The Smithsonian represents a pinnacle of official US efforts to represent pasts that are painful and violent as well as ...

President Donald Trump is interfering with a jewel in our nation’s cultural crown, the 178-year-old Smithsonian Institution. Established by Congress in 1846 and based in Was ...

The institution forces America to look at its full history. We’re supposed to learn from what we see — not pretend it doesn’t ...

In 2016, former President Barack Obama opened the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

The president’s executive order demanding change at the institution presents a perilous test for Lonnie G. Bunch III, its ...

President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on March 27 that calls to remove 'improper ideology' from exhibits at the ...

The Smithsonian is a public-private partnership built and sustained over the decades with support from Americans of every ...

The president’s order called for curbing the independence of the sprawling network of museums and urging it to promote ...

The idea for a national museum of African American history and culture had been around for 100 years. When the project for ...

When the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened in 2016 ... The museum is now one of the Smithsonian’s most popular attractions, according to data from the institution ...

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday seeking to exert more control over what is displayed at Smithsonian ...

Two new Smithsonian museums meant to honor the contributions of women and Latinos have been tied up for years as fights over their location and content have raged.