The recent fire that destroyed the Brickdam Police Station—an historic building that housed the Region 4 (A) Headquarters—has implications for the safety of our National Art Collection in the wooden ...

Introduction gives the history of the national collection, which began before the Smithsonian Institution was established. Describes the collection's beginnings with John Varden, Andrew Mellon's ...

Discovery, the longest-serving orbiter in the space shuttle fleet, will be accepted into the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum collection. The space shuttle has been the icon for American ...

A Blue Angel Makes Its Final Flight Into The National Collection On November 18, 2020, Cmdr. Frank “Walleye” Weisser, USN, a member of the Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration team, flew into ...