How My Museum’s Celebration of America’s 250th Birthday Got Complicated

How My Museum’s Celebration of America’s 250th Birthday Got Complicated

A visitor leaves a “birthday wish” for the United States’ 250th Anniversary at the New York Historical (photo courtesy the museum) I work at the New York Historical, a national history museum in New York City, and am tasked with helping to build thoughtful programming on how to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026.   There is much to navigate: funding cuts, Meta policies that discourage discourse, and a cultural moment that defaults …