More than 30,000 people watched online as the locomotive was pulled from the museum’s railyard to the restoration shop. It’s the last of the three American Freedom Train locomotives in existence.

Events, free things to do, festivals and more fun ideas in D.C., Maryland and Virginia the week of Feb. 17 to 23.

World-class museums and monuments. Historic neighbourhoods. Green escapes in the urban city. Washington, DC has no shortage of stellar attractions, but the real surprise is how many of them cost ...

In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an ...

Sanford Biggers, Madrigal, 2024. Commissioned with MIT Percent-for-Art funds and a generous gift from Robert Sanders ('64) & ...

Celebrate Black History Month, get an early start on Valentine’s Day and make plans for the big game — a.k.a. Puppy Bowl.

The touching moment happened on Flight 1044 from Jacksonville to Miami, Florida, on January 30, a day after an American Airlines flight was involved in a collision near Washington, DC. What they ...

Black History Month honors the achievements and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history, and it's a great time to visit a favorite museum ... Washington, DC, 1900–2000" includes ...

Native arts and crafts are widely collected today, and there are contemporary practitioners who have developed their own recognizable styles.

It's hardly an overstatement to write that Native American ... his art career and in 1939 was commissioned by the WPA to paint murals on various federal buildings in Washington, DC and elsewhere.

Over the next four weeks, the D.C. area comes alive with events highlighting contributions made by the Black community, lionizing heroes like Frederick Douglass and William Still; shining a spotlight ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — In honor of the Jewish victims who died during the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. is hosting its International Remembrance Day ...