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Explore Clara Barton’s legacy with Smithsonian interns at historic sites that preserve women’s history, from the Missing ...

WASHINGTON - Volunteers are racing against time to document exhibits at Smithsonian museums, driven by concerns over potential changes to how American history is presented. Inspired by President Trump ...

President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order to eliminate what he considers “anti-American ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution cast the world’s largest museum, education and research ...

When Donald Trump published an August 12 letter addressed to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, informing him of “a comprehensive internal review” of the shows and explanatory materials at ...

Protest signs from a selection of historic demonstrations are displayed at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, Aug. 13, 2025, representing the causes of anti-war and civil rights ...

Now that President Donald Trump signed the funding bill passed by Congress into law Wednesday night to end the government shutdown, D.C.’s Smithsonian museums will open their doors once again. The ...

The White House announced plans last month to conduct an “internal review” of Smithsonian museums to determine whether they “reflect the unity, progress, and enduring values that define the American ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) --When Kathryn Jones began to visit Washington's museums in January, she didn't plan to make it her full-time pursuit. But after 112 exhibits and hundreds of hours spent ...

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1854, p. 37. Spencer F. Baird Letter to George Perkins Marsh, May 6, 1854, Document 25 in, Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds. The Papers of Joseph ...

The look on the curator’s face said it all, and the intensity of the conversation was escalating by the moment. Confusion to worry. Worry to dread. “I want to do this,” the curator said. “But I don’t ...