Burchett and Jack Investigate the Smithsonian’s Improper Review of Proposed Exhibits
WASHINGTON—Following the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency’s hearing on the Smithsonian Institution’s radical agenda to reshape the past, Subcommittee Chairman Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) and Representative Brian Jack (R-Ga.) are seeking information from the Smithsonian Institution on how it reviews proposed exhibits in its museums. At the Subcommittee’shearing, members requested information regarding the Smithsonian’s content review process, yet the Smithsonian has failed to provide that information. In a letter to Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch III, Subcommittee Chairman Burchett and Rep. Jack request documents and information regarding the Smithsonian’s content review process.
“The Smithsonian implemented Directive 603 (SD 603) to govern the institution’s review of proposed sensitive exhibits with public interest. It is instrumental to preserving the Smithsonian’s reputation as a trusted source for Americans. A Smithsonian Inspector General report released in June 2026 reviewed the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum exhibition entitled Making Home-Smithsonian Design Triennial. This exhibition was an installation at the Design Triennial, which was originally proposed to showcase 10 New York City buildings compressed into a single room. This originally uncontroversial proposal was turned into a display of homes destroyed by American made munitions in various military engagements against ISIS and other terrorist organizations.Organizers explained they wanted to portray American military doctrine and even America’s founding as being as being intertwined with ‘domicide,’ defined as ‘the massive and deliberate destruction of homes in order to cause human suffering,’” wrote the lawmakers.
The Subcommittee’s July 2026 hearing followed a report released by the White House Domestic Policy Council on July 4, 2026, revealing the National Museum of American History’s (NMAH) extensive left-wing biases that significantly alter and disparage United States history. The hearing exposed the Smithsonian’s use of the taxpayer-funded NMAH as a tool to promote a politicized agenda concerning issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality. The Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency is dedicated to ensuring taxpayer dollars for the Smithsonian are not used to fund radical political agendas, but to educate Americans and to help instill an appreciation for our nation’s great history and heritage.
“The Inspector General’s report found that SD 603 fails to lay out an appropriate purpose or procedure for the review process. The Smithsonian responded to the report by noting that some changes had already been made to the policy and others were in-progress as of 2026,” continued the lawmakers. “Beyond the procedural issues with SD 603, the Subcommittee is concerned that the Smithsonian has cultivated a scholarly community that supports insinuations that the deliberate destruction of homes to intentionally cause human suffering is intertwined with the military doctrine of the United States. The Smithsonian Institution was founded for the increase and diffusion of knowledge. Its content review procedures need to be sufficiently robust to prevent blatantly partisan and inaccurate exhibitions.”
Read the letter to Smithsonian Secretary Bunch here.
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