A dream goes ‘tilt’ for pinball museum

(Megan Rossman / THE WASHINGTON POST)

Just five months after it opened its doors to delighted pinheads across the D.C. region, Georgetown’s National Pinball Museum is being forced to close.

Smithsonian lands the Mothership

(AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber)

The 1990s replica of the stage prop will go to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Comrades, it’s a whole new Moscow

(Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)

The city likes to bombard its visitors with its power, but there’s more to it than icons and onion domes.

Banner of a band of brothers

(Katherine Frey / THE WASHINGTON POST)

Richmond’s Museum of the Confederacy displays the ornate flag of the Caroline Greys,one of the most unusual banners to survive the Civil War.

Art tests boundaries

Art tests boundaries

For a week-long performance art project, patron and artist endure life in a bubble in a D.C. home.

Egoiste thrives on quality, not quantity

Egoiste thrives on quality, not quantity

Covering art, fashion and culture, Egoiste magazine is so precious, so chic, so highbrow, that is makes your everyday, run-of-the-mill, artsy periodical look like the Sears Catalog.

Going Out Guide

Find Museums and Exhibits

Find Museums and Exhibits

The Going Out Gurus offer up a run down of Washington’s best museum options.

Galleries

It’s a whole new party in Moscow

Beyond the onion domes and grim Soviet architecture, the Russian capital hides a hip side.

Stitches in time

The Museum of the Confederacy returns a restored Confederate flag to display.

PHOTOS | Met costume Institute Gala

Stars swarmed the red carpet for the Metropolitan Museum of Art event honoring ‘Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty.’

Special reports

Spring Arts Preview 2011

Spring Arts Preview 2011

Our critics look ahead to the warmer months and highlight what spring has in store on area stages, museum walls, concert halls and movie screens.

Museums 2010: A special section

Museums 2010: A special section

We live in a region with hundreds of museums. This is a guide to sampling the treasures.

Washington, D.C. Visitors guide

Washington, D.C. Visitors guide

Make the most of your time in D.C.