Museum of the American Latino Could Vanish Under Trump

Museum of the American Latino Could Vanish Under Trump

The National Museum of the American Latino (NMAL) and the Anacostia Community Museum in Washington, DC, are on the chopping block as the Trump administration targets the Smithsonian Institution. President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposal does not include funding for NMAL nor the Anacostia Community Museum, which opened in 1967 with the vision of expanding outreach to Black residents of the capital city. If the president’s budget request …

Movement to Stop Left-Leaning Smithsonian Latino Museum Gains Momentum

Conservatives are rallying behind President Donald Trump’s effort to defund the development of the National Museum of the American Latino.  A coalition letter lead by the American Principles Project sent to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., on Tuesday expressed support for Trump’s budget request ending funding for the development of the museum.  The letter, signed by 22 policy professionals and leaders of conservative Latino groups, deta…

Five Months into the Trump Presidency

Since our last report, libraries have continued to experience significant upheaval from President Trump’s actions. In May, the Trump administration fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter. We also saw legal cases challenging the administration’s defunding of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) continue to make their way through the courts in May and June. Meanwhile, library advocates c…