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Smithsonian’s Black History Museum Changes Ticket Policy, Extends Hours for Holidays

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Smithsonian’s Black History Museum Changes Ticket Policy, Extends Hours for Holidays


Starting Dec. 19, same-day, timed visitor passes for the NMAAHC will be obtainable only through the museum’s website, starting at 6:30 a.m. daily. The museum also will allow a limited number of walk-up passes on weekdays starting at 1 p.m., crowds permitting, its website stated.
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The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is a Smithsonian Institution museum established in 2003. The museum’s building, designed by David Adjaye, is currently under construction on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.. Early efforts to establish a federally owned museum featuring African American history and culture can be traced to 1915, although the modern push for such an organization did not begin until the 1970s.

After years of little success, a much more serious legislative push began in 1988 that led to authorization of the museum in 2003. A site was selected in 2006, and a museum design approved in 2009. President Barack Obama helped break ground for the building on February 22, 2012. First concrete was poured in November 2012, and construction will be complete in April 2016. Smithsonian officials have announced that the museum will open on September 24, 2016. (Wikipedia)