The latest find is likely from the 16th century and could have originated as far away as the Caribbean

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected president after the fall of communism in 1989, who later faced charges of crimes against humanity for his role in the bloody…

A recently created nonprofit, wielding support from the city’s former mayors, hopes to launch such a facility on Civic Center park.

A White House-ordered review of the Smithsonian museums could result in the removal of a Lowcountry sweetgrass basket maker’s work.

A Stillwater art museum exhibit showcases the struggles of immigration and crossing borders.

Citizen Historians for the Smithsonian is a “Crowd to Cloud” effort to steward and safeguard our institution by preserving the Smithsonian Institution’s contents as they exist in 2025. With our feet ...

As financial issues become insurmountable, the Washington County Board of Commissioners is weighing what to do with the museum building and its several thousand artifacts.

Kim Sajet left the Smithsonian after being criticized by President Donald Trump. But Sajet believes art museums can stimulate curiosity, connect communities and help people find meaning.

As museums across the country face pressures to scale back a purported “overemphasis” on difficult subjects like slavery, experts warn such moves could diminish American exceptionalism and limit natio...

James Steward, director of the Princeton University Art Museum, says U.S. museums can’t stay silent amid political attacks on arts and culture.

Unlike the Smithsonian, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights is privately funded, putting it beyond the immediate reach of Trump administration efforts to control what Americans learn about ...

Expand your perspective at these exhibits across the state.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jo Adell homered and drove in every run for the Los Angeles Angels in their 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night. Adell hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth…

It's been 70 years since Emmett Till, a Black teenager visiting relatives in Mississippi, was killed by white men because he whistled at a white woman. Now the gun used in his death is in a museum.

By Carol Kammen Contrary to what the White House is saying, I see the historical community doing its job. And doing it well. Over the past 50 years, scholarship has pried open the diversity of the pas...

One of the core tenets of any museum is preservation. For Alaska native museums around the state, one of the things they work to preserve is languages. Now, a new interactive map through the Alutiiq M...

Holocaust Museum LA says the post was misinterpreted as a ‘political statement’ and promises to ‘do better’.

In a powerful address at the Museum of the Bible, President Donald J. Trump emphasized the enduring role of faith in America’s identity, highlighted his

The suit was dropped since the museum's $750,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services was restored.

Amy Sherald had withdrawn her exhibition “American Sublime” from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, citing potential censorship of one of her works.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that the state reached a settlement agreement with the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, restoring land rights back to the tribe for 9,800 acres of land in Franklin County...

Learn how Leslie Bramlett's passion for helping students read led to her role as a historical interpreter.

Empowering more people to take action and lead change as museums address the legacy of British colonialism

Sen. Alex Padilla of California and three other Democrats are reminding the Smithsonian's secretary that the institution "is the responsibility of Congress."

Libraries, Museums, Cultural Institutions, and Nation’s Largest Cultural Worker Union Urge Federal Court to Block President Trump’s Effort to Dismantle the Nation’s Cultural and Educational Infrastruc...

In the conclusion of a long-awaited turn of events, the Great Plains tribe has now reclaimed cherished items stolen from their ancestors by the U.S. Army

A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.