Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution

Signed July 24, 2026, this order follows Executive Order 14253 (Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History) and a Domestic Policy Council review of the Smithsonian Institution. The order states that the review found Smithsonian leadership presents American history to advance ideas of social justice rather than as a shared national inheritance, and it sets a policy of taking steps to address the issues the review identified, including directing actions concerning the National Museum of American History, to restore public trust in the institution.