This weekend, the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) opened just down
This weekend, the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) opened just down the road from us on the National Mall!Following decades of work to promote and feature the contributions of African Americans, the Act to establish NMAAHC was authorized by Congress in 2003. The museum officially opened September 24, 2016, as the 19th @smithsonian museum. It is the only national museum dedicated entirely to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture.In celebration of the opening of the NMAAHC, a 1927 pamphlet showing an early design for an African American memorial museum, and the act that was passed in 2003 are on display in the “Featured Documents” exhibit in the East Rotunda Gallery of the @usnatarchives in Washington, DC, through November 9, 2016. -- source link
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