Smithsonian Forced to Answer for Exhibit Choices
1 sourceUpdated Jul 24, 2026
If there was any doubt that the debate over America’s museums has become another front in the nation’s culture wars, Tuesday’s House Oversight Committee hearing erased it. Lawmakers brought Smithsonian officials to Capitol Hill for a hearing titled, “Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian’s Efforts to Reshape the Past.” The central question hanging over the […]
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