Media Contact

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Coverage

• "The New History Wars", The Atlantic, August 20, 2026.

• "Is the Smithsonian Really Trying to Destroy America?", The New Yorker, August 20, 2026.

• "109: Megan Marshall Believes We Need Exemplary Lives", Drafting the Past, DTP Media LLC, August 18, 2026.

• "Trump's latest push to reshape U.S. history? Signs at the Smithsonian," CBC News, August 9, 2026.

• "American History for Everyone," The Washington Post, August 7, 2026.

• トランプ政権が圧力揺れる"歴史 展示" ("Toranpu seiken ga atsuryoku yureru 'rekishi tenji'";  "'History exhibitions' shaken by Trump administration pressure").   NHK, ‘World EYES’ feature segment on the ‘Catch! Top World News’ program, 7/30/2026.

• "Teachers show support of Smithsonian after Trump executive order," NBC 4 Washington DC, July 28, 2026.

• "White House criticizes Smithsonian for ‘extreme political activism’," ABC News, July 22, 2026.

• "Citizen Groups Document Signs in Museums and National Parks amid Trump Pressure," NBC 4 Washington DC, July 7, 2026.

• "Turning Out for History," Letters from an American (Substack), March 28, 2026.

• "Historians resist Trump’s effort to police the past," Salon, March 2, 2026.

• "A Professor Challenged the Smithsonian. Security Shut the Gallery," The Washington Post, February 25, 2026.

• "Preserving the Smithsonian, Max Wolf Friedlich on JOB, and Boston's most beautiful buildings," The Culture Show Podcast, WGBH, January 26, 2026.

• "Donald Trumps zweite Amtszeit: Sein Wille geschehe," Stern, January 11, 2026.

• "White House Intensifies Funding Threats Against Smithsonian," ArtForum, December 23, 2025.

• "White House threatens Smithsonian funds in sweeping content review." The Washington Post, December 20, 2025.

• "A small army is racing against time and Trump to preserve U.S. history," Los Angeles Times, November 4, 2025.

• "Hundreds of photos of exhibits at Independence Park have been preserved online amid Trump’s efforts to sanitize history," Philadelphia Inquirer, October 15, 2025.

• "Citizen Historians Document Smithsonian Fearing Censorship Efforts." The Hoya, October 10, 2025.

• "Citizen Historians for the Smithsonian Is Creating a Digital Archive of Exhibits." School Library Journal, October 3, 2025.

• "The Authoritarian Playbook: Trump's attacks on Smithsonian museums," KALW, October 1, 2025.

• "Preserving Our Sanity, During Insane Times." James Fallows Substack. September 29, 2025.

• "Meet the Historians on a Mission to Document Every Object at the Smithsonian." ArtNet. September 26, 2025.

• "Smithsonian history preserved by volunteers amid Trump order." Fox 5 Washington DC, September 25, 2025.

• "Citizen historians document Smithsonian exhibits under White House scrutiny," PBS News Hour, PBS, September 25, 2025.

• "Wary of changes under Trump, 'citizen historians' are documenting the Smithsonian," Morning Edition, National Public Radio, September 22, 2025.