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President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on March 27 that calls to remove 'improper ideology' from exhibits at the ...
On any given day, there are hundreds of different exhibitions on view at the Smithsonian's many museums. But a recent White ...
Because the Smithsonian can receive private funding, it is not entirely in trouble-but the long-term effects remain unclear.
In 1991, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which was then known as the National Museum of American Art, created an ...
When Monica Hesse learned of President Donald Trump’s executive order to eradicate “corrosive ideology” at the Smithsonian ...
The president’s executive order demanding change at the institution presents a perilous test for Lonnie G. Bunch III, its ...
At the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, for example, the exhibit on “The Star-Spangled Banner,” which dates to 1964, is refreshingly devoid of ideological baggage and comes across as ...
Kevin Young, who has led the National Museum of African American History and Culture since 2021, went on leave before the ...
The internal announcement, which has not previously been made public, came nearly two weeks before President Trump issued an ...
Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this ...