BALTIMORE, Md. — Amid a museum’s paintings and sculptures, both new and old, Joan Smith usually makes her rounds. “I am a security officer,” she said. Now, she’s got a new job title to add to that – ...

An 88-year-old white supremacist shot and killed a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday before being shot by two other museum security guards. Stephen Tyrone Johns, who ...

Ryan Compton works for one of the most famous museums in the world, but struggles to afford the life of an artist.

Workers at the Seattle Art Museum went on strike on November 29. (photo by Ashley McEneny, all images courtesy of SAM VSO Union) Seattle Art Museum (SAM) security guards reached a tentative agreement ...

Patrick Bringley's new book, "All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me" is available now. A security guard stands at his post as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has the most talented staff in the world. And, since 1939, they’ve shared their work with one another through employee art shows. The exhibitions are typically held ...

After years of standing by their sides, these guards find these pieces of art deeply meaningful. You might too. By Noëlle de Leeuw Early in the morning, on the verge of opening up, art museums around ...

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