In a letter, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said that visitors “should know” about a museum director’s ideological bias.

In a letter, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said that visitors “should know” about a museum director’s ideological bias.

In a letter, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said that visitors “should know” about a museum director’s ideological bias.

The president wants the Smithsonian to add a colossal George Washington statue—and remove another work of abstract art in D.C.

Coming after a history museum may not be the base-galvanizing issue Trump thinks it is.

The president is ordering new signs outside the Smithsonian to warn Americans about history.

Republicans grilled a museum head, intensifying Donald Trump’s campaign to reshape the American story.

A president cracking down on museums is unusual—but so are the museums.

A president cracking down on museums is unusual—but so are the museums.

A White House report details what the administration wants to change in the Smithsonian—and suggests that a crackdown could be coming.

A White House report details what the administration wants to change in museums—and suggests that a crackdown could be coming.

A fleet of mobile museums is touring the country with a version of American history the administration can get behind.

The tireless artist, who died this week, understood how to slow down time.

The new Obama Presidential Center, in Chicago, is inspiring—and departs from other presidential libraries in a crucial, and risky, way.

Republicans wanted to narrow the scope of the Women’s History Museum and give the president power over its location. The attempt failed.

Republicans wanted to narrow the scope of the Women’s History Museum and give the president power over its location. The attempt failed.

Republicans wanted to narrow the scope of the Women’s History Museum and give the president power over its location. The attempt failed.

The National Portrait Gallery reopened its presidents exhibit—but kept some details low-key.

The National Portrait Gallery reopened its presidents exhibit—but kept some details low-key.

The United States tried to swerve away from politics at this year’s Venice Biennale and ended up saying nothing at all.

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Journalism & the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building - hear from those reporting on its uncertain future & what’s at stake for historic sites.

Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government’s Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.” Advocates fear these works could be at risk.

Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government’s Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.” Advocates fear these works could be at risk.

A design history of Dulles Airport’s people movers, the space-age vehicles flyers love to hate.

The White House appeared to fire all but four members of the National Council on the Humanities, an advisory board to the head of the government’s grantmaking agency.

Artist Jim Sanborn will auction the solution to the last portion of “Kryptos,” his encrypted sculpture at CIA headquarters that has obsessed code breakers for decades.

Both supporters and critics of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol are using American symbolism, from the “Stop the Steal” slogan to the Virginia state flag.