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The Smithsonian museums are the most widely visible part of the United States' Smithsonian Institution and consist of 20 museums and galleries as well as the National Zoological Park. [ 1 ] 17 of these collections are located in Washington D.C. , with 11 of those located on the National Mall .
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.
The museum opened in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology.It was one of the last structures designed by the renowned architectural firm McKim Mead & White.In 1980, the museum was renamed the National Museum of American History to represent its mission of the collection, care, study, and interpretation of objects that reflect the experience of the American people.
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 ...
In 2004, the Smithsonian opened the National Museum of the American Indian in a new building near the United States Capitol. [55] Twelve years later almost to the day, in 2016, the latest museum opened: the National Museum of African American History and Culture, in a new building near the Washington Monument. [56]
1969. The Hirshhorn Museum groundbreaking takes place on the former site of the Army Medical Museum and Library (built 1887) after the brick structure is demolished. A controversy soon develops over naming a building on the historic National Mall after a living person, as well as the new federal museum's modern look and intrusively expansive ...
Some states use variations of the trinomial system. Arizona, California, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont use two-letter abbreviations of the state name instead of the Smithsonian number. Alaska uses three-letter abbreviations for USGS map quadrangles in place of the county code. Arizona uses a five-part identifier based on USGS ...
Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum, Phoenix; Arizona Museum of Natural History, Mesa; Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson; Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe