Benjamin Sutton, Trump administration puts renewed pressure on Smithsonian to turn over materials for review, The Art Newspaper, 8 January 2026
The White House has given the Smithsonian Institution until 13 January to provide a trove of materials about planning and procedures at eight of its museums.
The administration of US president Donald Trump has given the Smithsonian Institution a deadline of 13 January to turn over all the outstanding materials related to a review of programming and decision-making at eight of the 21 museums under its purview. In a letter addressed to Smithsonian secretary Lonnie G. Bunch last month, White House staff imply that the Smithsonian’s future funding is contingent on complying with Trump’s review.
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