Smithsonian Magazine. Archaeologists Thought They'd Found a Piece of Old Farm Equipment. It Turned Out to Be a Rare Iron Age Chariot Tire. ... then forge-welded them together on an anvil.

This museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate, ... gunpowder is used to launch a 200-pound anvil high into the air, a tradition that was once a popular method of celebration for pioneers.

Smithsonian curators were not available to comment, but the catalogue drew on research from Cynthia Prescott, author of Pioneer Mother Monuments. She tells NPR the exhibition is "trying to ...

Patrons view a portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump in the America’s Presidents exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery as the Smithsonian Institution begins to slowly re-open its museums ...

Ms. DuVernay received the award from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History “for her extraordinary contributions to the nation as a director, writer, producer and film distributor ...

The president on Friday said he terminated National Portrait Gallery director Kim Sajet. Meanwhile, his budget proposes slashing the Smithsonian’s Anacostia and Latino museums, according to an ...

Trump's latest EO takes aim at "anti-American" DEI programming in federal institutions like the Smithsonian by empowering Congress to withhold taxpayer dollars.

The Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum complex boasting 21 museums and the National Zoo, has lost its top-tier credit rank from Moody’s Ratings just days after the firm ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered that “improper, divisive or anti-American ideology” be removed from the Smithsonian Institution, the vast museum and research complex that is a ...

But buried within the list of issues is a reference to a display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The display, the executive order complains, "claims that 'sculpture has been a powerful ...

President Trump accused the Smithsonian Institution of propagating “divisive, race-based ideology” and issued an executive order Thursday demanding an end to federal funding for exhibitions ...

Donald Trump signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.” ...