[dropcap]A[/dropcap] new museum that won’t have a physical location for another two years is on an active mission to show others how African Americans have made a significant impact on American music.
The National Museum of African American Music in Nashville, Tenn., started off as an idea from the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce in 2002 and quickly became the subject of a task force to assess what the level of interest would be for this kind of museum.
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Photo Credit | National Museum of African American Music
Photo Credit | National Museum of African American Music
Photo Credit | National Museum of African American Music
Photo Credit | National Museum of African American Music
Photo Credit | National Museum of African American Music
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).
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