A White House report accused leaders of the Smithsonian Institution of adopting an ideological framework that shifted the National Museum of American History away from its mission of historical education toward what it called an “extreme political activism.”
The 162-page report, released by the White House Domestic Policy Council on July 4, alleges that the National Museum of American History—which is run by the Smithsonian Institution—“fails to substantively present America’s founder and founding” in its exhibits.
“The Smithsonian Institution, and the National Museum of American History in particular, under its current leadership and current interpretive ideology, cannot be trusted to tell America’s story honestly and in a way that is inspiring, unifying, and worthy of our great republic,” the report states….
White House Report Accuses Smithsonian Leaders of ‘Extreme Political Activism’
