内政部与白宫联名信称有证据表明史密森尼违反联邦反歧视法，但未详述具体细节
2026年9月3日 美国东部时间下午4:34 / 福克斯新闻频道
作者：罗伯特·施马德 福克斯新闻
劳拉：传统史学方法已被摒弃，取而代之的是“修复式历史”
福克斯新闻主持人劳拉·英格拉姆指责史密森尼博物馆推广具有分裂性的“激进主义议程”和“修复式历史”，以负面视角刻画美国。她提及美国国家历史博物馆馆长安西娅·哈蒂格就该博物馆的教育材料和争议性展览所作的证词，其中包括所谓的“恋物服饰”展区以及排除反堕胎历史内容。英格拉姆质疑纳税人资金被用于此类项目。
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据美国内政部近日公开的一封信件显示，特朗普政府称其发现史密森尼学会存在违反联邦反歧视法的证据，并威胁将撤回对其博物馆的资助，除非该机构纠正做法。
“政府近日发现，史密森尼领导层的机构文化可能已造成严重违反联邦反歧视法的行为，包括制造敌对工作环境，以及基于种族、族裔和其他受保护特征对个人进行分类、分配机会、 funding和其他福利的行为，”内政部与白宫联名致史密森尼的信件中写道。
信件中未附上史密森尼涉嫌非法活动的具体证据，内政部在记者置评请求下也未提供进一步信息。福克斯新闻数字频道近期的一项调查发现，史密森尼的多位高层人士——包括参与招聘工作的人员——都是多元化、公平性与包容性（DEI）理念的坚定支持者，而特朗普政府此前将该理念定性为种族歧视。
特朗普与史密森尼的冲突暴露博物馆馆长群体的显著倾向
唐纳德·特朗普总统周二在Truth Social平台上抨击史密森尼“失控”且“觉醒”。(盖蒂图片社)
以特朗普总统为首的保守派政治领导人指责史密森尼允许进步意识形态影响其美国历史展示方式。2025年签署的一项行政命令要求官员从博物馆中移除其所谓的“不当意识形态”。
“美国总统签署的行政命令明确规定‘内政部长、管理和预算办公室主任、总务管理局局长以及总统国内政策助理，应识别并动用一切可用权力，推行本命令的政策，恢复对史密森尼学会的信任’，”内政部发言人告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
特朗普在反“觉醒”运动中瞄准拜登时代史密森尼数十亿美元预算
自由派人士将对史密森尼的批评视为影响历史公众呈现的党派企图。(亚历克斯·弗罗布莱夫斯基/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社)
与此同时，自由派人士将保守派对史密森尼的批评描述为试图影响美国历史公众呈现的党派手段。
除非史密森尼纠正内政部近期信件中列出的问题，以及保守派所称该机构存在的普遍偏见，否则特朗普政府表示将考虑撤回对其的支持。不过，此次威胁与围绕史密森尼每年约10亿美元联邦 funding展开的持续斗争有所不同。
史密森尼的纳税人资助资金面临削减 共和党要求为“觉醒”历史问责
史密森尼旗下的美国国家历史博物馆被指“被意识形态俘获”，并展示了觉醒派修正主义历史。(凯文·卡特)
“那些行政部门和机构无法凭良心继续在现任领导层的领导下支持史密森尼，例如为展览出借文物、协助采购流程以及提供可自由支配的拨款，”信件中写道。
尽管信件未提及政府希望史密森尼做出的具体调整，但它指出，该组织的“适当回应”“同样必须涉及行政领导层和机构意识形态”。
这一措辞可能意义重大，因为该机构虽独立运作，但由国会决议任命的董事会监管，且需经总统签署生效。到10月，史密森尼董事会将出现四个空缺，政府可能利用这一事实增强对该机构的影响力。
“用该博物馆馆长的话来说，极少有美国人希望史密森尼美国国家历史博物馆被用作‘社会正义的主要工具’，以及成为意识形态激进主义和宣传的工具，”白宫国内政策委员会主任文斯·黑利在被问及这封信时告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“不幸的是，《拯救美国故事》报告通过博物馆领导层的言论和该博物馆采用的阐释指南表明，这家史密森尼的旗舰博物馆恰恰已经沦为了这样的场所。”
“在我们英雄般建国250周年之际，公民们最起码应得到诚实且鼓舞人心的美国历史叙述。这应从讲述我们开国元勋的故事开始——他们是谁、做了什么、建立了什么。我们希望并期待史密森尼最终能再次履行这一崇高义务——为我们的孩子、全世界以及后代讲述美国的故事，”他补充道。
观看：史密森尼历史博物馆馆长在基本性别问题上支支吾吾：‘我不确定’
史密森尼学会美国国家历史博物馆馆长安西娅·哈蒂格在2026年7月21日的众议院小组委员会听证会上作证，听证会主题为“重写美国历史：审视史密森尼重塑过去的努力”。(汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-罗尔公司 via 盖蒂图片社)
内政部要求史密森尼的代表“在方便时尽早”与政府官员会面，讨论该机构所谓的偏见和民权侵犯行为。
“该博物馆不会在美国的政治辩论中偏袒任何一方。我们保护并记录美国生活方方面面的证据，以便公众能够接触过去并自行得出结论，”美国国家历史博物馆馆长安西娅·哈蒂格在7月的国会听证会上说道。
福克斯新闻数字频道周四联系史密森尼置评时，该机构拒绝发表评论。
近期报道发现，该博物馆领导层和众多馆长都有自由派 advocacy或民主党政治背景。除了被特朗普政府描述为妖魔化美国的美国国家历史博物馆的展览，就连史密森尼管理的国家动物园也充斥着关于多元化、公平性与包容性（DEI）和性别平等的内容。
Smithsonian showdown intensifies as Trump administration issues a stark new warning
DOI and White House letter claims evidence of federal antidiscrimination law violations but does not detail specifics
September 3, 2026 4:34pm EDT / Fox News
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Fox News host Laura Ingraham accuses the Smithsonian of promoting a divisive ‘activist agenda’ and ‘restorative history’ that negatively frames America. She highlights National Museum of American History director Anthea Hartig’s testimony regarding the museum’s educational materials and controversial exhibits, including an alleged ‘fetish attire’ display and the exclusion of pro-life history. Ingraham questions the use of taxpayer funds for such programs.
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The Trump administration says it has uncovered evidence that the Smithsonian Institution violated federal nondiscrimination laws and is threatening to withdraw support from its museums unless it corrects course, according to a letter recently made public by the Department of the Interior.
“The administration has recently uncovered evidence that the Smithsonian leadership’s institutional culture may have resulted in significant violations of Federal antidiscrimination law, including creating a hostile work environment and engaging in practices that classify individuals and allocate opportunities, funding and other benefits on the basis of race, ethnicity and other protected characteristics,” a letter sent jointly to the Smithsonian by the DOI and White House reads.
Specific evidence of illegal activity on the part of the Smithsonian was not included in the letter, and the DOI did not provide further information when reached for comment. A recent Fox News Digital investigation found that many leading figures at the Smithsonian, including those involved in hiring, have been strong proponents of diversity, equity and inclusion — something the Trump administration has previously framed as racially discriminatory.
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President Donald Trump blasted the Smithsonian on Truth Social Tuesday for being “OUT OF CONTROL” and “woke.”(Getty Images)
Conservative political leaders, led by President Donald Trump, have accused the Smithsonian of allowing progressive ideology to shape its presentation of American history. An executive order signed in 2025 directed officials to remove what it called “improper ideology,” from the museum.
“The Executive Order signed by the President of the United States clearly states ‘the Secretary of the Interior, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Administrator of General Services, and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy shall identify and utilize any and all available authorities to promote the policy of this order and to restore trust in the Smithsonian Institution,” a DOI spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
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Liberals have framed criticism of the Smithsonian as a partisan attempt to influence the presentation of history. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)
Liberals, meanwhile, have framed conservative criticism of the Smithsonian as a partisan attempt to influence the public presentation of history.
Unless the Smithsonian remedies the issues outlined in the DOI’s recent letter, as well as the general bias which conservatives allege exists at the institution, the administration says it will consider pulling support from it. The threats this time around, however, differ from the ongoing fight over the roughly $1 billion a year in federal funding the Smithsonian receives.
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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History was called out for being “ideologically captured” and presenting woke revisionist history.(Kevin Carter)
“Those executive departments and agencies cannot in good conscience continue to support the Smithsonian under current leadership by, for example, loaning artifacts for exhibits, enabling procurement processes and making discretionary grants,” the letter reads.
While the letter does not provide specific changes that the administration would like to see from the Smithsonian, it does note that an “appropriate response” from the organization “must likewise address executive leadership and institutional ideology.”
That wording could be significant as the institution operates independently but is overseen by board members appointed by congressional resolutions that the president must sign into law. By October, there will be four openings on the institution’s board of regents, a fact the administration may leverage to increase its influence over the Smithsonian.
“Very few Americans want the Smithsonian National Museum of American History to be used, in the words of its director, as a ‘prime tool of social justice’ and as an instrument of ideological activism and advocacy,” Vince Haley, the director of the White House’s Domestic Policy Council told Fox News Digital when asked about the letter. “Unfortunately, the Saving America’s Story report demonstrates, using the statements of Museum leadership and the interpretive guidelines adopted by the Museum, that this is exactly what the Smithsonian’s flagship museum has become.”
“During this 250th anniversary year of our heroic founding, the least our citizens are owed is an honest and inspiring account of American history. It should begin by telling the story of our Founding Fathers — who they were, what they did, and what they built. It is our hope and expectation that the Smithsonian will eventually rise once again to that noble obligation — to tell America’s story for our children, the world and future generations of Americans,” he added.
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Anthea Hartig, director of the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American History, testifies during a House subcommittee hearing titled “Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian’s Efforts to Reshape the Past,” on July 21, 2026.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
DOI requests that representatives from the Smithsonian meet with administration officials “at [their] earliest convenience” to discuss the alleged bias and civil rights violations present at the institution.
“The museum does not take sides in America’s political debates. We preserve and document the evidence of American life in all of its breadth, so that the public can encounter the past and draw their own conclusions,” National Museum of American History’s director Anthea Hartig said at a July congressional hearing.
The Smithsonian declined to comment on the letter when reached by Fox News Digital on Thursday.
Recent reporting has found that the museum’s leadership and many of its curators have backgrounds in liberal advocacy or Democratic politics. In addition to exhibits at the National Museum of American History, which the Trump administration characterized as demonizing America, even the Smithsonian-run National Zoo is inundated with information about DEI and gender equity.
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