The Trump regime is “… now undertaking—a deliberate destruction of education, science, and history …”
#fascism #knowledge #truth #highered #research #libraries #libraryofcongress #censorship #FDA #CDC #NASA #NOAA #NWS #EPA #NPR #CPB #climatechange
#NSF #NIH #Smithsonian #DEI #civilrights
« The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts – dating back to around 300BC, during the Warring States Period – are considered the oldest ancient classics ever found in #China.
They are more than a century older than the Dead Sea Scrolls. »
Two volumes of 2,300-year-old Chinese silk books return to Beijing after decades in US #Smithsonian museum. One volume remains in private collector hands. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3310816/2300-year-old-chinese-silk-books-return-beijing-after-decades-us-museum?utm_source=rss_feed
@colorblindcowboy @thereisnocat
I worry that if people don’t continue fighting back we’ll see more cuts at #Smithsonian
Books loaned to African American museum may be returned amid review
https://apnews.com/article/amos-brown-trump-black-smithsonian-display-removal-ae65cc67ae9749a07bcf528a684d89fa
#museum #History #Archives #BlackHistory #FolkMusic
There were protests today in support of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.Trump said that the museum, which is part of the Smithsonian, has disparaged the nation’s history via a “divisive, race-centered ideology.”
#Smithsonian
#africanamericanhistory
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/03/smithsonian-african-american-history-museum-black-culture/83432491007/
#Trump’s #budget calls for an elimination of the federal agency known as #AmeriCorps, whose funding for nationwide #CommunityService programs had already been slashed & its staff sent home.
Also on the list of agencies to be eliminated, which the admin said will “reduce *waste* & reduce unnecessary governmental entities,” are several small govt institutions that have been effectively gutted by #Musk’s #DOGE, including the US Institute of #Peace [#USIP] & the #Smithsonian’s Woodrow Wilson Center.
The 2025 Smithsonian National Education Summit registration page (https://s.si.edu/EducationSummit2025) launches Thursday, May 1 at 10am, Eastern.
You can help us promote and amplify this free, three-day program, featuring over 20 Smithsonian units and over 30 partner organizations with educators in your network, starting Thursday, May 1 anytime after 10am, Eastern.
#museums #museumeducation #education #Smithsonian
Update: #Smithsonian Officials Say the #Greensboro Lunch Counter Exhibit at the #Blacksonian Will Now Remain at the Museum
Some Artifacts and Exhibits Are Being Removed from the National #Museum of #AfricanAmerican #History and Culture.
It comes a month after President Trump’s executive order to remove what he calls “improper ideology” from #Smithsonian museums.
On March 27, Trump signed an executive order declaring the Smithsonian Museum’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. — a.k.a. The Blacksonian — and a few others as institutions that divide America.
The order states that the museums undermine the nation’s "remarkable" history by casting it "in a negative light," and directs Vice President JD Vance to clear the museum of its liberal "ideology."
Ten days before the order, Kevin Young, the NMAAHC’s director, went on indefinite personal leave. The cascade of bad news left historians on edge and Black Americans concerned that the groundbreaking museum would survive Trump 2.0.
https://wordinblack.com/2025/04/can-this-chicago-preacher-save-blacksonian/
Çivil rights leader says that historical Bibles and books he donated were removed from displays at the Smithsonian's Museum of African American HIstory.
In March, Trump called the museum "divisive", mentioning it specifically while assigning JD Vance to remove "improper ideology" from the Smithsonion.The head of the museum resigned in early April.
#Smithsonian
#africanamericanhistory
NASA Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103 at the Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian, Chantilly Virginia #space #shuttle #NASA #SpaceShuttle #smithsonian #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #aircraft #nikonphotgraphy #Z9 #museum #Virginia #Udvarhazy
"This president is a master of distraction and is destroying what it took 250 years to build. Here’s another distraction in his quest for attention. Another failure of his first 100 days." #civilrights #history #smithsonian #oppression #racism #trump #maga #fascism #authoritarianism
https://blackpressusa.com/the-smithsonian-purge-trump-team-removes-artifacts-of-black-resistance/
Update. The #OpenAccess Biodiversity Heritage Library (#BHL) needs a new home. The #Smithsonian will stop hosting it next January.
https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-future-for-bhl.html
Clearly expected given all that is happening, but the #Smithsonian will soon no longer be able to host the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary, and it is in need of (a) new home(s):
https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-future-for-bhl.html
#BHL is a treasure and ensuring its preservation is of the greatest importance for #biodiversity research and #taxonomy.
As the news item indicates, this may also be an opportunity to imagine better ways to make these critical publications more accessible to the community.
Artnet is “tracking the impact of President Donald Trump's recent executive orders and policy changes on the arts.” IOW the gutting of US art and culture. Long read but important. #arts #NEA #nationalgallery #NEH #IMLS #DOGE #smithsonian #artnet https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-executive-orders-arts-2605142
This seems a clear case of the the Dunning-Kruger effect (1999).
First investigate before you open your mouth !!!
#DunningKrugerEffect #RFKjr #Smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/early-history-autism-america-180957684/
In the face of Republican threats to the message of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, this Atlantic reporter visits and listens to visitors' reactions. (Gift Link)
'Biological reality': What genetics has actually taught us about race by Adam Rutherford
Is the Smithsonian Museum of the American Latino Finally Moving Forward?
Amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, a bipartisan coalition is advocating for a bill that would guarantee the institution a spot on the National Mall.
https://hyperallergic.com/1004842/is-the-smithsonian-museum-of-the-american-latino-finally-moving-forward/ #museums #Smithsonian #Latino
#TheGremlinZoo #Smithsonian #NationalMuseumofAfricanAmericanHistoryandCulture
From USA Today: Trump sets sights on national African American history museum
