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News Articles: Smithsonian

Former US poet laureate Joy Harjo answers questions from the audience after a reading at Middle Georgia State University in Macon recently. The reading was made possible in part by the Georgia Humanities Council.

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  • News

How federal cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities touch Georgia

The National Endowment for the Humanities supports art and culture in all 50 states, including Georgia. What do the ongoing federal cuts to the NEH mean for the state?

May 07, 2025
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres,<em> Jamese Jefferson and Gloria Bollock</em>, 1992, acrylic on Hydrocal plaster life cast

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  • Fine Art

This art exhibition is 'divisive' or 'eye-opening' — it depends who you ask

A new White House executive order says the exhibition is an example of how the Smithsonian portrays "American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive."

April 02, 2025
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
A view of the Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington, D.C., at sunset in September 2013.

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  • Arts & Life

How will Trump's executive order affect the Smithsonian?

The Smithsonian Institution, a vast complex of research centers, museums and galleries, is the latest culture target of President Trump's executive orders.

March 28, 2025
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By:
  • Jennifer Vanasco and
  • Elizabeth Blair
A towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is removed in Richmond, Va., in September 2021. It was one of many monuments and statues to Confederate leaders removed or relocated following protests after George Floyd's murder in 2020.

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  • Arts & Life

Trump wants to restore statues and monuments. Will that happen?

The President's executive order on "restoring truth and sanity to American history" calls on the Department of the Interior to ensure that any monuments, statues or memorials under its jurisdiction "do not contain descriptions, depictions, or other content that inappropriately disparage Americans past or living (including persons living in colonial times)."

March 28, 2025
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By:
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
The entry to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C.

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  • Arts & Life

Trump executive order seeks to 'restore' American history through Smithsonian overhaul

The "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" order removes "divisive, race-centered ideology" from Smithsonian museums, educational and research centers, and the National Zoo.

March 28, 2025
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
The entry to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C.

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  • Arts & Life

The Smithsonian will close its diversity office and freeze federal hiring

The Smithsonian isn't a federal agency, but it gets much of its funding from federal appropriations.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Bolivian women skateboarders — wearing traditional garb — demonstrate their skills on the half pipe.

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  • Global Health

Indigenous pride. Bowler hats. Meet an all-female Bolivian skateboarding crew

This year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival featured "Indigenous Voices of the Americas" and was full of surprises — like Bolivian women skateboarding in traditional garb — bowler hats and poofy skirts.

July 07, 2024
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By:
  • Marc Silver and
  • Kahwit Tela
Bruce Onobrakpeya, a towering figure in modernism, in his home/studio in Lagos, Nigeria. At 91, he has his first Smithsonian solo show.

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  • Global Health

At 91, Nigerian artist who reimagined the crucifixion is celebrated at Smithsonian

Bruce Onobrakpeya was unafraid to challenge the conventions of the art world — and was celebrated for it. This giant of African art is basking in the joy of his first Smithsonian solo exhibition.

June 23, 2024
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  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
A statue of the Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, is part of the sports exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016.

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  • National

The idea of a national African American museum went back 100 years before its opening

The museum celebrated the 20th anniversary of legislation that funded it this week, but it can trace its origins back to Black veterans who fought for the Union Army in the Civil War.

December 20, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
The Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall is one of four sites selected as possible locations for two new museums.

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  • Arts & Life

The Smithsonian selects four possible sites for new museums for women and Latinos

The National Women's History Museum and the National Museum of the American Latino were authorized by Congress in 2020.

June 22, 2022
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
A wild fox killed 25 American flamingos and one Northern pintail duck, announced the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

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  • Animals

A wild fox killed 25 flamingos at the Smithsonian's National Zoo

A northern pintail duck was also killed and three other flamingos were injured, according to the zoo.

May 03, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., cleans up debris and personal belongings strewn across the floor of the Rotunda in the early morning hours of Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, after protesters stormed the Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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  • Opinion

Opinion: A Blue Suit, Dusted By Insurrection, Goes To The Smithsonian

Rep. Andrew Kim, a New Jersey Democrat, has given his blue suit to the Smithsonian. Scott Simon explains its significance as an artifact from the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol Building.

July 10, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Lonnie G. Bunch III, shortly after he was named Smithsonian Secretary in 2019

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  • Race

Inside The Blacksonian With Lonnie Bunch

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III talks about how he turned entry into the Blacksonian into the hottest ticket in town and how the coronavirus is affecting the Smithsonians.

March 18, 2021
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By:
  • Karen Grigsby Bates
Dr. Anthony Fauci holds his personal 3D-printed model of the SARS-CoV-2 virion during the "Great Americans Awards Program."

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  • National

Fauci Donates Personal Coronavirus Model To Smithsonian

The face of the U.S. government's pandemic response donated his personal model of the SARS-CoV-2 virion to the Smithsonian Institution for a future exhibit.

March 03, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
An aerial view of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., with the Smithsonian Institution Building ("The Castle") in the foreground and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in the background.

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  • Arts & Life

Congress Approves 2 New Museums Honoring American Latinos, Women's History

The Smithsonian cannot build a new museum without federal legislation but both museums have bipartisan support. The law requires costs be covered by a 50/50 split between public and private dollars.

December 22, 2020
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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