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The president’s executive order demanding change at the institution presents a perilous test for Lonnie G. Bunch III, its ...
Because the Smithsonian can receive private funding, it is not entirely in trouble-but the long-term effects remain unclear.
President Trump threatened to block funding for Smithsonian exhibitions that discuss racism and ordered the restoration of ...
Trump signed an executive order, which called for the removal of “improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology from the Smithsonian and its museums, education and re ...
President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on March 27 that calls to remove 'improper ideology' from exhibits at the ...
The executive order also sets the stage for the reinstatement of Confederate monuments.
The Trump administration, however, is not happy with the way the Smithsonian Institution and other U.S. museums are portraying history. On March 27, 2025, the president issued an executive order, ...
Reacting to this trend of portraying America’s history from a leftist perspective in prominent public places, President Trump recently issued an executive order calling for the Smithsonian, as well as ...
And now we see it playing out again.” Last week, in an executive order aimed at the Smithsonian Institution, the nation’s massive museum system, President Donald Trump looked to tighten his ...
Librarians and museum leaders warn key programs are at risk as Trump targets the Institute of Museum and Library Services ...
Even the most cynical observers knew this day would come.
A new executive order from the Trump administration focuses on the Smithsonian’s Museum of African American History and Culture, seeking to take away displays they describe as “flawed” and “divisive.” ...