The National Museum of History has already sent a curator out to collect items to preserve Museum director Anthea M. Hartig released a statement on Friday stating that the election offered 'remarkable instances of the pain and possibility' Release doesn't mention Trump by name but does state that 'fraudulent claims and conspiracy theories challenging the legitimacy of the election results fueled' the chaos Hartig asked anyone with access to items from the riot to take photos and send the museum brief descriptions of the objects to 2020ElectionCollection@si.edu