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Built in 1881 and closed in 2004, a $55 million Smithsonian building was chosen for...

The Smithsonian Board of Regents has officially selected the Arts and Industries Building as the site for the National Museum of the American Latino, concluding a prolonged discuss...

Smithsonian's American Latino museum finds permanent home on National Mall

For six years, the National Museum of the American Latino has operated without its own building, but that is about to change. In August, the Smithsonian's board of regents voted to...

How the Smithsonian is using AI to connect artifacts from the American Revolution

The Smithsonian Institution is using artificial intelligence to better understand its collection related to the American Revolution.

New In Civitas: The Smithsonian Should Be Privatized

The Smithsonian Should Declare Its Independence from the Federal Government

Smithsonian bypasses new site vote for Latino museum, stirs criticism

The Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents has designated the Arts and Industries Building as the permanent home of the National Museum of the American Latino, a procedural mov...

A major Jewish museum hopes to join the Smithsonian – at a difficult moment for the storied institution

(JTA) — Philadelphia’s Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History is moving closer to becoming part of the Smithsonian Institution at a moment of significant upheaval for...

Smithsonian Won’t Build New Building for Latino Museum

“The Smithsonian Institution announced Monday that it will put its National Museum of the American Latino in a 145-year-old building on the National Mall instead of constructing a...

Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install George Washington statues and exhibit

President Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History and a special exhibit honoring t...

I’ve spent 25 years at historic museums. Smithsonian should tell of America’s greatness

The Smithsonian Institution faces a pivotal debate over how to balance America's achievements and shortcomings ahead of the 250th anniversary.

JUST IN: “Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III Announces Retirement”

“Lonnie G. Bunch III, the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Credit: Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution” From the Smithsonian Institution: “Lonnie G. Bunch I...

A major Jewish museum hopes to join the Smithsonian – at a difficult moment for the storied institution

A new commission will study the Weitzman Museum of American Jewish History’s potential placement in the Smithsonian. -- The post A major Jewish museum hopes to join the Smithsonian...

Head of Smithsonian museums announces he will be stepping down

The US institution is under pressure from the Trump administration to change how it portrays the country's history.

How the Smithsonian is using AI to connect artifacts from the American Revolution

The Smithsonian Institution is using artificial intelligence to better understand its collection related to the American Revolution

Retiring Smithsonian head Lonnie G. Bunch III: "You can run from history, but you can't hide"

In 2019, Bunch became both the first historian and the first African American to serve as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. As he prepares to retire, he talks about the mus...

Smithsonian’s Secretary to Resign as Trump Tries to Rule the Institution

In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart.

Lonnie Bunch Retires from Smithsonian After 38 Years of Service

Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution since June 2019, announced his impending retirement on Tuesday, September 8.  Mr. Bunch’s retirement follows a pressur...

At 10, Smithsonian African American history museum undaunted by Trump pressure

Deeply impactful exhibits, ticketed galas and educational events are expected ways to celebrate a world-class museum. But at the National Museum of African American History and Cul...

Smithsonian looks to AI to help tie back to past

Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install George Washington statues and exhibit

President Donald Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History and a special exhibit hon...

Smithsonian needs major ideological reform

John Fonte writes for the Federalist about problems with a major American historical institution. Congressman Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., began the first of two congressional hearings o...

Smithsonian secretary Lonnie Bunch is leaving amid fights with Trump

Lonnie G. Bunch III will step down from his position as head of the sprawling Smithsonian Institution by the end of the year, he said Tuesday. He will depart at a vulnerable tim...

Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install George Washington statues and exhibit

President Donald Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History and a special exhibit hon...

Smithsonian secretary Lonnie Bunch is leaving amid fights with Trump

Lonnie G. Bunch III will step down from his position as head of the sprawling Smithsonian Institution by the end of the year, he said Tuesday. He will depart at a vulnerable tim...

Smithsonian Institution secretary to retire amid Trump attacks on museum independence

‘I have to be honest, it has been stressful,’ Lonnie Bunch III saysThe Smithsonian Institution’s secretary, Lonnie Bunch III, will retire at the end of the year amid Donald Trump’s...