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EO 14416

Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution

ActiveSigned July 24, 2026
DEI/Social IssuesGovernmental – Public Policy and Government Affairs

Summary

This EO builds on EO 14253 (Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History) and responds to a Domestic Policy Council report finding ideological capture at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. It directs 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 to use all available authorities, including funding and contract conditions, to address the report's findings. It also directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service, to install temporary signage and exhibits on NPS-maintained sidewalks and walkways near the Museum informing visitors of the report's findings and correcting information presented in the Museum.

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