Pierre Terjanian, the museum’s current chief of curatorial affairs and conservation, will start in his new role in July.

Denisovans are an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and our own species, Homo sapiens.

The institution forces America to look at its full history. We’re supposed to learn from what we see — not pretend it doesn’t ...

The museum plans to showcase its collection of banking, investment, and currency memorabilia at the revamped Commonwealth ...

The Smithsonian is a public-private partnership built and sustained over the decades with support from Americans of every ...

The leader of the Smithsonian may be one of the few leaders fearless enough to navigate Donald Trump’s attacks on the arts.

Kevin Young, who has led the National Museum of African American History and Culture since 2021, went on leave before the ...

The National Park Service edited a page on its website that describes the Underground Railroad to reduce the emphasis on ...

The National Park Service (NPS) has removed a reference to abolitionist Harriet Tubman from its webpage dedicated to the ...

A heated email exchange between Richard Grenell, the interim head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and ...

How does the Smithsonian work, and can President Trump control how they represent race, sex, and American history in its ...

The president may not like how the museum and research institution tells the American story — but Americans do.