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Museum sector bodies in the US have expressed alarm at the “growing threat” of censorship and political interference in museums from the Trump administration.
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 20 Aug 2025
Museum sector bodies in the US have expressed alarm at the “growing threat” of censorship and political interference in museums from the Trump administration.
The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the Organization of American Historians (OAH) and the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) are among the organisations to speak out after the White House wrote to Smithsonian Institution secretary Lonnie Bunch last week ordering an internal review of the institution’s exhibitions and materials.
In its first phase, the review will evaluate content and policies at eight of the Smithsonian’s 21 sites: the National Museum of American History; National Museum of Natural History; National Museum of African American History and Culture; National Museum of the American Indian; National Air and Space Museum; Smithsonian American Art Museum; National Portrait Gallery; and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
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