They soon learned that the institution was notorious for refusing to return Indigenous items, in open violation of NAGPRA. “The problem with NAGPRA was that it had no teeth,” said Gonzalez. The ...

His executive order faulted an exhibit which “promotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct, ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Earth Day is Saturday, April 22! The Smithsonian is hosting a monthlong celebration dedicated to the ...

The Smithsonian Institution will mark Earth Day on April 22, 2025, with a monthlong series of free events across its ...

Nesbett and Bancroft stated that Bai Jo’s scholarly residency has been well-received by visitors so far, and his presence further provokes questions about animals and nature as both art objects and ...

Singling out the Smithsonian Institution, which comprises 21 museums and the National Zoo ... New Mexico and Julia-Cesar Chavez in Washington, DC. Additional reporting by Jim Oliphant and Steve ...

Despite being championed by the esteemed curator Jim ... at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York, in 1973, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, in 1977, his next New ...

It’s an act of valour that earned it a spot as a taxidermy specimen at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History at Washington DC. Pigeons are still used ... writes Ursula Sims-Williams, ...

Due to its location on the Indian Ocean, the societies there were part of transregional ... During colonialism, thousands of cultural belongings were brought to Germany. The Ethnologisches Museum in ...

Museums. Though you can find world-class free museums and galleries around the country, Washington DC offers over a dozen to ...