The Trump administration is fighting a court order demanding that it restore a slavery exhibit to a popular museum, setting up a new legal battle over America’s past during Black History Month.

On Monday, a Bush-appointed judge ordered the administration to restore the exhibit, invoking the dystopian world of George Orwell’s novel “1984” — which deals with themes of oppression and government control — as part of her rebuke.

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Now, two days after the judge’s ruling, the administration has lodged an appeal, just as Trump was preparing to host a White House event to talk up his achievements with black voters.

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The National Park Service removed the slavery exhibit in response to a Trump executive order aimed at “restoring truth and sanity to American history” at the nation’s museums, parks, and landmarks.

The order directed the Interior Department to ensure those sites do not display elements that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.”

As such, the National Park Service removed explanatory panels and biographical details from Independence National Historical Park, the site where George and Martha Washington lived with nine of their slaves in the 1790s, when Philadelphia was briefly the nation’s capital.

However, U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe ruled Monday that all materials must be restored to their original condition while a lawsuit challenging the removal’s legality proceeds.

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