[July 8, 2026] This is the face of leadership failure: Anthea Harris, Director of the National Museum of American History (NMAH).
Anthea M. Hartig, Ph.D., is the Elizabeth MacMillan Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and the first woman to hold the position since the museum opened in 1964.
The White House’s Domestic Policy Council reports that the NMAH has abandoned its founding mission of patriotic education for activist ideology. Its capture by anti-American leftists is now complete.
Established to celebrate American heritage, progress, freedom, and ingenuity, NMAH now prioritizes deconstruction. Director Anthea Hartig frames history as a “prime tool of social justice,” aiming to “problematize” the 250th anniversary, reframe away from “Anglo-centric” Founding narratives, and escape “America First” thinking. She was rightly accused of “extreme political activism.”
In accordance with @POTUS‘s “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” order, a new report exposes how the Smithsonian turned the Nat’l Museum of American History into a vehicle for Radical Left propaganda and degeneracy.
Here are some of the worst examples.
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— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 7, 2026
A museum supposedly for families and children displayed:
— A sadomasochistic “crotch harness”
— A “trans nonbinary” person’s “chest binder”
— Pages from a 6yo girl’s diary in which she prays “every night for my penis to grow”
This sick material is sexualizing kids.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 7, 2026
Key leadership failures on the Director’s part include the near-absence of exhibits on Founders, the Revolution, Declaration, or Constitution, with emphasis instead on slavery, oppression, and systemic flaws. Traditional symbols like Thanksgiving are recast as days of mourning; Christianity as conquest. Instead …
The museum also featured video clips of drag queens, images of nude women, and a magazine promoting “female masturbation.”
It’s sick, explicit content pushed on visitors of all ages at an *American history* museum.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 7, 2026
Exhibits tie every topic to race, gender, climate, inequality, and anti-nationalism, portraying America as irredeemably defined by white supremacy, exclusion, and hierarchy.
The museum’s mission shift removes “American history” in favor of “complexity” for a “just future.” Its Interpretive Plan mandates activist framing, while staff training promotes anti-white “whiteness culture” critiques. Programming advances illegal immigration activism, transgender ideology in youth exhibits, and anti-gun efforts, often with inappropriate content.
Funded by over $1 billion in taxpayer dollars annually as a federal trust, the Smithsonian must steward national heritage, not advance division. The report urges restoration of honest, unifying history that acknowledges flaws yet inspires pride in liberty, enterprise, and achievements, elements essential for informed patriotism.
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- Photo of Anthea M. Hartig, Ph.D. courtesy of National Museum of History.
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- Hattip to John Hinderaker at his article The Sick Smithsonian
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There are words to describe her but there are children taht might be reading this. Short version, she needs to be frog-walked out of the building and told that she is trespassed from any historical building in DC. Nuff said.
Hey Jerome, I’d pay to watch.
A powerful address of how to fail as a leader here in “National Museum of American History: Fail.” You once had a series of “failed leaders.” I wonder where it went. Ha Ha Ha. Now I see it in this article. I know you stopped giving us this series, mostly because there were so many failed leaders – despite them being smart, educated, experienced, and capable – but they flew off the right track and lately we see them on the hate-America bandwagon. This is exactly what has happened here with the NMAH run by this doctor (of what, tinkertoys). Anthea Harris has failed America. She has failed all our citizens. I’m sure she is popular with the Leftists of the DC area. She goes around giving talks (probably taking money for it) to spew the sewage of her hate for us. And applauded. But deep down she must know that she is part of an evil that has invaded America. And she will now have to live forever with that.
Ouch … another Diversity Equity and Inclusion HIRE that failed. Who would have known? 👀
Dr. Hartig is proof positive that education does not equal smarts. Her “leadership” has been disgusting and the proof is right there for ordinary Americans to see. She is an embarrassment to her profession, to women who want to be taken seriously, and to those who do have lots of education but their value is seriously injured and degraded by her failures. This is DEI in action and proof that the lack of merit is the only way she got where she is. I’ve seen it time and time again, “We have the first woman to … [fill in the blank].” And what happens? Failure. And everybody loses.
Sadly, we all have seen it happen, and far too often. Dr. H is just another DEI hire gone wrong. Too bad. We are all losers for it. And her reputation is stained. But she’ll get to go to whacko liberal cocktail parties and say she is a victim of a witchhunt for women. And she will be wrong.
We have too many women like Anthea Harris, Director, and who are incapable of sustained good leadership and good stewardship of the organization they oversee. Why is that? Well, it’s pretty simple, women can’t do the job. Period.
The National Museum of American History has failed its core mission. Director Anthea Hartig prioritizes social justice activism over patriotic education. Exhibits sideline Founding Fathers and the Revolution. Instead, they emphasize oppression, slavery, and systemic flaws. Inappropriate sexual content like crotch harnesses and chest binders has no place in a family museum. This politicization divides rather than unites. Taxpayer funding demands accountability and restoration of honest history. The 250th anniversary deserves celebration, not problematizing. Traditional symbols like Thanksgiving are wrongly reframed as mourning. Christianity is portrayed negatively as conquest. America’s achievements in freedom and ingenuity are minimized. Leadership must change to reinstall pride in our heritage. Informed patriotism strengthens the nation. Remove activist ideology now. Restore the museum for all Americans. 🇺🇸
DISGUSTING
Anthea M. Hartig, Ph.D. Proof positive that a big degree doesn’t mean you’re smart.
For some reason, I have a duplicate X post in the graphics. My apologies for exposing this debauchery to such an extent. Ultimately, this is why the Director needs to be removed and someone who appreciates America and Americans should be installed in her place.
🎯 You still nailed it. 🫡
Thank you Gen. Satterfield for again highlighting a failed leader. And in this case, a female leader who has embarrassed women who are leaders because she shows what awful women can do to harm us all. When she does this by slamming America, she is also teaching the young, impressionable to hate America and that does not bode well for any of us. For those new here, today’s article on “Patriotism: Why We Need It,” fills in the gaps here. Learn to be a good man or woman. Don’t think of yourself first, but do take excellent care of your health, both mental and physical, else you will be unable to help others. Remember that to be a real man, you need to be willing and able to stand up to evil, look it in the eyes (okay to be frightened), putting yourself between that evil and the weak & innocent.