The White House has identified 20 Smithsonian exhibits that, according to the Trump administration, present history in ideological terms rather than facts.

In an Aug. 21 article on its website, the White House outlined the exhibits in question, including those on topics of race, gender, and sexual identity, as well as a “stop-motion drawing animation” that “examines the career” of physician and former presidential medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci.

This comes just days after an Aug. 19 post on Truth Social in which President Donald Trump announced that he had instructed legal experts to review “woke” installations in museums nationwide.

The president said he believes that museums are the “last remaining segment of ‘WOKE’” and that he wants to address the issue in the same way his administration has treated it in colleges and universities.

One of the exhibits highlighted by the administration included an “Aspects & Assumptions of Whiteness & White Culture in the United States” infographic that was produced by the Smithsonian in 2020 to educate visitors on “the ways white people and their traditions, attitudes, and ways of life have been normalized.” The institution reportedly portrays “the nuclear family,” “work ethic,” and “intellect” as white qualities rooted in racism.

Another exhibit from the National Museum of American History titled “Upending 1620” states that the historical claims about the Pilgrims are a “myth.”

Additionally, an exhibit about Benjamin Franklin focused heavily on slavery, pointing viewers to learn more about his “electrical experiments and the enslaved people of his household.”

The National Museum of the American Latino described the Texas Revolution as a “massive defense of slavery waged by ‘white Anglo Saxon’ settlers against anti-slavery Mexicans fighting for freedom, not a Texan war of independence from Mexico.”

The display also characterizes the Mexican–American War as “the North American invasion,” saying many believe that it was “unprovoked and motivated by pro-slavery politicians.”

At least one installation, set to feature a “painting depicting a transgender Statue of Liberty,” has been withdrawn by the artist, according to the White House.

This comes just a few weeks after the museum responded to criticism about the removal of Trump from its exhibit on impeached presidents at the National Museum of American History on the National Mall.

The Smithsonian stated on Aug. 2 that it was not compelled by the president or any government official to remove Trump’s two impeachments from the exhibit.

“We were not asked by any Administration or other government official to remove content from the exhibit,” the Smithsonian said in a statement.

The Senate acquitted Trump on the charges in both impeachments, which took place during his first term as president.

On Aug. 12, the White House ordered an internal review of some Smithsonian museums and exhibitions to ensure that the public-facing content was aligned with the president’s March executive order “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” as Washington prepares for the nation’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. 

In his Aug. 19 comments on the review of museums, Trump pointed specifically to the Washington icon as an example of the issue, saying, “The 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—Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future.”

The president said his administration will not allow the current trajectory to continue and that attorneys will “go through” the museums to “start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and Universities,” on which he said there has been substantial progress.