The Trump administration has started outlining some of the Smithsonian Institution's art, information, and imagery that it has deemed "too woke," as the administration calls for a review of the ...

WASHINGTON (WLS) -- Opening on Sept. 24, the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture will feature a number of artifacts from Chicago. The museum is the Smithsonian's ...

Pausing next to a hulking steam locomotive at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History on Friday, Kathryn Jones bent down to look at a tiny silk slipper. “I’ve never seen one in person.

The Trump administration highlighted material dealing with topics like sexuality, slavery and immigration. By Zachary Small The White House published a list of Smithsonian exhibits, programming and ...

In a letter to the White House, the Smithsonian asserted its “authority over our programming and content,” but said a team would review what information it would turn over. By Robin Pogrebin and ...

WASHINGTON -- Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo, which receive federal funding, are closing temporarily amid the federal government shutdown. The shutdown impacts all 21 of the Smithsonian's ...

The chief executive of the California Historical Society has been named the new director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Anthea M. Hartig becomes the first woman to be ...

The Chicago fire destroys the Chicago Academy of Sciences. Smithsonian collections at the Academy are destroyed, including the best part of the material of the Department of Marine Invertebrates, ...

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: Papers, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections , Smithsonian Institution. Funding for the processing of Festival Year 1967 through Festival Year 1974 ...