Arts and Industries, Northwest Corner

The Smithsonian announced today that Rachel Goslins, the former executive director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH), has been named director for the Arts and Industries Building beginning Aug. 22.

The Smithsonian and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office have begun a seven-year collaboration to develop programs and exhibitions related to innovation for the Arts and Industries Building located on the National Mall between the Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum. The building is scheduled to reopen in summer 2014.

Smithsonian Gardens has received accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums, joining a small group of officially accredited gardens in the country. The recognition was given in March.