Trump Orders Warning Signs at 1 Smithsonian Museum Over 'Inaccurate' History
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Updated · ms.now · Jul 30
Trump Orders Warning Signs at 1 Smithsonian Museum Over 'Inaccurate' History
3 articles · Updated · ms.now · Jul 30
Summary
Friday's order directs the National Museum of American History to post signs warning visitors it contains inaccurate information and pointing them to the White House report "Saving America's Story."
The White House says the museum failed to properly honor the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence during the nation's 250th anniversary year, while critics cast the move as retaliation after semiquincentennial events underperformed.
The report also attacks Smithsonian leaders, including museum director Andrea Hartig, as ideological activists and extends Trump's broader push to reshape content at the Smithsonian's 21 museums.
That pressure reaches one of the National Mall's most visited institutions, part of a Smithsonian system serving a site that draws about 36 million tourists a year, and sharpens a wider fight over whether national museums should emphasize patriotic celebration or a fuller account of slavery, genocide and exclusion.