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What Comes Next for the Smithsonian's New Human Remains Task Force

As the Smithsonian grapples with a dark legacy, a new task force will recommend ethical policies for handling human remains

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Reflections From a Dutch National Reckoning

After a trip to Amsterdam and discussions on a forthcoming National Slavery Museum in the Netherlands, I was struck by our universal and perpetually incomplete project of memorializing the past

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How the Smithsonian Is Educating the Next Generation

From the National Mall to rural schoolhouses, we're bringing learning to students of all ages

a person stands in a decorated dress and vail on a beach with the sea behind them

Imagining an African Atlantis

A new exhibition envisions a world in which the Middle Passage created lives instead of claiming them

an oil painting of a woman in black dress with an orange sky behind her

Who Claims the American West?

A new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum challenges the old mythology of the frontier

Secretary Bunch meeting by the Castle at the 2022 Folklife Festival

The Folklife Festival and the Spectacular Diversity of American Identity

A look back on how one of the Smithsonian’s greatest traditions came to be and what to expect this summer

Mack McCormick working on his book, spring 1970

A New Exhibition Poses Questions About a Historian's Responsibility to Their Subjects

A renowned blues archive, on view at the National Museum of American History, uncovers a rich musical story with many provocations

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