Dr. Jody Edward Ginn
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“Its mission is clearly exactly what they changed it to be. It is a museum for activism. They use history, but that's kind of the problem. You know, scholars of history, and I don't consider these folks scholars anymore. They're activists.”
Dr. Jody Edward Ginn · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-04
Ginn described the museum's mission as activism rather than scholarship.
“Now, I wasn't totally shocked by this because I've been watching this evolution in my field for over a decade.”
Dr. Jody Edward Ginn · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-04
Ginn said he was not shocked by the changes because he had watched the evolution in his field for over a decade.
“It's a completely different place than when I was there in 2012,”
Dr. Jody Edward Ginn · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-04
Ginn told Fox News Digital the museum is different from when he visited in 2012.
“These are geared towards all ages,”
Dr. Jody Edward Ginn · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-04
Ginn criticized the museum's graphic exhibits as being geared toward all ages.
“Don't say you're being unbiased when it's really evident.”
Dr. Jody Edward Ginn · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-04
Ginn criticized the museum for claiming to be unbiased when it is evident it has taken a side.
“You're going to have to put in new people who are committed to scholarly standards and non-politicized educational programming,”
Dr. Jody Edward Ginn · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-04
Ginn said new people committed to scholarly standards and non-politicized programming would be needed to change the institution.
“It became this goal, their own stated goal, to turn museums from institutions of education, of public education, into institutions to encourage activism, which could also be said to indoctrinate.”
Dr. Jody Edward Ginn · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-04
Ginn said the museum's stated goal was to turn museums into institutions to encourage activism.
“Why would you do that? All of that's out of sync with what museums were just a few years ago.”
Dr. Jody Edward Ginn · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-04
Ginn questioned why the museum's exhibits were out of sync with what museums were just a few years ago.
“From the moment I walked in, it's a very different experience,”
Dr. Jody Edward Ginn · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-04
Ginn said his visit to the museum was a very different experience from the moment he entered.
“To me, that's what the National Museum of American History should be.”
Dr. Jody Edward Ginn · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-04
Ginn said the National Museum of American History should educate the public and provide scholarly information.
“If that's the kind of museum you've been approved to run, then just own it,”
Dr. Jody Edward Ginn · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-04
Ginn said the museum should own what kind of institution it is running.
“It is my opinion as a public historian that the mission we've always had is to educate the public and provide scholarly information,”
Dr. Jody Edward Ginn · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-04
Ginn stated that the mission of a public historian is to educate the public and provide scholarly information.
“These people have bought into it, hook, line and sinker.”
Dr. Jody Edward Ginn · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-04
Ginn said current staff have bought into the activism approach hook, line, and sinker.
“The biggest problem is in what they leave out,”
Dr. Jody Edward Ginn · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-04
Ginn argued the biggest problem with the museum is what it leaves out.