The Arts and Industries Building (AIB) is the Smithsonian’s second oldest building and a national hub for creative exchange between ideas and objects from our past and our future. AIB opened in 1881 ...

One of the Smithsonian Institution’s most famous exhibits—The First Ladies — first found a home in the Arts and Industries Building. The First Ladies Hall, shown here in 1955, first ...

The offices then were located in the Arts and Industries Building, or the A&I, our affectionate acronym for that grand, red-bricked 19th-century exhibition palace. I climbed the wrought-iron steps ...

Save for one standout: the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building, which, until this summer, had been chained shut for years. With its colorful facade, arched windows, spires and rotunda ...

The Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building, one of the oldest buildings on the Mall, will not reopen after a $55 million renovation, according to Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough.

For the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary, the long-closed Arts and Industries Building reopens for a glimpse of the future. By Laura van Straaten This article is part of our latest Fine Arts ...

The carousel on the National Mall, located in front of the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building on Jefferson Drive S.W., will be removed in November for renovation. The work will include ...

WASHINGTON — Science and space enthusiasts got the chance to explore another world and perhaps another century at the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building on the first official Saturday of ...

Forget utopia. The Smithsonian wants you to design something just a bit more realistic Part of the new Futures exhibit, the Smithsonian uses an AI design assistant to show how urban planning ...