Smithsonian faces Trump administration pressure after White House report on museum history
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The Smithsonian has faced heavy pressure from the Trump administration, including a 162-page White House report released in July that accused “ideological capture” and straying from straightforward historical education. Critics highlighted the National Museum of American History’s “The Electric Dr. Franklin” exhibit, opened in November 2021, which said Franklin’s science was partly enabled by slavery and speculated enslaved household members may have assisted in electrical shock experiments; the exhibit closed in 2025 but remains online.
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