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Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum [124] Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC [125] Spurlock Museum [126] Tennessee State Museum [106] Vanderbilt Museum [127] Virginia Museum of Fine Arts-Tjeby [128] Wayne County Historical Museum, Richmond, Indiana [114]
The National Archives building holds original copies of the three main formative documents of the United States and its government: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. These are on display for the public in the main chamber's rotunda, known as Charters of Freedom, at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Naples National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy: 2,500 artifacts [46] Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland: 2,300 artifacts [47] Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark: More than 1,900 artifacts [48] National Museum of Natural History, Washington, District of Columbia, USA: More than 1,900 artifacts [49]
Efforts to separate the District's archives date to at least 1982 and were formalized with the D.C. Public Records Management Act of 1985. [4] [1] Philip W. Oglvie was made the original director of the office, and a National Archives employee named Dorothy S. Provine joined as D.C.'s first archivist.
The artifacts had sparked widespread interest in ancient Egypt when they were discovered between 1922 and 1927, but most of them remained in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo until the 1960s, when they were first exhibited outside of Egypt. [1]
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities: at the main entrance, the Supreme Council of Antiquities flag can be seen either side of the Egyptian flag. The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA; Arabic: المجلس الأعلى للآثار, romanized: al-Majlis al-Aʻlá lil-Āthār) was established in 1994, responsible for the conservation, protection, and regulation of all antiquities and ...
The National Park Service purchased Council House in 1994 and renamed it the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site. [8] The National Council of Negro Women purchased as its new headquarters Sears House—an $8 million, six-story, 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m 2 ) historic building at 633 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. [ 15 ]
The Embassy of Egypt in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United States. It is located at 3521 International Court, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Cleveland Park neighborhood. [1] The embassy also operates Consulates-General in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York City. [2]