The president’s recent executive order directed at the institution will face a lot of procedural headwinds before he can MAGA ...

Funding for the report was provided by the Andrew Mellon, Alice L. Walton and Ford Foundations. In 2023, Mellon committed ...

The Smithsonian Institution’s Secretary Lonnie Bunch and other staff members at the Smithsonian are upset, and they have every right to be. The Smithsonian network spans 21 museums and has ...

For 175 years, the Smithsonian has embraced the notion that ... will be held on August 26 at 7 p.m. ET. Join Secretary Bunch and a panel of esteemed experts at oursharedfuture.si.edu.

President Trump’s progressive critics claim his executive orders mischaracterized the record of the Smithsonian’s National ...

In Myanmar, a scientist with Smithsonian’s Global Health Program examines the world’s smallest mammal, a bumblebee bat. Roshan Patel / National Zoo Earlier this year, when leading infectious ...

Jim Preston / Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum After the Smithsonian collects an object, what happens to it? Some objects go on display, some become vital resources for researchers and ...

If you agree with Trump that we don’t want to corrupt everything about the U.S., and the Smithsonian shouldn’t be in the ...

Of all the reasons people visit the Smithsonian, number one is the collections. Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers, the Wright Flyer, the Hope Diamond: Each gives me chills—an electrifying sense of ...

Lonnie G. Bunch III has never been afraid to address white supremacy. The leader of the Smithsonian Institution’s 21 museums ...

In his executive order, Trump called for reshaping the Smithsonian into a “symbol of inspiration and American greatness.” ...