reports.

Unafraid of the impending closing of the Metro, Capitals fans partied in the streets Thursday night and into Friday morning to celebrate the franchise’s first Stanley Cup and the city’s first title in the major four professional sports since 1992.

Unafraid of the impending closing of the subway, Capitals fans partied in the streets Thursday night and into Friday morning to celebrate the franchise’s first Stanley Cup and the city’s first title in the major four professional sports since 1992.

The Capitals are showing home games on a large screen outside Capital One Arena as part of the team’s #ALLCAPS festival.

A man was stabbed near the Chinatown Metro station early Wednesday morning, police say.

We spent a lot of the past few days speculating about how Scandal would end. While we made a lot of jokes about jam-making and sun-standing, most of our speculations ended with everyone in jail, because after all, most of them deserve it–even Charlie, who for some reason was the whole reason behind this plan for everyone to testify. We...

When Barack Obama speaks, people listen. At least they did when he was in the White House. But that kind of authority didn’t hold much sway when it came time for his presidential portrait. At a ceremony Monday to unveil portraits of him and former first lady Michelle Obama, the former president said artist Kehinde Wiley cheerfully ignored almost all...

The little girl who captured hearts after a stranger snapped a photo of her admiring a portrait of Michelle Obama got to meet the former first lady this week.

A 2-year-old girl’s reaction to former first lady Michelle Obama’s portrait is warming hearts all over the world.

WTOP entertainment Jason Fraley helps you choose which movie to see this weekend: blockbuster action flick Justin League, or Oscar-bound World War I film Mudbound?

A 1947 photo of Ella Fitzgerald is on display at the National Portrait Gallery ahead of the 100 year anniversary of the jazz singer’s birth.

Two photographs of President Barack Obama are on display at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.