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Smithsonian under scrutiny: Trump calls for focus on unity over dark past

Back in 2017, President Trump called the Smithsonian a "great museum" and praised several abolitionist figures like Harriet Tubman and Fredrick Douglas. Two Mississippi Museums and the Department of Archives and History, which are affiliated with the Smithsonian, declined to comment on the president's recent comments regarding the museum.

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Trump says Smithsonian is too focused on slavery. Scholars see sanitizing.

President Donald Trump threatened to unleash his attorneys on the Smithsonian, saying the institution was fixated on “how bad slavery was.”

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Trump says the Smithsonian focuses too much on 'how bad slavery was'

A White House official told NBC News that Trump plans to expand his review of museums beyond the Smithsonian, which is based in Washington, D.C.

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Trump Smithsonian review point person: Placards written in ‘ideological fashion’

President Trump's adviser leading a review of Smithsonian museums' content defended the move as shifting the focus to ...

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Trump calls Smithsonian 'OUT OF CONTROL' and orders sweeping review of all museums and programming

Trump orders sweeping Smithsonian review after blasting museums as “woke," vowing to reshape exhibits to emphasize unity, progress and American exceptionalism.

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Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Explores Prevalence of American Indian Images, Words and Stories in American History and Contemporary Life

A traveling version of the thought-provoking Smithsonian exhibition “Americans” will begin a six-year national tour in August. Based on the major exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the ...

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Trump’s Smithsonian criticism contrasts with 2017 praise

President Trump has changed his tune on the Smithsonian’s depiction of America’s past since he visited the National Museum of ...

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We went to the Smithsonian museums. They are filled with ’brightness’ and ‘success’

Through its 21 museums, 21 libraries, 14 education and research centers and a zoo, the Smithsonian Institution’s collections are expansive and cover every aspect of U.S. history, including more than ...

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Opinion - Mr. Trump, leave the Smithsonian alone

President Trump — who regularly denounces anything he dislikes as “fake news,” even when it is accurate — is now demanding ...

What might be lost in Trump’s war against the Smithsonian and the nation’s ugliest truth

The president seems bent on eradicating the painful and defining legacy of slavery from American history. But at what cost?

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Trump purge of Smithsonian exhibits got underway in April and included removal of Harriet Tubman’s hymn book: report

The Trump administration announced this week that it would begin reviewing current and former exhibitions at Smithsonian museums to ensure they align with president’s agenda and perspective of ...

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