{"id":358001,"date":"2026-07-10T18:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/aaslh-rejects-white-house-report-on-smithsonians-nmah-aaslh\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:28:09","slug":"aaslh-rejects-white-house-report-on-smithsonians-nmah-aaslh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=358001","title":{"rendered":"AASLH Rejects White House Report on Smithsonian\u2019s NMAH \u2013 AASLH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-116488\" src=\"https:\/\/aaslh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AASLH-Rejects-White-House-Report-on-Smithsonians-NMAH--300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aaslh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AASLH-Rejects-White-House-Report-on-Smithsonians-NMAH--200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/aaslh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AASLH-Rejects-White-House-Report-on-Smithsonians-NMAH--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aaslh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AASLH-Rejects-White-House-Report-on-Smithsonians-NMAH--400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/aaslh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AASLH-Rejects-White-House-Report-on-Smithsonians-NMAH-.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>AASLH rejects the White House\u2019s July 4 report on the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of American History (NMAH). Contrary to the report\u2019s characterization, NMAH has been steadily widening and deepening the national conversation about American history, expanding its content while maintaining a core narrative that amplifies our country\u2019s remarkable past, illuminates our present, and informs our future.<\/p>\n<p>The report maligns NMAH\u2019s efforts to tell a fuller and more honest story of America\u2014efforts consistent with fieldwide best practices in scholarship and interpretation, as well as AASLH\u2019s mission. NMAH, like thousands of other history organizations across the country, carefully integrates rigorous research, curatorial expertise, multiple perspectives, and audience needs into offerings designed to engage visitors of all backgrounds, beliefs, ages, and geographies. This work should not be defined or undermined by any presidential administration.<\/p>\n<p>The White House report also misrepresents AASLH\u2019s \u201cReframing History\u201d project, a two-year, deep-dive research effort to understand how Americans think about history and how our field can more effectively explain history\u2019s value. The project offers recommendations for shifting away from highly charged conversations about the past, instead presenting strategies for productive discourse\u2014one that builds a more widely shared conception of what history is, why it matters, and how a whole and accurate understanding of our past better serves us all. \u201cReframing History\u201d does not, as the report suggests, dismiss the notions of \u201ctruth\u201d or \u201cfact,\u201d but rather it offers techniques for replacing fruitless, conceptual disagreements with the good-faith, informed conversations about our past that Americans seek and deserve.<\/p>\n<p>In an age when Americans across the political spectrum agree that the temperature of debate has gotten too hot, NMAH and the broader history community should be commended for striving to build a more broadly shared understanding of our collective past.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AASLH rejects the White House\u2019s July 4 report on the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of American History (NMAH). 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