UPDATE
Aug 2, 2025 4:30 PM CDT
Information about the impeachments of President Trump will be restored soon to an exhibit in the National Museum of American History, the Smithsonian announced Saturday. The change had left the exhibit suggesting that only three presidents—Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton—have been at serious risk of removal from office, per the Washington Post. A statement released Saturday said a placard in question blocked the view of displayed objects and "did not meet the museum's standards in appearance, location, timeline, and overall presentation." The Smithsonian said that no one in government requested the removal and that the restoration will take place "in the coming weeks."
Aug 1, 2025 8:29 AM CDT
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has caused a stir by removing references to President's Trump's two impeachments from an exhibit on display. The museum says that it's not an effort to whitewash history and that the information will eventually return as part of a permanent exhibit on presidential power, reports the New York Times. But the move is controversial because it comes amid pressure from the White House to crack down on what the Trump administration sees as bias. The Washington Post was the first to report on the incident and has the full context and background.
In 2021, the museum added a temporary label that included information on Trump's two impeachments, along with information on the impeachments of Bill Clinton and Andrew Jackson, to a presidential exhibit that opened in 2000. But the temporary label came down this year after the Trump administration ordered the institution to review all its content for bias. The museum says the exhibit will be properly updated at a later date. "A future and updated exhibit will include all impeachments," said a spokeswoman. (Trump tried to fire the director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, alleging bias, and Kim Sajet eventually resigned.)
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