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The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), colloquially known as the Blacksonian, is a Smithsonian Institution museum located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in the United States. [4] It was established in 2003 and opened its permanent home in 2016 with a ceremony led by President Barack Obama.
11 of the 20 Smithsonian Institution museums and galleries are at the National Mall in Washington D.C., the open-area national park in Washington, D.C. running between the Lincoln Memorial and the United States Capitol, with the Washington Monument providing a division slightly west of the center. [1] Six other Smithsonian museums including the ...
National Museum of African American History and Culture: Washington: D.C. 2016 [120] National Museum of African American Music: Nashville: Tennessee: 2013 [121] [d] National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: Cincinnati: Ohio: 2004 [122] National Voting Rights Museum: Selma: Alabama: 1991 [123] Negro Leagues Baseball Museum: Kansas City ...
On February 20, one day after the Treasures workshop, the Jepson Center hosts a showing of “Digital Treasures: Daufuskie Island and Beyond!,” which features Hudson’s life and migration story.
24 Hours in Cyberspace – opened on January 23, 1997, this exhibit celebrated "the largest one-day online event" (February 8, 1996) up to that date, which took place on the then-active website, cyber24.com (it is online at a mirror website maintained by Georgia Tech). [22] [23] 24 Hours in Cyberspace was headed by photographer Rick Smolan. [24]
It would ultimately take until 2016 for these efforts to be successful with the opening of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Proposals began circulating again in Congress in the early 1970s. At the same time, state officials in Ohio were also attempting to establish an African History museum.
The Smithsonian Institution is a parent company of the Wilson Center. National Cold War Center in Blytheville receives $400K grant from Division of Arkansas Heritage fund
The Smithsonian Institution Building, more commonly known as the Smithsonian Castle or simply The Castle, is a building on the National Mall housing the Smithsonian Institution's administrative offices and information center. Built as the first Smithsonian museum building, it is constructed of Seneca red sandstone in the Norman Revival style (a ...