The government shutdown, now the country’s longest, is fueling a continued trend of declining tourism to Washington.

The Smithsonian Institution was established by an act of Congress in 1846 as an independent federal trust instrumentality, a ...

The Smithsonian is one of the world’s foremost research centers in science, the arts, and the humanities. In addition to ...

When the federal government shut down threatened Fort Recovery Middle School's field trip to Washington, a four-decade ...

The museum doesn’t generally rely on federal funding, Arnet said, but had sought an NEA grant to fund an exhibition this year ...

A Republican-led plan to move to Houston the Discovery space shuttle, an iconic holding of the National Air and Space Museum since 2012, has set off a fight for the future of the orbiter, which the ...

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(The Hill) – Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo officially shut down to the public on Sunday due to the government shutdown, which is on day 13. The Smithsonian announced on X Friday that ...

(The Hill) — Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo officially shut down to the public on Sunday becasue of the government shutdown, which is on Day 13. The Smithsonian announced Friday on X that ...