The White House is planning a sweeping review of the Smithsonian museums ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary to “ensure alignment” with President Donald Trump’s orders to “celebrate American exceptionalism,” The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
The Journal cited a letter dated Tuesday sent by White House Senior Associate Lindsey Halligan, Domestic Policy Council Director Vince Haley, and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought.
“This initiative aims to ensure alignment with the president’s directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions,” the letter stated.
The review is focused on eight of the 19 Smithsonian museums in Washington, including the National Museum of American History, the National Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, and the National Museum of the American Indian, according to the report.
In his March executive order “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” Trump wrote, “the Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology. This shift has promoted narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”
To that end, the letter instructed the Smithsonian that its museums should make corrections to replace “divisive or ideologically driven” language with “unifying, historically accurate” wording, the Journal reported.
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