Smithsonian National Museum of American History said that it has been slate to restore placard with information about two impeachment of President Trump Delete This is from the exhibition last month.
The museum said on Saturday statement This section “will be updated in the coming weeks to reflect all impeachment proceedings in the history of our country.”
Washington Post Informed On Thursday, citing an anonymous source familiar with the exhibition plans, that the institution agreed after the removal of the placard as part of an internal material review and agreed after the pressure of President Trump’s administration to get rid of the director of the art museum.
Smithsonian said on Saturday that Placard, Part of “The American Presidency: A Great Burden” did not meet the standards of the institution and did not argue that no one within the administration asked anyone to remove the information from the museum.
Smithsonian said in a statement, “Placard, which was a temporary extra for the twenty -five -year -old exhibition, did not meet the museum standards in attendance, location, timeline and overall presentation. It did not suit other sections in the exhibition and also blocked the approach to the objects inside its case.”
“For these reasons, we removed the placard. We were not asked by any administration or other government official to extract material from the demonstration,” the museum said.
Before being removed last month, Trump’s two impeachments were detailed and painted as part of the exhibition since September 2021, Smithsonian first told Hill.
Smithsonian spokesperson said, “At that time there was an intention to be a short -term measure to address the current events, however, the label remained until July 2025.”
The spokesman said, “Congress, Supreme Court, impeachment and public opinion have been included in the section of this exhibition.” “Because other themes of this section were not updated since 2008, it was decided to bring back the case of impeachment in the presence of 2008.”
The President was impeached twice during his first White House tenure: once Above A phone call where he allegedly asked Ukraine to investigate the then-East-President Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, and the other on his alleged role on 6 January 2021, attacked Capital. it was Dismissed Both by Senate Example,
By removing the placard feedback From Democratic Party MPs.
Trump signed an executive order in March, ordering the removal of “divisive narratives” from the Smithsonian museums that are not compatible with the ideas of administration and remind “Americans” of our extraordinary heritage. ,
Smithsonian said on Saturday, “It is our privilege and responsibility to explain the exact and complete history as the protector of the memory for Nation. As stated recently, in July, a placard was removed from the National Museum of American History exhibition ‘The American Presidency: A magnificent birdon’.”
The institution said, “The impeachment section of the exhibition is to reflect all impeachment proceedings in the history of our country.”
