The distance in the march from the American Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence is almost beyond comprehension.

President Donald Trump said the modernist "Infinity" sculpture outside the National Museum of American History should be replaced with a "Colossus statue" of George Washington.

President Trump asked the Smithsonian Institution in late Friday social media posts to install a 30-foot-tall statue of George Washington outside of its National Museum of American History (NMAH) and ...

Trump Wants the Smithsonian Institution to Install George Washington Statues and Exhibit President Donald Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install a colossal statue of George Washington ...

“That strange modernist sculpture tells visitors nothing about America,” Trump wrote in part of the historic art piece completed in 1967 ...

President Trump called on the Smithsonian Friday to erect a 30-foot-tall George Washington statue outside the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, in place of the “strange modernist” ...

In 2019, Bunch became both the first historian and the first African American to serve as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. As he prepares to retire, he talks about the museums' mission to ...

The Atlantic obtained an eye-opening letter from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.

Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Smithsonian's first Black secretary, said President Donald Trump's pressure played no role in his decision and vowed to defend the institution's independence until he leaves.

With a storied career dating back to the 1970s, Bunch leaves a remarkable legacy, most notably the founding of the National Museum of African American History and Culture ...

Historian Lonnie Bunch will leave his position as secretary of the Smithsonian at the end of the year, he announced Tuesday.

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III announced Tuesday he will be stepping down from his role amid Trump administration disputes with the museum complex over how it presents American history. Bunch, ...