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National Park Service to Post $84,000 Warning Signs at Smithsonian

By Drooid · Sep 19, 2026, 10:50 PM UTC · How we work

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President Donald Trump announced temporary warning signs for the Smithsonian Museum of History.
Doug Burgum said the National Park Service will place a dozen signs costing $84,000.
Agency staff reported the signs’ wording and authorship are unfinished, leaving text unknown.
The administration calls the signs a partisan label of race, gender and immigration exhibits as bias.
Museum director Anthea Hartig defended the exhibits as accurate, independent, nonpartisan and patriotic.

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President Donald Trump announced temporary warning signs for the Smithsonian Museum of History.
Doug Burgum said the National Park Service will place a dozen signs costing $84,000.
Agency staff reported the signs’ wording and authorship are unfinished, leaving text unknown.
The administration calls the signs a partisan label of race, gender and immigration exhibits as bias.
Museum director Anthea Hartig defended the exhibits as accurate, independent, nonpartisan and patriotic.