The Latest Breaking News from The Smithsonian Institution

Scientists have found a way to monitor volcanic carbon dioxide levels — one of the first signs a volcano might be about to blow — that doesn't involve trekking up a mountain.

A prominent pastor and veteran of the Civil Rights Movement says he was told items he had loaned to the Smithsonian Institution would be under review for whether they should remain on display at the institution

Some Black churches are pledging to support the National Museum of African American History and Culture following an executive order by President Donald Trump alleging exhibits there and at other Smithsonian Institution sites have expressed a “divisive, race-centered ideology.”

"You can't make America great again if you don't acknowledge all the things that America is"

Kevin Young has been absent since 14 March, weeks before president’s order taking aim at ‘anti-American’ content

I teach history in Connecticut, but I grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas, where my interest in the subject was sparked by visits to local museums.

President Donald Trump has taken aim at the Smithsonian Institution in his latest executive order, titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History."

Normally staid historians sound alarm at authoritarian grasping for control of the premier US museum complex

Roberto Lugo and other artists of color are now feeling heat from Trump’s attack on diversity and efforts to rewrite truth of the US’s past

A Trump executive order aims to uproot ‘anti-American ideology’ from the US museum and research complex

Trump believes institutions have fallen prey to ‘woke’ ideology