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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 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.

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

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 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.

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.

A company’s plan to retrieve the Titanic’s radio has sparked a debate over whether the famous shipwreck still holds human remains

The Smithsonian will reopen two additional museums to the public on Friday, Sept. 25. The National Museum of American History and the National Museum of the American Indian, both located on the National Mall, will reopen with new health and safety measures due to the coronavirus pandemic. They will have reduced days and hours of operation, and visitors will need…

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…

On the heels of the National Zoo reopening, The Smithsonian is opening up four of its museums. They’ll start letting visitors back in with strict protocols. News4’s Derrick Ward takes a closer look at the changes you can expect.

Congress passed a bill Monday that would create a Smithsonian museum on the National Mall for American Latino history, art and culture. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

The National Air and Space Museum is set to open its Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, on Friday. News4’s Aaron Gilchrist takes an exclusive first look.