The Smithsonian Institution’s search for sites to realise two long-awaited museums in Washington, DC—the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum—has ...

A White House official helping lead the Trump administration’s sweeping audit of the Smithsonian accused the institution’s Washington museums of putting too much focus on slavery. “The fact that our ...

Visitors in line at the Smithsonian Institute's National Air and Space Museum following the end of the federal government shutdown in Washington, DC, on Friday. - Pete Kiehart/Bloomberg/Getty Images ...

Smithsonian museums, research centers and the National Zoo are closed as the partial government shutdown continues. The Smithsonian Institution touts itself as the world’s largest complex of museums, ...

President Donald Trump escalated his campaign to purge cultural institutions of materials that conflict with his political directives on Tuesday, alleging museums were too focused on highlighting ...

In his book A Fool’s Errand, the often-harrowing tale of his 11-year mission to create the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Lonnie Bunch recalls sitting down with a Smithsonian ...

The Smithsonian Institution announced yesterday that it will be dropping its mask mandate across its 19 museums and the National Zoo starting this Friday. The organization justified the change as a ...

In America’s best city for seeing free art, Ariella Budick takes us on a scavenger hunt through the museums she loves ...

Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo are welcoming members of the public back after weeks of closures because of the government shutdown. The Smithsonian Institution, which receives federal ...