Could Be. All this budget stuff, is interesting. It is all pure politics. I remember during the W. Bush years the Democrats in charge of congress and ultimately the country, decided that there was not enough money to go around, with the war in Iraq/Afganistan/against Terrorism...decided that they needed to take some action regarding all this spending. The result, they started closing the Smithsonina at 6 PM rather than the 10 PM that had been the traditional closing time for generations. Now thare is a BIG SAVER. Then they closed a lot of National Park sites and took away Park Ranger manpower...You folks voted for Bush now look what he's done they said.
So maybe they actually replaced the Smithsonian with a REPLICA.