O n January 12, 1935, famed aviator Amelia Earhart landed at Oakland Municipal Airport in Oakland, California, after an ...

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The Parrish Art Museum is pleased to announce the appointment of seven distinguished leaders to its Board of Trustees: ...

Several Smithsonian museums on the National Mall in Washington D.C. will close on Inauguration Day to reduce strain on ...

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On Wednesday, the Smithsonian announced its DC museums will be closed on January 20. Inauguration Day in DC typically brings ...

Our museum collection, like a lot of other museums' collections, is sometimes a working collection. That means that ...