The Smithsonian represents a pinnacle of official US efforts to represent pasts that are painful and violent as well as beautiful and accomplished.

One Smithsonian project for schoolchildren based on this approach is titled "Of Kayaks and Ulus." It was created largely by the National Museum of Natural History for grades seven through ten. The ...

Raj Tawney, an essayist and journalist who writes about family, food and culture, is the author of “Colorful Palate: A ...

The authors are writing in response to the Trump administration's criticism of a “widespread effort to rewrite history” with the goal to create “societal divides.” ...

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump's executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" targets the Smithsonian ... long been celebrated as a role model to aspiring Black ...

Smithsonian magazine covers history, science and culture in the way ... But there are other stories involving the role that enslaved Africans and Southern colonists played in launching and ...

In the introduction to his book "Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects," cultural anthropologist ... But the exhibit would not tell the full story of the plane's role in the war from a ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump wasn’t always at loggerheads with the museums that make up the Smithsonian Institute ... National African American Museum of History and Culture for a tour with its ...

“We remain steadfast in our mission to bring history ... document that should be at the Smithsonian,” he said, while also defending the institution’s role in helping the nation grapple ...

Upset by exhibits that reference the role of racism ... exhibit won't precipitate a major crisis. But the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History includes an extensive anthropology collection ...

History museums play a crucial role in educating the public and fostering ... by reconstructing the storied institutions of the Smithsonian marks his administration’s most flagrant assault ...