Inside the Battle for The Smithsonian

Inside the Battle for The Smithsonian

The look on the curator’s face said it all, and the intensity of the conversation was escalating by the moment. Confusion to worry. Worry to dread. “I want to do this,” the curator said. “But I don’t think I can do this. I’m worried that I might get in trouble.” On any other day, the curator’s sit-down with a high-ranking Smithsonian official about an exhibition plan would have been routine—the idea wasn’t particularly controversial. But not on …

Counterpoint: Smithsonian Should Not Propagate Ideology

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