In the shadow of the Washington Monument ... is right to understand African American history and culture. This museum is a chance to make real, on the National Mall, a dream of many generations.” ...

The continuing transformation of the National Museum of American History led to the closing of the west wing for renovation in 2012—it’s scheduled to reopen in 2015. A first-stage renovation ...

Alan Karchmer The first thing you notice about the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, which opened in Washington DC at the end of September, is the building itself ...

As it rises from the northern edge of the Mall along Constitution Avenue — with the Washington Monument directly to the west, the Smithsonian’s 1964 National Museum of American History to the ...