A New Report Says the Smithsonian Has Quietly Written the Founders Out

A new report argues the Smithsonian has no major exhibit devoted to the Founding Fathers, no substantive treatment of the Pledge of Allegiance, and considerable space given to identity-focused displays aimed at children. The authors read the pattern as a deliberate reordering of what the national museum treats as central. Smithsonian defenders counter that curatorial priorities shift with scholarship and that the founders remain present across multiple collections.