IN CHARTS: A Visual Breakdown of the Smithsonian's Billion-Dollar Taxpayer-Funded Budget

IN CHARTS: A visual breakdown of the Smithsonian’s billion-dollar taxpayer

The Smithsonian has relied on more than $1 billion a year in taxpayer funding in recent years, even as its leadership and exhibits face mounting scrutiny over DEI priorities and ideological portrayals of American history. The sprawling institution oversees 21 museums, the National Zoo and nearly 157 million objects and specimens, making it the world’s largest museum, education and research complex. President Donald Trump’s proposed budget reduct…

IN CHARTS: A visual breakdown of the Smithsonian's billion-dollar taxpayer-funded budget

The Smithsonian has relied on more than $1 billion a year in taxpayer funding in recent years, even as its leadership and exhibits face mounting scrutiny over DEI priorities and ideological portrayals of American history.The sprawling institution oversees 21 museums, the National Zoo and nearly 157 million objects and specimens, making it the world’s largest museum, education and research complex. President Donald Trump’s proposed budget reducti…