Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution. What Is the Smithsonian? Don’t tell Trump, but we have an Englishman to thank for the Smithsonian: James Smithson (1765–1829), a chemist and mineralogist.

The Smithsonian matters more than ever as a force for civic engagement in America that reaches people where they are. Join generations of donors who have made the Smithsonian what it is today—an ...

The Smithsonian Institution has released its first statement since President Trump announced on social media that he had fired one of its museum directors. The statement affirms the institution as ...

The Smithsonian was created by Congress in 1846 with funds from James Smithson, a British scientist who left his estate to the United States to establish an institution “for the increase and ...

The Smithsonian Institution was founded by a single philanthropic donation. It was established by Congress in 1846 with more than $500,000 from British scientist James Smithson “to found at Washington ...

The Smithsonian Institution is closing its diversity office and freezing all federal hiring. The decision will affect dozens of American museums, research centers and libraries, as well as the ...

Smithsonian Unveils a Bold New Action Plan, Grounded in Unity and Outreach A fresh philosophy aims to touch the lives of a billion people every year Ryan P. Smith - Correspondent December 1, 2017 ...

The Smithsonian just hard-launched “Campaign for Our Shared Future,” the institution’s largest fundraising initiative in its 178-year history. The network of 21 museums, 14 research centers ...

The latest example of that came Friday, when the Smithsonian Institution said it had removed a reference to the 2019 and 2021 impeachments of President Donald Trump from a panel in an exhibition ...

The Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents may have to get used to meetings where accountability is expected. Members yielded to President Donald Trump’s demand for an audit of politicized ...

Expanding the Institution’s reach and relevance requires collaborating with museums and researchers around the world Lonnie G. Bunch III - Secretary, Smithsonian Institution June 2021 ...

White House official criticizes an exhibit at the Smithsonian's American History Museum for framing culture as "violent or racist" as the Trump administration begins to audit content at the museum.