Smithsonian Institute news

The Smithsonian Institute has announced a new partnership with the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) that will see the curation of a new gallery at ... More

Google Arts and Culture has launched a massive online science museum platform with a number of museums, curators and archivists in 23 countries around the ... More

The annual Museum Day in the US, organised by the Smithsonian Institute, kicks off across the country tomorrow (22 September), with more than 1,500 attractions ... More

For museums to succeed, they must adapt to the ever-expanding presence of artificial intelligence. That was the message delivered to delegates at the MuseumNext European ... More

Unesco has held its first international conference on World Heritage sites and museums, with the inaugural event in Paris, France, exploring how to help people ... More

Images released today (27 July) have given a first proper look at how the cultural attractions planned for London’s Stratford Waterfront are set to look. ... More

The Smithsonian Institute is teaming up with the V&A Museum to create a collaborative permanent exhibition space at London’s Olympicopolis site. The plans, which date ... More

The second phase of a 15-year restoration and redesign programme at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) is nearing completion, with construction progressing on the ... More

The Smithsonian Institute will receive an additional US$82m (€72.5m, £56.7m) in funding for 2017, should outgoing US President Barack Obama’s budget request be approved by ... More

The year ahead promises much excitement in the world of leisure architecture and design. New designs will be unveiled, ongoing projects will take shape and ... More

The US-based Smithsonian Institute is working to finalise a deal to open its first international location at site of the former Olympic Stadium in London. ... More

The US-based Smithsonian Institution is looking to raise US$1.5bn (€1.2bn, £928m) in an organisation-wide fundraising campaign – the largest in history for a cultural body. ... More

Danish design firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has been announced as the winning team to lead the first phase of the Smithsonian Campus Master Plan, ... More

Pritzker Prize-winner architect Frank Gehry will make his Latin American debut in August with the opening of a new museum in Panama City. Located in ... More

The new US$63m (£30.7m, 43m euro) Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard at the Smithsonian Institute in New York, US, opened to the public on Sunday ... More

The Singapore Discovery Centre has reopened following an 18-month revamp costing $25m (£8.6m, US$15.7m, 12.5m euro). The 4,500sq m (48,500sq ft) visitor attraction comprises five ... More

The Smithsonian Institution is set to reopen the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC, US. The restored and recently renovated ... More