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	Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture
		The legislation also established a National Museum of African American History and Culture Council to advise the Smithsonian Regents on museum issues including, recommendations on the planning, design and construction of the museum; the administration of the museum; and acquisition of objects for the museum’s collections.
		The National Museum of African American History and Culture was established on Dec. 19, 2003, when President Bush signed into law legislation establishing the museum as part of the Smithsonian Institution.
		The new museum will be the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, art, history and culture.
	nmaahc.si.edu (489 words)

	Museum of the American West \| Welcome & History
		The Women of the West Museum, founded in 1991 in Boulder, Colorado, was the first museum in the nation dedicated to tracing and interpreting the history of women of all cultures in the American West.
		When the museum opened to the public in November 1988, its creators had been focused for several years on the institutional mission to explore the broad temporal, topical, and geographical elements of the history and peoples of the West.
		When the museum opened to the public after three years of planning, the cases and walls displayed objects that had been originally envisioned as ideal, and the collection was given a context by the story told by the objects and labels in the galleries.
	www.museumoftheamericanwest.org /museum (831 words)

	Welcome :: National Museum of American Jewish History
		The National Museum of American Jewish History has announced that it has exercised an option on the “KYW Building” at 5th and Market streets and will construct its new building at the site.
		National Museum of American Jewish History Anounces New Location for Building
		The Museum is located on the sacred ground of Independence Mall in the heart of the most historic square mile in America.
	www.nmajh.org (377 words)

	National Museum of the United States Air Force
		In an effort to increase awareness of upcoming news and events, the National Museum of the United States Air Force Public Affairs Division is launching a monthly e-mail newsletter.
		The National Museum of the United States Air Force will offer several aerospace activities, including an opportunity to practice landing a model aircraft hanging from a string, during Family Day on Jan. 21.
		The aircraft, which is currently in the Museum's Restoration hangar in Area B of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is being prepared to undergo several years of restoration work.
	www.wpafb.af.mil /museum (436 words)

	Museum of American Financial History
		Welcome to the Museum of American Finance, the nation's only independent public museum dedicated to celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurship and the democratic free market tradition which has made New York City the financial capital of the world.
		Now showing in the Museum gallery is “Survival of the Fittest: The Evolution of the Dow Jones Industrial Average,” an exhibition on the role the original 12 Dow companies played in the development of the U.S. economy.
		The exhibit traces the history of The Dow from its founding in 1896 through the present and features artifacts, financial documents, and historical anecdotes from the original companies and their extant successors.
	www.financialhistory.org /home.htm (467 words)

	Multnomah County Library Homework Center - American history - Homework Center - Multnomah County Library
		Another tour of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York City, with information about the building's excavation, and a history of tenements.
		The Barlow house, the road and its history, and a summary of necessary provisions needed to reach Oregon territory.
		The history and immigration of thousands to the United States in the early 20th century provided by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation.
	www.multcolib.org /homework/amhsthc.html (4440 words)

	The_Anacostia_Museum_&_Center_for_African_American_History_and_Culture
		Wednesday, 12/21/05 1:57 PM s the Smithsonian Institution's museum of African American history and culture, the Museum explores American history, society, and creative expression from an African American perspective.
		The museum encourages the collection, protection, and preservation of materials that reflect the history and traditions of families, organizations, individuals, and communities.
		The On-line Academy is a virtual learning environment that features links to resources, information on artifacts in our collections, and streaming video presentations from leading scholars in fields related to the discovery, interpretation, and preservation of African American history and material culture.
	anacostia.si.edu (143 words)

	National Museum of American History
		Museum Sets Up Katrina Collection; Public Invited to Contribute
		Find all the information you need to visit us on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Hours Getting Here
	www.americanhistory.si.edu (38 words)

	National Heritage Museum > Home
		The National Heritage Museum is an American history museum founded and supported by 32° Scottish Rite Freemasons in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States of America.
		At the National Heritage Museum, we provide a host of opportunities for learning about American history and culture.
		A visit to the National Heritage Museum is truly an experience in the American spirit.
	www.monh.org (185 words)

	The September 11 Digital Archive
		George Mason University’s Center for History and New Media and the University of New Orleans, in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, organized this project.
		Submissions will be permanently archived in the September 11 Digital Archive in conjunction with the National Museum of American History's exhibition, "September 11: Bearing Witness to History" which is now on a national tour.
		The September 11 Digital Archive was funded by a major grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and organized by the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning at the City University of New York Graduate Center and the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.
	911digitalarchive.org (436 words)

	Special Events National Museum of American History
		To learn more about co-hosting an event and benefiting programs at the National Museum of American History please call 202-633-3306.
		The Museum displays three centuries of the nation's history —and exhibitions related to guests' interests can be open to customize each event.
		The Museum's 5th floor roof terrace with fabulous views of the National Mall is also available for daytime and evening events.
	www.americanhistory.si.edu /specialevents (122 words)

	OHS Places/National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center
		The National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center near Dayton aims to educate the public about African American history and culture from African origins to the present through a variety of programs, including museum exhibits, research and publications, visiting scholars, oral and visual history and adult and children's educational activities.
		The National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center is located in historic Wilberforce, on Brush Row Road, one-half mile north of U.S. 42 and adjacent to Central State University.
		The compelling photomontage mural is arranged in sections corresponding to the different settings in the museum (i.e., family life, education, community and social interactions, entertainment and sports), and provides an impressive backdrop for the remainder of the exhibit.
	www.ohiohistory.org /places/afroam (545 words)

	Information Age: People, Information & Technology
		These photographs are from the exhibition, Information Age: People, Information and Technology in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
		Robots in American car plants are often part of an elaborate computer network that controls all parts of the production process, from ordering parts to painting.
		But in one of the best-kept secrets of the war, first the Poles, and later the British and Americans succeeded in deciphering messages.
	photo2.si.edu /infoage/infoage.html (1147 words)

	Smithsonian Jazz - A Jazz portal intended to preserve and promote one of America's greatest art forms - Jazz
		It serves as the jazz orchestra in residence at the National Museum of American History.
		Displays on Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, and women in jazz are on view on the 3rd floor, west end, of the National Museum of American History.
		Jazz exhibits at the National Museum of American History, Behring Center
	www.smithsonianjazz.org (192 words)

	National Museum of American History: "Jim Crow"
		Their defiance heightened many Americans' awareness of racial injustice and ultimately led to the desegregation of the F. Woolworth lunch counter on July 25, 1960.
		In 1960, if you were an African American, you were not allowed to sit here--the lunch counter of the F. Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina.
		On February 1, 1960, four African American students sat down at this counter and tried to order lunch.
	www.redstone.army.mil /history/integrate/jimcrow/welcome.html (627 words)

	Guide to Smithsonian Institution Archives, Libraries & Special Collections
		The National Museum of the American Indian has two resource centers: one at the Cultural Resources Center (Suitland, Maryland), and the other at the George Gustav Heye Center (New York City).
		The Photo Archives at the Museum of the American Indian has over 125,000 images comprising one of the foremost collections of images of Native American culture and history.
		The scope of the collections is expanding to include materials from Native American perspectives that will complement the already rich ethnographies and records of acquisitions.
	www.nmnh.si.edu /naa/siasc/nmai.htm (380 words)

	Piano 300 Exhibition at the Smithsonian
		The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History -- in collaboration with other institutions and organizations -- presents a large-scale project called PIANO 300, celebrating the birth of the piano and its three hundred years of influence.
		Produced by the National Museum of American History
		The exhibition is open from March 9, 2000 through October 21, 2001 in Washington, D.C. To assist you in planning your visit, we have available museum hours, accessibility information, maps, public transportation and hotel information.
	piano300.si.edu (176 words)

	World History Compass Home Page
		History and archaeology of the Spanish fort and town of Santa Elena on Port Royal Sound in South Carolina.
		Provides scholars studying the contemporary political history of Iran with primary source material consisting of personal accounts of individuals who either played major roles in important political events and decisions from the 1920s to the 1970s or witnessed these events from close range.
		The History, Architecture and Historic Designations of the Lower Rio Grande Heritage Corridor.
	www.worldhistorycompass.com (2385 words)

	H-Museum : September 11 - Day of Remembrance
		Soon after September 11, the National Museum of American History began collecting objects to document the attacks and their aftermath.
		(Museum of the City of New York / Smithsonian National Museum of American History)
		The Museum of the City of New York, like all New Yorkers, was deeply affected by the attack on the World Trade Center.
	www.h-museum.net /september11.html (609 words)

	THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
		The architectural design team for the Museum on the National Mall included as the project designer the architect for the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Ottawa, who is himself a descendant of the Blackfoot Indians.
		Furthermore, the Museum oversees a comprehensive expressive culture program, the purpose of which is to demonstrate through live performance art, including music, dance, theater, and storytelling, that native peoples are very much alive and their cultures still vibrant.
		The Museum’s Board of Trustees adopted a policy that required close collaboration with any native community whose culture or objects in the collection were to be the subject of an exhibit.
	www.cosmos-club.org /journals/2000/west.html (2588 words)

	Star Spangled Banner
		In 1964, when the Museum of American History opened, the flag was moved to a prominent place inside the museum's Mall entrance, an awe-inspiring testament to our nation's independence.
		When Commodore George H. Preble, U.S. Navy, was preparing a history of the American flag, he borrowed the Star-Spangled Banner from a descendant of Colonel Armistead, and, in 1873, photographed it for the first time.
		The flag had become a popular attraction; in 1912, the owner, Eben Appleton, of New York, believing that the flag should be kept in the National Museum, donated it to the Smithsonian on the condition that it would remain there forever.
	www.150.si.edu /chap3/flag.htm (749 words)

	American West Heritage Center Museum of Western American History
		The mission of the American West Heritage Center is to educate, entertain, and enlighten our patrons and visitors about the history and heritage of the American West during the decade of 1820 to 1920.
		Every year in October the American West Heritage Center offers more than a "figurative" opportunity to get lost in time but a "Literal" opportunity as well when visitors are invited to test their sense of direction in Cache Valley's original corn maze.
		Our primary goal is to retain the heritage and the life experiences of the indigenous Native American, early explorers, pioneers, and settlers found within this area.
	www.americanwestcenter.org (965 words)

	National Museum of American Jewish Military History
		Among the items on loan from the American Jewish Historical Society of Waltham, Massachusetts were pieces of Levy's navy uniform and images of his mother and maternal grandparents.
		A collection of instruments used for flogging, which Levy was instrumental in having removed as a form of punishment in the Navy, were on loan from the Mariners Museum in Newport News, Virginia.
		The exhibition, which occupied the Museum's expansive main gallery, was on view to enthusiastic crowds and great critical acclaim until January 1999.
	www.nmajmh.org /exhibition/past.html (574 words)

	The National Museum of Natural History - Smithsonian Institution
		In June 2005, the museum received one of the largest plant fossils ever collected - 3.9 m (13 ft) long and 3.7 m (12 ft) high, and weighing more than 16 tons.
		The fossil comes from an Iowa coal mine and was donated to the Smithsonian by the University of Iowa.
		Natural History is dedicated to understanding the natural world
	www.mnh.si.edu (384 words)

	Southwest Museum of the American Indian
		The Southwest Museum is now one of three operating units under the umbrella of the Autry National Center: the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, the Museum of the American West (formerly the Autry Museum), and the Institute for the Study of the American West.
		The new Autry National Center membership, extended to all current Autry and Southwest members, provides free admission to both the Southwest Museum and the Museum of the American West as well as access to the excellent programs at both museums.
		The Southwest Museum building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register due to its association with its founder, Charles Fletcher Lummis, as well as its unique architectural style, which has remained virtually unchanged since its construction in 1914.
	www.southwestmuseum.org (326 words)

	American Swedish Historical Museum
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		The American Swedish Historical Museum, located in FDR Park in South Philadelphia near the Sports Complex at 1900 Pattison Avenue, is dedicated to preserving and promoting the contributions of Swedes and Swedish-Americans in the United States.
		American Swedish Historical Museum • 1900 Pattison Avenue • Philadelphia, PA 19145 • 215-389-1776
	www.americanswedish.org (165 words)

	Lemelson Center: Archives: Western Union Collection
		In January, 1971, Western Union officials proposed a transfer of the Western Union Museum to the National Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) under an indefinite loan agreement in the hopes of making the materials more readily available for exhibition purposes and for use by historians.
		The collection is useful for researchers interested in the development of technology, economic history, and the impact of technology on American social and cultural life.
		The collection materials describe both the history of the company and of the telegraph industry in general, particularly its importance to the development of the technology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
	invention.smithsonian.org /resources/fa_wu_index.aspx (9437 words)

	Save America's Treasures - Project Profile
		This flag, now known as the Star-Spangled Banner and on display at the National Museum of American History, was made by Mrs.
		To help ensure the continued preservation for the Star-Spangled Banner, the Museum has embarked on a six-year program of examination, treatment, and preservation of this priceless American icon.
		The Museum worked to preserve the flag's already-fragile state, but even periodic cleanings and special care could not stem the effects of natural deterioration as well as damage to its woolen fibers from artificial light and air pollutants.
	www.saveamericastreasures.org /profiles/banner.htm (679 words)

	History, Ethnic -- National Museum of American Jewish History
		The only museum devoted to Jewish development in America, the National Museum of American Jewish History has established a strong collection of artifacts, clothing, art, religious items, photographs, documents, and other items that trace the growth of this important culture in America and its contributions to both Philadelphia and the nation.
		The Museum has featured exhibits such as American Jews at Work: Selections from the Collection, displaying objects such as a shohet's knife to a broadside from the first Jewish fur trader in Alaska, as well as trading tokens, advertising novelties, storefront signs and other artifacts that illustrate the diversity of Jewish occupations.
		Count on the Museum to present exhibitions of similar quality on a regular basis.
	www.fieldtrip.com /pa/59233812.htm (286 words)

	20th Century Decades: General Links
		The National Museum of American Art, part of the Smithsonian Institution, has mounted a wonderful exhibition of poster art through American history.
		This is a set of different digital collections of information based on a wide range of topics and themes in American history.
		A History of Mexican Americans in California: THE CHICANO MOVEMENT
	dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us /decsg.html (1552 words)

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