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A rediscovered trove of Mary McLeod Bethune's papers at Fisk University links Nashville to America’s continuing fight for educational equity.
The Museum of African American History I Boston & Nantucket (MAAH) today announced the launch of a $10 million capital campaign to develop new exhibits and program offerings, enhance engagement with ...
Asian Americans are “Asian.” But for any number of reasons, it’s hard to imagine a great many Black Americans opting to call ...
Ball, a free man of color, opened a one-room photo studio in Cincinnati in 1845, but the business soon folded. He honed his ...
An immersive new exhibition at the Intrepid Museum in New York City spotlights the science and technology behind the ...
Mia Owens is a curatorial and programs assistant at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center to support the Sightlines: ...
The African American Museum’s library is filled with decades of Black history from rare books like The Negro In Our History to The Souls of Black Folk. This summer, the library is the classroom for ...
Our National Museum of American History tracked down the story of the familiar bearded figure. Explore GOTV pins, posters, and other voting-related collection items from across the Smithsonian.
"Our visitors need to recognize themselves and their culture in our galleries," said William R. Valerio, CEO of the Woodmere ...
The Trump administration has set its eyes on the taxpayer-funded Smithsonian over the “one-sided, divisive political narratives” the group of museums has been preaching. “American taxpayers should […] ...