Bill to Create National Latinx Museum Passes House
On Monday, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would create a national Smithsonian museum dedicated to the American […]
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Former Employees Share Letter Denouncing Racism at National Museum of African Art
Earlier this week a group of former employees of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art shared an open letter […]
You Can Help Transcribe a Historic DC-Area Black Newspaper
If you have always wanted to get a peek at the Smithsonian’s archives, now you can- at least digitally. The […]
Smithsonian Secretary Bunch to Prioritize Repair Backlog
This year members of the House of Representatives introduced two separate bills to add a women’s history museum and a […]
Morris Museum Is First Smithsonian Affiliate in NJ
Most museum visitors associate the Smithsonian with the museums scattered throughout the nation’s capital. However, through its affiliations program, the […]
Smithsonian Institution Names New Secretary
The Smithsonian Institution has appointed historian Lonnie Bunch as the organization’s new leader. Bunch will be the first African American […]
Publication Spotlight: The Life and Times of Mary Vaux Walcott
With her December 2015 publication, The Life and Times of Mary Vaux Walcott, Marjorie G. Jones explores the life of the woman known as the “Audubon of Botany.”