Smithsonian's American History Museum To Reopen In November
The National Museum of American History, closed for an extensive renovation since September 2006, will reopen in November, Smithsonian Acting Secretary Cristián Samper announced yesterday.
The opening was originally scheduled for this summer, then pushed back to this fall and finally, yesterday, to November.
"It did slide a few months from the original time," Samper said at a House appropriations hearing on President Bush's proposed 2009 budget for the Smithsonian. "Unfortunately, though this is one of our most recent museums, it is 40 years old. When we started going in there to open the central courtyard, we ran into asbestos and lead paint. That set us back by a few months. But we will open in November and it will be a great addition."
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The opening was originally scheduled for this summer, then pushed back to this fall and finally, yesterday, to November.
"It did slide a few months from the original time," Samper said at a House appropriations hearing on President Bush's proposed 2009 budget for the Smithsonian. "Unfortunately, though this is one of our most recent museums, it is 40 years old. When we started going in there to open the central courtyard, we ran into asbestos and lead paint. That set us back by a few months. But we will open in November and it will be a great addition."