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The Hall was originally the Confederate Memorial Home, [1] a residence and gathering place for Confederate veterans. In 1919, 54 years after the Civil War's end, with few veterans still alive, it was converted into the Confederate Memorial Hall, no longer a residence but a library, museum, and "social hall for white politicians from the South".
It is the world's largest research and museum complex. [219] The U.S. government partially funds the Smithsonian, and its collections are open to the public free of charge. [220] The Smithsonian's locations had a combined total of 30 million visits in 2013. The most visited museum is the National Museum of Natural History on the National Mall ...
The entrance to the Metropolitan Club. On October 1, 1863, six U.S. Treasury Department officials met to discuss the creation of a social and literary club in Washington, D.C. [3] The Metropolitan Club officially organized twelve days later, with 43 members. [3]
The New York State Museum was founded in 1836 as the New York State Geological and Natural History Survey, formed in 1836 by Governor William Marcy to document the mineral wealth of the state. [2] In 1870, it was reorganized as the New York State Museum of Natural History under the trusteeship of the regents of the State University. [ 3 ]
National Pinball Museum [17] Newseum, founded 1997 in Rosslyn, Virginia, moved to Washington in 2008, closed December 2019 and is currently seeking new location. [18] Washington Doll's House and Toy Museum, founded in 1975, closed 2004. [19] [20] Washington Gallery of Modern Art; USS Barry (DD-933), opened as a museum ship in 1984, closed in ...
This list of museums in New York is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
New York Jazz Museum in Manhattan; New York City Police Museum; New York Tattoo Museum in Staten Island; Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, closed in 2015; Ripley's Believe It or Not!, midtown Manhattan, 2007-2021; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex, opened in SoHo in 2008, closed in 2010; Sony Wonder Technology Lab, closed in 2016
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens is a decorative arts museum in Washington, D.C., United States. The former residence of businesswoman, socialite, philanthropist and collector Marjorie Merriweather Post , Hillwood is known for its large decorative arts collection that focuses heavily on the House of Romanov , including two Fabergé eggs .