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High school history teacher Katharina Matro often pulls materials from the Smithsonian Institution website as she assembles her lessons. She trusts its materials, which don’t require the same level of vetting as other online resources. She uses documents and other primary sources it curates for discussions of topics like genocide and slavery. As the White House presses for changes at …

Members of the U.S. Park Police guard an entrance to the 9th Street tunnel in front of the Smithsonian Castle on Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington, D.C., after the Trump administration initiated a federal takeover of D.C. police and deployed the National Guard in the city. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images In a letter sent …

A painting by Rigoberto Gonzalez, titled Refugees Crossing the Border Wall into South Texas, was singled out by the White House in a list of artworks and exhibitions it found objectionable. Rigoberto A. González hide caption toggle caption Rigoberto A. González The official White House newsletter has posted an article titled “President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian.” It calls …

As Trump Targets the Smithsonian, Museums Across the U.S. Feel a Chill  The New York Times Trump’s attacks on the ‘Blacksonian’ have a history in a century-old myth  The Guardian President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian  The White House (.gov) Trump’s Smithsonian criticism contrasts with 2017 praise  The Hill BROADCAST BIAS: Networks distort what Trump really wants to fix about our museums  Fox News …

These are the “woke” Smithsonian exhibits targeted by Trump’s White House  Axios President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian  The White House (.gov) A Critic of Universities Is Rallying to Defend Them in the Trump Era  The New York Times Trump’s next fight: “woke” museum interpretations of history  Axios White House calls out 7 Smithsonian museums for their exhibits, messaging  The Washington Post Source link

White House Lists Smithsonian Exhibits It Finds Objectionable  The New York Times President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian  The White House (.gov) Donald Trump’s Guide to Museums  The Atlantic Trump’s next fight: “woke” museum interpretations of history  Axios Trump says Smithsonian is too focused on slavery. Scholars see sanitizing.  The Washington Post Source link

White House targets ‘woke’ Smithsonian content in new list  The Washington Post Could Chicago museums be affected by Trump administration review of Smithsonian museums?  CBS News President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian  The White House (.gov) Scholar says Trump’s efforts to reframe U.S. history is ‘reminiscent of McCarthyism’  PBS Donald Trump’s Guide to Museums  The Atlantic Source link

President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian – The White House The National Museum of African American History and Culture debuted a series to educate people on “a society that privileges white people and whiteness” — defining so-called “white dominant culture“ as “ways white people and their traditions, attitudes, and ways of life have been normalized …

Trump says Smithsonian is too focused on slavery. Scholars see sanitizing.  The Washington Post Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’  The New York Times Trump vows to expand his review of U.S. museums. Can he do that?  NPR Scholar says Trump’s efforts to reframe U.S. history is ‘reminiscent of McCarthyism’  PBS Trump targets the Smithsonian again, says it focuses …

Trump targets the Smithsonian again, says it focuses too much on how bad slavery was  Reuters Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’  The New York Times Trump expands ‘woke’ criticism from Smithsonian to other museums  NPR Trump vows to target ‘woke’ museums with same playbook used on Columbia, Harvard  CNBC Trump says the Smithsonian focuses too much on ‘how …