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Watch Exactly How the National Museum of African American History and Culture Was Built in This Time-Lapse Video

Photograph by Michael Barnes, courtesy the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

If you’re not one of the lucky Washingtonians who snagged tickets to the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture Saturday, you can still get a glimpse of the museum from your computer screen. Watch the time-lapse video (shot from an EarthCam construction camera) of the museum’s construction, below.

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