National Air and Space Museum

Museums & Heritagenews

Smithsonian receives $40m from the Lilly Endowment

The money will be used for programming related to the semiquincentennial of the US in 2026

Elena Goukassian

Museums & Heritagenews

Smithsonian Institution launches $2.5bn fundraising campaign

The campaign, timed to coincide with the semiquincentennial of the United States in 2026, is the most ambitious fundraising undertaking for a cultural organisation on record

Torey Akers

Building projectsnews

Smithsonian picks architect for $130m Bezos Learning Center on Washington, DC's National Mall

The new education annex of the National Air and Space Museum will be funded through a $200m gift from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

Benjamin Sutton

Museums & Heritagenews

Smithsonian reveals shortlisted designs for $130m Bezos Learning Center at National Air and Space Museum

The institution is welcoming public feedback on proposals from five anonymous architecture firms bidding for the project on the National Mall

Gabriella Angeleti

Reopeningsnews

Smithsonian will reopen its remaining ten museums on a staggered schedule starting next month

Venues in Washington, DC and New York will require masks and many will have reduced hours

Nancy Kenney