Sentenced to death at 17, at 68, quilt artist receives solo museum exhibition
A quilt artist who spent decades on death row now has his first solo exhibit at the Grand Rapids Art…
New DNA analysis adds evidence Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings
A lock of hair, 15 years of sleuthing and a 200-year-old question. In History by a Hair, Smithsonian Institution scholar…
Trump administration plans ideological warning signs for Smithsonian
The Interior Secretary says the move is necessary to combat what he calls ideological bias.
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Smithsonian too focused on ‘oppressors and the oppressed,’ say House Republicans
In a House DOGE subcommittee hearing, GOP representatives excoriated the director of the National Museum of American History, following a…
Smithsonian chief emphasizes ‘accuracy and integrity’ after White House report
The memo from the Smithsonian's secretary, Lonnie Bunch, responded to a White House report that calls the National Museum of…