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Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie Bunch speaks at an event, Feb. 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch to retire amid White House backlash

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

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Letter to the editor: How low the Smithsonian has sunk

From left, Anthea Hartig, Director of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institute, Mike Gonzalez, E Pluribus Unum Senior Fellow at the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation, Matthew Spalding, Kirby Professor in Constitutional Government at Hillsdale College, and David Blight, Sterling Professor of American History at Yale University, testify during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee hearing about the Smithsonian, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Time to ‘clean house’ at the America-subverting Smithsonian

By Charles Stimson

Anthea Hartig, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, speaks at an event, Feb. 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)

The Smithsonian’s museum of woke

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

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Letter to the editor: Smithsonian’s disappointing left turn

FILE - Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., talks to reporters following a meeting for President-elect Donald Trump's picks for the planned Department of Government Efficiency at the Capitol, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

Six Republicans help Democrats defeat Smithsonian women’s history museum bill

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, left, is flanked by Democratic Congressmen Gabe Vasquez, of New Mexico, and Pete Aguilar, of California, as she speaks during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan) ** FILE **

House Democrats drop support for women’s history museum after GOP limits focus to biological women

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

School children visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture's Middle Passage exhibit, behind a wooden timber, the artifact at right, from the slave ship, the São José-Paquete de Africa, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

AP Exclusive: Smithsonian museum will revamp its slavery exhibit after artifact loan runs out

By Gary Fields, River Zhang and Jacquelyn Martin - Associated Press

A visitor stops to look at a photograph of President Donald Trump and a short plaque next to it are on display at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery's "American Presidents" exhibit on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Reference to Trump’s impeachments is removed from the display of his Smithsonian photo portrait

By Bill Barrow and Anna Johnson - Associated Press

FILE - A sign that reads "Closed due to federal government shutdown," is seen outside of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

You can end a shutdown overnight — but you can’t reopen a government that fast

By Deepti Hajela - Associated Press

The entrance to the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington is seen on May 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Smithsonian’s ‘Boo at the Zoo’ canceled due to government shutdown

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 3, 2025 photo, Samuel J. Redman, Ph.D., Professor of History and Director of the Public History Program at the University of Massachusetts, sits in front of content he uses from the Smithsonian on campus in Amherst, Mass. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

White House’s review of Smithsonian content could reach into classrooms nationwide

By Makiya Seminera - Associated Press

People visit the Smithsonian Museum of American History on the National Mall in Washington, April 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) ** FILE **

White House orders a review of exhibits at Smithsonian museums ahead of nation’s 250th birthday

By Annie Ma - Associated Press

People visit the Smithsonian Museum of American History on the National Mall in Washington, April 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) ** FILE **

The Smithsonian removes a Trump impeachment reference from an exhibit but says it’s temporary

By Hillel Italie - Associated Press

Pastor Robert Turner walks near the National Museum of African American History and Culture as part of his monthly walk from Baltimore to Washington to raise awareness of reparations on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Black churches back embattled Smithsonian African American history museum after Trump’s order

By Peter Smith - Associated Press

The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is shown in this file photo. Two new Smithsonian history museums, one centered on the American Latino and the other for American women, were authorized in the coronavirus relief bill that recently passed Congress. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump anti-DEI policies could block Latino and women’s history museums from National Mall

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

The Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Castle is seen at the National Mall in Washington, Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Trump order targets ‘divisive ideology’ in Smithsonian Institution

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

The Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Castle is seen at the National Mall in Washington, Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Hidden chamber found under National Mall’s Smithsonian Castle, dates to 1847

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Hispanic lawmakers are revolted by a test exhibit of their heritage at the National Museum of American History. (Smithsonian Institution)

Offended Republicans pull funding from Smithsonian’s American Latino exhibit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Nancy Yao Maasbach, President of the Museum of Chinese in America, speaks during the press preview of &quot;Responses: Asian American Voices Resisting the Tides of Racism&quot; at the Museum of Chinese in America, Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in New York. The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum has named Nancy Yao as founding director, even as the new foundation remains homeless amid a standoff over adding buildings around the National Mall. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Smithsonian names founding director of American Women’s History Museum

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times