White House announces more aggressive review of Smithsonian museums

[citygator]

Those statues are a reminder of this nation's dark days. Why are you pretending this nation is perfect?

No one has an issue with museum treatment of the civil war. What people object to is taking a statue made in 1930 - 1950 that has no historical value and was put in place to celebrate the dark days and intimidate minorities. A civil war uniform in a museum makes sense. A celebratory statue sucks ass.

 

[Missourian]

I look forward to seeing the new guidelines regarding slavery exhibits, Jim Crow exhibits, Native Americans, and Irish/Chinese immigrants. What think you USMB? Will we soon see an exhibit of Lincoln saying the CSA was right?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/08/12/white-house-review-smithsonian-institution/

White House announces more aggressive review of Smithsonian museums​

In a letter, White House officials said they would review the Smithsonian’s exhibition text, curation, exhibition planning and collections, starting with eight museums.

The White House will launch a sweeping review of Smithsonian exhibitions, collections and operations ahead of America’s 250th-birthday celebrations next year — the first time the Trump administration has detailed steps to scrutinize the institution, which officials say should reflect the president’s call to restore “truth and sanity” to American history.



The vetting process would include reviewing public-facing and online content, curatorial processes and guidelines, exhibition planning and collection use, according to a letter sent to Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III on Tuesday and signed by White House senior associate Lindsey Halligan, Domestic Policy Council Director Vince Hale and White House Office of Management and Budget chief Russell Vought.
firmed the plan, which was posted on the White House website Tuesday and first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

The letter states that the initial review will focus on eight museums: the National Museum of American History, the National Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Museum of the American Indian, the National Air and Space Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Portrait Gallery and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

To begin the process, officials requested that the museums provide information within 30 days concerning 250th-anniversary programming, current and future exhibition content, and other material.

A Banana duct taped to a wall isn't art.

Someone Ate the $6 Million Banana Taped to a Museum Wall—Again

This banana art has been eaten, replaced, and sold for millions.

www.mentalfloss.com

 

[drudge X]

keep your false equivalency arguments to your klan meetings,

I ain't white but I've seen enough bull crap from Democrats. That's not saying there is none from Republicans but the amount of gaslighting by Democrats, Republicans would need 50 years to be on par.

 

[pknopp]

Few? You think single black mothers rasing 3-4 kids by themselves can stop receiving welfare and free healthcare in several years?

Never saw a goal post move so fast.

 

[citygator]

A Banana duct taped to a wall isn't art.

Someone Ate the $6 Million Banana Taped to a Museum Wall—Again

This banana art has been eaten, replaced, and sold for millions.

www.mentalfloss.com

Well, it is likely the only piece of art from this century you can reference.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Did the US remove slavery and Jim Crow from history textbooks?

Not yet.

 

[Missourian]

No one has an issue with museum treatment of the civil war. What people object to is taking a statue made in 1930 - 1950 that has no historical value and was put in place to celebrate the dark days and intimidate minorities. A civil war uniform in a museum makes sense. A celebratory statue sucks ass.

Are you intimidated by a statue?

 

[Zincwarrior]

Yeah...I am sure seeing the statue of Lee causes a black guy to shoot five people during the weekend in Chicago.

Wouldn't that make a black guy shoot five people in a state like Virginia?

 

[JLW]

It makes me sad that none of this bothers you guys as an American. I mean, its just a political party, its not real life. Real life is the museum and all the centuries of curated history and unfiltered good and bad. What makes America great is that we can look at ourselves with clear eyes and a full heart with the benefit of time and question and criticize ourselves. We arent great because we pretended to be great. We are great because we are never satisfied and always trying to improve. This is a nation of progress not regress. Stand up, will ya.

What gets me is the leader of a political party telling a museum director what is acceptable and not acceptable to him and his party. I mean, this is as un-American as it gets. What next? Der leader does not believe in evolution, so let's get rid of the dinosaur exhibits?

That is the track we are on.

 

[drudge X]

Never saw a goal post move so fast.

Reality hurts. If few, let's see the data.

 

[drudge X]

Not yet.

Great. Let me know when Trump does it and I will call him out. Now will you call out Democrats who are trying to revise history?

 

[drudge X]

Wouldn't that make a black guy shoot five people in a state like Virginia?

Really? The statue made him shoot 5 people. Did he tell police that?

 

[Zincwarrior]

Great. Let me know when Trump does it and I will call him out. Now will you call out Democrats who are trying to revise history?

That used to be the education in the South. The whole War of Northern Aggression is a real thing.

 

[drudge X]

That used to be the education in the South. The whole War of Northern Aggression is a real thing.

And they were told to get your ass back in line, yes?

 

[pknopp]

Reality hurts. If few, let's see the data.

How long does the average American stay on welfare?

The United States of America is a country which has welfare right at the top of its political agenda as so many millions of people are dependent on the state to help them get by.

www.marca.com

 

[drudge X]

How long does the average American stay on welfare?

The United States of America is a country which has welfare right at the top of its political agenda as so many millions of people are dependent on the state to help them get by.

www.marca.com

That's not what we were discussing.
Single black mothers tend to remain on public assistance much longer than dual parents household and longer than other minority groups. Blacks have the highest rate of all ethnic groups when it comes to single parent household.

 

[22lcidw]

Cool. Now tell us about the Civil War, the Civil Rights movement, Trail of Tears, fight for women's equality and right to vote, fight of the working and middle class.

You have to show everything.

Along with the fiat currency.

 

[pknopp]

That's not what we were discussing.
Single black mothers tend to remain on public assistance much longer than dual parents household and longer than other minority groups. Blacks have the highest rate of all ethnic groups when it comes to single parent household.

You said their entire lives. That is what I called out.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

You may not be aware of this, but slavery ended 162 years ago in America. Jim Crow has been legally outlawed for 60 years. America overcame those sins. That is our History.

Actually America didn't, for the simple fact that she has never paid restitution or reparations to the folks who faced the injustice of those practices.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Did the US remove slavery and Jim Crow from history textbooks?

That's what the plan is.