Smithsonian museums across Washington, DC, closed their doors on Sunday as the ongoing government shutdown causes strain.

The Smithsonian Institute said it would keep its museums open at least temporarily after a government shutdown began Oct. 1.

The Smithsonian's museums and zoo are now closed due to the government shut down. Tours of historic Washington, D.C. sites ...

The federal government officially shut down on Oct. 1, causing a shift in the way the economy functions. In a shutdown, ...

American Indians have long been erased or hidden from historical records, but archivists and Native communities are working ...

Collection of seventeen essays addresses the issues raised by the establishment of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in the 1980s, from the George Gustav Heye Collection ...

I am a museum lover, admittedly. Yet, certain items simply do not belong in museums. Enter repatriation, the process of returning an item, usually of spiritual or symbolic significance, to its place ...

INFINITY OF NATIONS Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian This ongoing exhibition presents more than 700 works of art from throughout Native North, Central, ...

The American Indian Exposition in Anadarko has long boasted it’s the first and only all-Indigenous operated cultural event of its kind. The event has evolved over nine decades and continues its run ...