The Trump administration has often accused the world's largest research museum of harbouring an anti-American bias.

The Immokalee Statue of Liberty by Kat Rodriguez inside the Smithsonian American History Museum President Donald Trump has ordered signs to be placed outside the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, to caution visitors about exhibits his administration views as "inaccurate". The order directs the Department of Interior to issue the warnings, and also to direct people about where they can find "accurate information regarding America's history". The Trump administration has often accused the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest research museum, as well as other academic organisations of harbouring an anti-American bias. The order on Friday - titled Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution - accuses museum leadership of not doing enough to celebrate America's founders on the country's 250th anniversary of independence, which took place on 4 July. It says the museum's leadership team "views American history as a 'prime tool' to advance ideas of social justice and the radical transformation of our society". An accompanying White House statement, external also accused the museum of veering "toward extreme political activism, rooted in Marxism, to divide, dispirit, and discourage Americans". "This EO is a clear political overreach, driven by an ideological agenda to rewrite American history," congresswoman Melanie Stansbury, ranking member of the House Administration Committee, wrote on X.