NPR; 'Founders Museum' from White House and PragerU blurs history, AI-generated fiction

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https://www.npr.org/2025/09/03/nx-s1-5521261/white-house-ai-founders-museum

A new history exhibit commissioned by the Trump administration has some historians perplexed, as the administration's pushback on arts and history raises questions about omitting marginalized voices in the nation's history.

Eighty-two paintings — including portraits of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, as well as key events from America's founding — make up The Founders Museum.

The exhibit, just steps from the White House inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, marks a partnership between the administration's White House Task Force 250 and conservative nonprofit PragerU to celebrate the lead-up to America's semiquincentennial next year.

Besides paintings of Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and Betsy Ross, the museum also features over 40 AI-generated short videos of these historical figures coming to life to share their stories — all available online and produced by PragerU.

Prager U having Christopher Columbus explain that slavery isn't really so bad.