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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.
National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Aviation and spaceflight history Chantilly, Virginia: 2003 [14] National Museum of African American History and Culture: African-American history and culture: Washington, D.C. National Mall: 2003, 2016 [note 1] [15] [16] National Museum of African Art: African art: Washington, D.C ...
An exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Museums not only collect and preserve historic and cultural material, their basic purpose is educational or aesthetic. The first African American museum was the College Museum in Hampton, Virginia, established in 1868. [2]
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 ...
President Lyndon B. Johnson and Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley successfully campaigned for a new museum on the National Mall. In 1966, an Act of Congress established the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution. Most of the funding was federal, but Hirshhorn later contributed $1-million toward construction.
The groups, citing federal documents, say Latinos are about 5% of the total Smithsonian workforce of over 6,300 employees. "What we do know for a fact is that unequal educational opportunities for ...
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
Lonnie G. Bunch III (born November 18, 1952) is an American educator and historian.Bunch is the fourteenth secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the first African American and first historian to serve as head of the Smithsonian.