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The day Margaret Atwood saved me from a mortifying interview

Letters: Barbara Esstman shares a memory of chatting like friends with the author in front of an audience at the Smithsonian Institution, while Jane Crossen is intrigued by Atwood’s Norfolk connection

The Guardian - UK

Texas Republicans allege Smithsonian broke lobbying law on shuttle - Roll Call

Three Texas Republicans urged the Justice Department to investigate their allegations that the Smithsonian broke lobbying law.

Roll Call

The Smithsonian might have to cut space shuttle Discovery into pieces to get it to Texas

In a letter to Congress, museum officials have warned the shuttle may need to be partially disassembled in order to be transferred, risking irreversible damage to one of the most meticulously preserved pieces of spaceflight history.

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US Smithsonian museums and National Zoo close due to government shutdown

Washington DC-based institution says it’ll temporarily close museums and research centers in response to shutdown

The Guardian - US

Trump isn’t the first US politician to pick a fight with the Smithsonian. But this time could be different

United States President Donald Trump first signalled his intention to target the Smithsonian Institution in March, when he signed an executive order titled Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.

The Conversation

Trump admin orders Smithsonian museums to be reviewed for ‘Americanism’

White House says the review is in line with Trump’s executive order on ‘Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History’.

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US museum denies political pressure in removal of Trump impeachment display

Smithsonian Institution says it will update exhibit to reflect all impeachments of US presidents following backlash.

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Smithsonian removes references to Trump impeachments at history exhibit

Changes at National Museum of American History come amid president’s push to reshape US cultural agencies

The Guardian - US

Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum, according to report

The arts institution has, for months, faced mounting pressure from the president to conform to the removal of ‘improper, divisive or anti-American ideology’

The Independent UK

'The Smithsonian Institution owns the Discovery.' Museum resists Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' plan to move space shuttle to Houston

The Smithsonian Institution says NASA relinquished full ownership of Space Shuttle Discovery, but Congress wants to force the vehicle's relocation.

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Shuttle Discovery's Texas transfer launches cost concerns - Roll Call

Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn argues moving the shuttle to a site near Houston's Johnson Space Center would right an "egregious wrong.”

Roll Call

Director of National Portrait Gallery resigns after Trump’s effort to fire her

Kim Sajet’s departure comes after the Smithsonian Institute rebuffed the president’s attempt to fire her over DEI

The Guardian - US

The closer a volcano is to erupting, the greener the trees around it look from space

Scientists have found a way to monitor volcanic carbon dioxide levels — one of the first signs a volcano might be about to blow — that doesn't involve trekking up a mountain.

LiveScience

Prominent pastor notified books loaned to African American museum may be returned amid review

A prominent pastor and veteran of the Civil Rights Movement says he was told items he had loaned to the Smithsonian Institution would be under review for whether they should remain on display at the institution

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Black churches back embattled Smithsonian African American history museum after Trump's order

Some Black churches are pledging to support the National Museum of African American History and Culture following an executive order by President Donald Trump alleging exhibits there and at other Smithsonian Institution sites have expressed a “divisive, race-centered ideology.”

Salon

"Sickening" order censors Black history

"You can't make America great again if you don't acknowledge all the things that America is"

The Guardian - US

Head of DC’s African American museum on leave as Trump targets Smithsonian

Kevin Young has been absent since 14 March, weeks before president’s order taking aim at ‘anti-American’ content

The Conversation

With its executive order targeting the Smithsonian, the Trump administration opens up a new front in the history wars

I teach history in Connecticut, but I grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas, where my interest in the subject was sparked by visits to local museums.

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Trump Targets Smithsonian Institute in 'Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History' Executive Order

President Donald Trump has taken aim at the Smithsonian Institution in his latest executive order, titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History."

The Guardian - US

‘It reminds you of a fascist state’: Smithsonian Institution braces for Trump rewrite of US history

Normally staid historians sound alarm at authoritarian grasping for control of the premier US museum complex

The Guardian - US

‘It’s a scary time’: artists react to White House’s recent targeting of Smithsonian Institution

Roberto Lugo and other artists of color are now feeling heat from Trump’s attack on diversity and efforts to rewrite truth of the US’s past

The Guardian - US

What is the Smithsonian Institution and why is it important?

A Trump executive order aims to uproot ‘anti-American ideology’ from the US museum and research complex

The Independent UK

Why President Donald Trump now has a problem with the Smithsonian

Trump believes institutions have fallen prey to ‘woke’ ideology

The Guardian - US

Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for ‘improper ideology’

JD Vance to lead plan as Trump says there’s been ‘concerted’ effort to rewrite US history with ‘distorted narrative’

Evening Standard

Donald Trump orders removal of 'anti-American ideology' from top US museums and threatens to cut funding

The US president has told the Smithsonian Institution, which operates 21 museums visited by 30 million visitors every year, to eliminate ‘divisive narratives’ from programs

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