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Source: The Smithsonian Institution Archives

1-23-14

Happy 50th Anniversary National Museum of American History

The first modern building on the National Mall, the new museum opened with ten exhibit halls completed, with an additional fifty opening in the following years.

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Happy 50th Anniversary National Museum of American History