Wary of changes under Trump, ‘citizen historians’ are documenting the Smithsonian

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Now, historians and citizens concerned about the Trump administration’s approach to, and involvement in, the Smithsonian have come together to document how the museums look today. One, Georgetown University professor Jim Millward, said the Trump administration’s pressure on the Smithsonian has him alarmed. “Citizen Historians” aims to do the same for the Smithsonian, said Millward. According to Millward, volunteers have so far uploaded more than 25,000 photographs and videos from Smithsonian museums to a temporary storage site. Trump expands ‘woke’ criticism from Smithsonian to other museums “The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of “WOKE,” he wrote.