{"id":1000,"date":"2026-05-28T23:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T23:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2026-05-28T23:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T23:09:02","slug":"as-america-celebrates-its-250th-smithsonian-leader-lonnie-bunch-treads-a-fine-political-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1000","title":{"rendered":"As America celebrates its 250th, Smithsonian leader Lonnie Bunch treads a fine political line"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Smithsonian leader Lonnie Bunch III is navigating political pressure from the Trump administration while curating a 250th anniversary exhibition.<\/li>\n<li>In a rare interview, Bunch says the White House has not requested any changes, new documents or inputs since the Smithsonian turned over documents the administration requested for a review.<\/li>\n<li>A new exhibition aims to give a sense of America&#8217;s struggles and aspirations. Items on display include Thomas Jefferson&#8217;s desk, the first nugget found in the California gold rush and MLK&#8217;s handwritten &#8220;I Have a Dream&#8221; draft, among others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            For over a year, Lonnie Bunch III, the head of the storied Smithsonian Institution, has been at the center of a political tempest.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=988\">She faced a life-threatening miscarriage. Under Arkansas\u2019 abortion ban, even calls to the governor\u2019s office didn\u2019t help<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Under President Donald Trump\u2019s second administration, the world\u2019s largest museum institution and a key voice in shaping the narrative of America\u2019s history has been under pressure to remove \u201cwoke\u201d ideology.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In a rare interview on Thursday, Bunch insisted the Smithsonian has maintained its autonomy even as the institution has \u201cgiven everything that\u2019s been asked\u201d by the White House for its review of the institution and its exhibits.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            So far, Bunch told CNN, the White House has not requested any changes or updates.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWe wait to hear,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;Amid scrutiny from the Trump administration over how the Smithsonian depicts American history, the Secretary of the Smithsonian says their exhibit timed to the 250th centennial of the U.S. was not shaped by Trump administration directives.&lt;\/p&gt;\" class=\"wp-image-995\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ea553fa6fc600c1a03d85157efa0d757-768x432.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ea553fa6fc600c1a03d85157efa0d757-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ea553fa6fc600c1a03d85157efa0d757-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ea553fa6fc600c1a03d85157efa0d757.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Smithsonian chief: Trump administration did not direct 250th exhibit\n                <\/div>\n<div>\n<span>\n                                        \n        \n            \n            \n        0:43\n                            <\/span>\n<span> \u2022 Source:\n                \n                    CNN\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;Amid scrutiny from the Trump administration over how the Smithsonian depicts American history, the Secretary of the Smithsonian says their exhibit timed to the 250th centennial of the U.S. was not shaped by Trump administration directives.&lt;\/p&gt;\" class=\"wp-image-996\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3a47b2761c7920d421182800c6a80b49.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3a47b2761c7920d421182800c6a80b49.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3a47b2761c7920d421182800c6a80b49-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Smithsonian chief: Trump administration did not direct 250th exhibit<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>        \n        \n            \n            \n        0:43\n         \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            After largely staying out of the public eye as he contends with Trump\u2019s criticism of the Smithsonian, Bunch has helped curate his first exhibition since becoming its secretary \u2013 a display to mark America\u2019s 250th birthday.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            While Trump looms large over other celebrations planned for this summer, the historian and first Black American to serve as head of the Smithsonian says the administration did not play any part in his thinking or selections.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cMy goal is that history is driven by scholarship, not partisanship,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Smithsonian always does its own scholarship. It\u2019s always driven by that. We have always worked with different administrations, but it\u2019s always about what our scholarship tells us.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The exhibition, titled \u201cAmerican Aspirations,\u201d is on view beginning June 2 at the iconic Smithsonian castle, which had been closed since 2023 for renovations, but will reopen temporarily.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It brings together objects from across the Smithsonian\u2019s collections to explore what the institution calls the \u201cideals, ambitions, and contradictions\u201d that have shaped the United States.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Among the objects that will be featured are the desk where Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence; Amelia Earhart\u2019s flight suit; a poster written by abolitionist Frederick Douglass; and the first gold nugget to have been discovered during the California gold rush of 1848.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Bunch told CNN an early model of the Statue of Liberty was among the items he especially wanted to include, as it exemplifies how the story of American struggle has evolved. He pointed to the broken shackles at her feet \u2013 a symbol of liberation and the abolition of slavery.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=976\">E. Jean Carroll, and the unmistakable pattern of Trump\u2019s retribution campaign<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            He noted that today, many see the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of America\u2019s embrace of immigration \u2013 but \u201cit was initially created because people in France were so impressed that America ended slavery,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>\u201c<\/strong>So really what you want people to understand is how this is all interconnected. And that\u2019s why it\u2019s so beautiful to me,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A preliminary model, or maquette, of the Statue of Liberty sculpture, at the Smithsonian \u2013 part of an exhibit timed to the 250th Centennial of the United States.\" class=\"wp-image-997\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/f9f75e33dabeeade6514428a4a4aaf29.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/f9f75e33dabeeade6514428a4a4aaf29.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/f9f75e33dabeeade6514428a4a4aaf29-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>A preliminary model, or maquette, of the Statue of Liberty sculpture, at the Smithsonian \u2013 part of an exhibit timed to the 250th Centennial of the United States.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Nick Leimbach\/CNN<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The original handwritten draft of Dr. Martin Luther King\u2019s \u201cI Have a Dream\u201d speech, on loan from Villanova University, and Harriet Tubman\u2019s hymnal will also be on view during part of the exhibition run due to their fragility.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Trump has previously ventedfrustrations with the Smithsonian\u2019s handling of slavery in America, writingin a social media post last August that \u201cthe Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been \u2014 Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            While the \u201cAmerican Aspirations\u201d does not ignore slavery, the exhibition, like the larger American narrative, is \u201cnot a story of just slavery,\u201d Bunch said. <strong>\u201c<\/strong>It\u2019s a story of America\u2019s struggle to be the nation that we want it to be.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cAmerica is a work in progress,\u201d he added. \u201cIts greatest strength is not to think that it\u2019s arrived at the promised land but \u2026 we continue to do to work towards a better America.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;The Smithsonian's exhibition for the 250th Centennial focuses on the struggle over the decades to make real the dreams of the Declaration of Independence, the Smithsonian's chief tells CNN.&lt;\/p&gt;\" class=\"wp-image-998\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aed7dc5ca7df11662fc2816ed15de1a3-768x432.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aed7dc5ca7df11662fc2816ed15de1a3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aed7dc5ca7df11662fc2816ed15de1a3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aed7dc5ca7df11662fc2816ed15de1a3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Smithsonian exhibit for 250th reflects tensions over reaching Founders&#8217; ideals\n                <\/div>\n<div>\n<span>\n                                        \n        \n            \n            \n        0:38\n                            <\/span>\n<span> \u2022 Source:\n                \n                    CNN\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;The Smithsonian's exhibition for the 250th Centennial focuses on the struggle over the decades to make real the dreams of the Declaration of Independence, the Smithsonian's chief tells CNN.&lt;\/p&gt;\" class=\"wp-image-999\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cf958cd4851c0f306bb8b9bb8ca1bece.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cf958cd4851c0f306bb8b9bb8ca1bece.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cf958cd4851c0f306bb8b9bb8ca1bece-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Smithsonian exhibit for 250th reflects tensions over reaching Founders&#8217; ideals<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>        \n        \n            \n            \n        0:38\n         \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Yet the exhibition\u2019s emphasis on hope and aspirations for democracy come at a moment when critics accuse the Trump administration of eroding those ideals.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            CNN previously reported that some artists had felt concerned by what they saw as an atmosphere of \u201ccensorship\u201d at the Smithsonian\u2019s museums.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Bunch, for his part, told CNN he believes that \u201c90% of the Smithsonian is exactly where you want it to be.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThere are always changes because basically there are exhibits that get upgraded,\u201d he said. \u201cThe great importance of the Smithsonian is that what we want people to do is grapple with nuance and complexity.\u201d\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=969\">Trump 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