Smithsonian Plan for Latino Museum Would Bypass Congress

The board will vote whether to house the museum in its Arts and Industries Building rather than build on a site owned by the National Park Service.

The Smithsonian Institution is trying to use a loophole to sneak in a building for a yet-to-be-built controversial museum that remains homeless: the National Museum of the American Latino. It is an act of desperation by a museum complex beset with accusations of bias. The building, according to several sources, is the