GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American History has opened a new exhibit, and ...

The Smithsonian Institution was established with funds from James Smithson (1765–1829), a British scientist who left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the ...

Because the Smithsonian can receive private funding, it is not entirely in trouble-but the long-term effects remain unclear.