Because the Smithsonian can receive private funding, it is not entirely in trouble-but the long-term effects remain unclear.

especially from white Southerners during the Reconstruction period, this is entirely consistent. And now we see it playing out again.” Last week, in an executive order aimed at the Smithsonian I ...

James Grossman, executive director of the American Historical Association, objects to the White House language, saying that it “egregiously misrepresents the work of the Smithsonian.” Yet the ...

The White House did not elaborate on the order, and neither the Smithsonian nor the African-American History museum responded to requests for comment. The Smithsonian spans 21 museums ...

Linda St. Thomas, the Smithsonian Institution’s chief spokesperson, said in an email late Thursday, “We have no comment for now.” Under Trump’s order, Vance will also work with the White ...

Vice President JD Vance has a new job: erasing what the White House considers “improper ideology” from the Smithsonian, a task that allows him to cast aside the progressive ideas he has ...

President Trump accused the Smithsonian Institution of propagating ... when they were not allowed to attend the same campuses as white children. Thursday’s executive order also cited an ...