That’s the order that seeks to “restore the Smithsonian Institution to its rightful place as a symbol of inspiration and American greatness” through removing mentions of historical racism.

The Smithsonian was created by Congress in 1846 with funds from James Smithson, a British scientist who left his estate to the United States to establish an institution “for the increase and ...

The Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents may have to get used to meetings where accountability is expected. Members yielded to President Donald Trump’s demand for an audit of politicized ...

The fate of the Smithsonian is now in the hands of Bunch and the regents, and the precedent they set will reverberate throughout every institution in America that, like the Smithsonian, is ...

The world’s largest museum complex, the Smithsonian Institution, was founded on this day in history, Aug. 10, 1846, after English scientist James Smithson made a generous gift.

“In 2021, we launched the Smithsonian’s Office of Digital Transformation to harness the power of data and technology to drive innovation across the Institution,” said Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie ...

The Smithsonian matters more than ever as a force for civic engagement in America that reaches people where they are. Join generations of donors who have made the Smithsonian what it is today—an ...

President Trump accused the Smithsonian Institution of propagating “divisive, race-based ideology” and issued an executive order Thursday demanding an end to federal funding for exhibitions ...

But given that private universities and law firms have acceded to Mr. Trump’s demands, the Smithsonian, an independent federal institution, is facing pressure to give ground, particularly since ...

And the Smithsonian’s Open Access project has made some three million (and counting) 2D and 3D assets from the Institution’s collections available for instant downloading and personal use.

This challenge is magnified in the case of the Smithsonian Institution, whose constellation of national museums—19 in all, 11 on the National Mall alone—has been closed to visitors since March 14.

The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture is pictured in Washington, May 19, 2016.