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A sign marking a key moment in the Civil Rights fight is now on display at a museum. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

In what would have been Emmett Till’s 80th year, a sign marking where his body was found at age 14 is now on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

The 17th annual Museum Day will be held on Saturday, Sept. 18, allowing people around the United States to visit more than a thousand museums and other sites for free. On Museum Day, which was established by the Smithsonian magazine, visitors can visit more than 1,000 museums, zoos and, cultural centers. If you’re interested in participating in Museum Day 2021,…

Timed-entry passes will not be required to enter most Smithsonian museums starting Tuesday, according to the Smithsonian.

You’ll need free, timed tickets to visit the Smithsonian museums and National Zoo — and a special pass to visit the zoo’s new panda cub.

Sea lions and Amur tigers and panda cubs, oh my! There are lots of new animals to meet at the National Zoo as it reopens Friday. Juliana Valencia explains what you need to know to plan your visit.

The Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, reopens Wednesday with new artifacts including the X-wing Starfighter from “Star Wars” and the craft that carried the first American into space.

National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, is reopening after a months-long closure due to COVID-19. News4’s Justin Finch takes you inside.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has acquired the vial that contained the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine administered in the United States.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has obtained the vial used for the first US COVID vaccination for a planned exhibition documenting the global pandemic.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the immunologist who became the face of the U.S. government’s pandemic response, has donated his personal 3D model of the COVID-19 virus to the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History.

The Smithsonian will temporarily reopen a historic museum on the National Mall that’s been closed for nearly two decades.  The Arts and Industries Building, located just west of the Hirshhorn Museum, will be the site of the building-wide “FUTURES” exhibit starting in November, Smithsonian officials announced Tuesday.  The exhibition will “fuse awe-inspiring art, technology, design and history, inviting visitors...

News4’s Aimee Cho reports on the Smithsonian’s virtual Lunar New Year celebrations.

A lone senator from Utah has blocked the bipartisan approval of two new national museums to honor American Latinos and women

The spike in COVID-19 cases is causing closures of some of D.C.’s most popular destinations again. The Smithsonian is shutting down its museums and the National Zoo. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports they’re not the only ones closing their doors for safety reasons.

All Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo will close because of rising COVID-19 cases, officials announced Thursday. The museums and zoo will close to the public starting Monday, Nov. 23. Officials cited rising cases in the region and across the United States. “The Institution’s top priority is to protect the health and safety of its visitors and staff. We will...

The Smithsonian has been hard at work trying to document this historic year and it’s getting help from local kids. News4’s Aimee Cho reports how D.C. students are getting the chance to create art for a new online exhibit.