WASHINGTON (AP) — A Smithsonian museum exhibit about the maritime journey that millions of Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic to slavery in the Americas will change later this month, ...

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Melania Trump said she was “proud” to have her 2025 inaugural gown join the first lady’s exhibit at the Smithsonian, describing her black and white fashion statement as modern, bold, simple, and ...

First lady Melania Trump on Friday is delivering remarks at 11 a.m. in Washington, D.C., as she donates her 2025 inaugural gown to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s historic ...

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What’s wrong with the first one? According to a new report in the New York Times, President Donald Trump has asked for a newly-painted portrait, instead of having the one painted at the end of his ...

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The White House wants to display fan art of President Donald Trump at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. The president has been trying to control the narrative around American history ...

To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, the Smithsonian is taking its oldest and largest public event—the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival—on the road to communities across ...

The female calf, whose name has not yet been decided, was born around 1:15 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2 to 12-year-old mother Nhi Linh and 44-year-old father Spike. This is Nhi Linh’s first offspring. Brandie ...

Congress split the funding legislation into smaller packages, and has already approved funding for the nation's museums. The Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, home to the ...