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  2. National Building Museum - Wikipedia

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    Added to NRHP. March 24, 1969. Designated NHL. February 4, 1985. The National Building Museum is a museum of architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning in Northwest Washington, D.C., U.S. It was created by an act of Congress in 1980, and is a private non-profit institution. Located at 401 F Street NW, it is adjacent to ...

  3. Smithsonian Institution - Wikipedia

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    The Castle in April 1865 "The Castle" (built, 1847) on the National Mall: the institution's earliest building remains its headquarters.. In many ways, the origin of the Smithsonian Institution can be traced to a group of Washington citizens who, being "impressed with the importance of forming an association for promoting useful knowledge," met on June 28, 1816, to establish the Columbian ...

  4. List of Smithsonian museums - Wikipedia

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    Smithsonian museums on the National Mall: 1 - National Museum of African American History and Culture. 2 - National Museum of American History 3 - National Museum of Natural History 4 - Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle) 5 - Freer Gallery of Art 6 - Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 7 - National Museum of African Art 8 - Arts and Industries ...

  5. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum - Wikipedia

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is a design museum at the Andrew Carnegie Mansion in Manhattan, New York City, along the Upper East Side's Museum Mile.It is one of 19 Smithsonian Institution museums and one of three Smithsonian facilities located in New York City, along with the National Museum of the American Indian's George Gustav Heye Center in Bowling Green and the Archives of ...

  6. Arts and Industries Building - Wikipedia

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    November 8, 1964. The Arts and Industries Building is the second oldest (after The Castle) of the Smithsonian museums on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Initially named the National Museum, it was built to provide the Smithsonian with its first proper facility for public display of its growing collections. [3]

  7. List of museums in Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Regional, national, and international contemporary art. Anacostia Community Museum. Smithsonian Institution. African American history. Local history and culture. Anderson House. Society of the Cincinnati. Historic house. Early 1900s palatial residence with period furnishings, Society artifacts, portraits, armaments, and personal artifacts of ...

  8. National Portrait Gallery (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is a historic art museum in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded in 1962 and opened in 1968, it is part of the Smithsonian Institution. Its collections focus on images of famous Americans. Along with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the museum is housed in the historic Old Patent Office Building.

  9. National Museum of American History - Wikipedia

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    The National Museum of American History: Kenneth E. Behring Center is a historical museum in Washington, D.C. It collects, preserves, and displays the heritage of the United States in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific, and military history. Among the items on display is the original Star-Spangled Banner.