Duke Ellington Museum Studies

Artists never retire

Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1915 His philosophy, “The pain passes, but the beauty remains,” is fully alive in these frames. It is a powerful reminder of true artistic integrity and what an unfiltered dedication to the canvas actually looks like. Credits: Sacha Guitry, from the 1915 documentary “Ceux de chez nous” #renoir #pierreaugusterenoir #arthistory #guelmemis

How to get your first look at the new museum under the Lincoln Memorial Timed-entry tickets for the new Lincoln Memorial undercroft experience become available Tuesday at 11 a.m.

Voyager 1 is now so far from Earth that a signal traveling at the speed of light takes more than 22 hours to reach it — so when engineers send a command, they can wait nearly two days to know whether the spacecraft responded Sending a command to Voyager 1 is closer to mailing a letter than placing a phone call. The probe, launched in September 1977, is now roughly 16 billion miles from Earth, heading away from the Sun at roughly 38,000 miles per hour. In November 2026, Voyager 1 will become the first human-made object t...

Smithsonian reopens historic castle | NBC4 Washington Here’s an exclusive look at the massive renovation taking place to ...

Juanita Valdez, a former Museum Studies student is participating in an art exhibit. Check it out!

Steve Martin on how to look at abstract art | MoMA BBC | THE WAY I SEE IT In this episode of "The Way I See It," actor and comedian Steve Martin looks at paintings by two early pioneers of American abstraction and takes us on a jou...

And, that's what museums are about.

My visit to the @smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture was an experience I’ll carry with me for a long time. Curator Mary Elliott led a beautiful and thoughtful tour that illuminated not only the depth of African American history, but how deeply interconnected we all are through the shared history of America. I learned so much, and left incredibly moved. Thank you to Mary and everyone at @nmaahc for having me.

Join Dr. Denise M. Murrell, Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Curator at Large in The Met’s Director's Office, for a virtual tour of the groundbreaking exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism.

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We pass it forward

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