Pausing next to a hulking steam locomotive at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History on Friday, Kathryn Jones bent down to look at a tiny silk slipper. “I’ve never seen one in person.

Smithsonian museums are under major attack. With Donald Trump’s White House cracking down on the tone of Smithsonian exhibits, the world’s largest museum and research complex is now involved in even ...

The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education and research complex. It's a public-private trust that has long operated at arm's length from the White House, but now finds itself ...