Doug Aitken first visited the Hirshhorn Museum two years ago, at dusk. “I arrived in a taxi,” the artist remembers. “I opened the door. I’d seen the Hirshhorn from afar, but when I saw it ...

And at the National Gallery of Art, which is not a Smithsonian museum but is definitely a presence ... notably those from Film Crash, a New York art-performance group that first showed its student ...

President Donald Trump is seeking to restore “truth and sanity to American history” by removing “improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution.

President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered that “improper, divisive or anti-American ideology” be removed from the Smithsonian Institution, the vast museum and research complex that is a ...

D.C. Millions visit its museums in D.C. and New York City each year. Famous art and artifacts held by the Smithsonian includes Thomas Jefferson’s Desk, Jackson Pollock's 'Number 1, 1950 ...

All Smithsonian museum sites except for the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City are free. Last year, they collectively drew nearly 17 million visitors. In his executive order ...

NEW YORK (AP ... a look at the Smithsonian Institution and what's going on with it. With an annual budget exceeding $1 billion, the Smithsonian is the “world's largest museum, education ...

The Smithsonian museums offer free entry to some 15 to 30 million visitors, external each year. It operates 21 museums in Washington, Virgina and New York. They include the National Museum of ...