04-07-2025
The Smithsonian needs to regulate itself before partisans can
The Smithsonian's Board of Regents voted in June to develop a process to set clear expectations for museum directors and to review exhibitions for signs of political bias. This move has drawn criticism from some who frame it as a potential pathway to censorship. But what the regents and Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III are doing is both appropriate and essential.
