NMAAHC - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Thu, 14 Sep 2023 16:04:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png NMAAHC - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 Check Out Starchitect David Adjaye’s Next DC Building https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/03/24/check-out-starchitect-david-adjayes-next-dc-building/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=check-out-starchitect-david-adjayes-next-dc-building Fri, 24 Mar 2023 18:29:47 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1630605 David Adjaye, the superstar architect behind the National Museum of African American History and Culture, has proposed designs for a roughly 650,000-square-foot multi-use development in St. Elizabeth’s East Parcel 15. The project, called Sycamore & Oak, imagines residential units, office space, a hotel, outdoor areas, and a pavilion for performances and community gatherings.  Recently submitted […]

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National Museum of African American History & Culture Names New Director https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/09/30/national-museum-of-african-american-history-culture-names-new-director/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=national-museum-of-african-american-history-culture-names-new-director Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:51:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1287977 The National Museum of African American History & Culture has named its new director: Kevin Young, a writer, poet, and editor who currently runs the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Young will succeed founding director Lonnie Bunch, who was promoted to Secretary of the Smithsonian last November. In New […]

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Smithsonian Is Reopening Four Museums This Week https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/09/14/smithsonian-is-reopening-four-museums-this-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=smithsonian-is-reopening-four-museums-this-week Mon, 14 Sep 2020 17:57:29 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1269027 Smithsonian announced Monday that it plans to reopen four additional museums on Friday, September 18, with Covid-19 safety precautions and timed-entry passes. The National Portrait Gallery, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Renwick Gallery, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum will all open their doors as part of the institution’s phased […]

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Educate Yourself Today: The African American History Museum Wants to Help You Talk About Race and Racism https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/06/01/nmaahc-african-american-history-museum-talking-about-race-web-portal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nmaahc-african-american-history-museum-talking-about-race-web-portal Mon, 01 Jun 2020 17:20:13 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1133088 The National Museum of African American History & Culture today released Talking About Race, a web portal designed to provide free educational resources and tools from scholars, activists, historians, and more with the goal of teaching everyone how to have conversations about race and racism. “The online portal provides digital tools, online exercises, video instructions, […]

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The African American History Museum Has Kobe Bryant’s Uniform. But It’s Not on Display. https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/01/28/the-african-american-history-museum-has-kobe-bryants-uniform-but-its-not-on-display/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-african-american-history-museum-has-kobe-bryants-uniform-but-its-not-on-display Tue, 28 Jan 2020 22:11:21 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=995032 The National Museum of African American History and Culture has a Kobe Bryant jersey in its collection. But unlike artifacts from African American athletes including Carl Lewis and Curt Flood, the jersey is in the museum’s storage department. Now, amidst the mourning that has followed Bryant’s death in a helicopter accident, museum officials are deciding […]

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This Juneteenth, Check Out These Powerful Images from the NMAAHC Collection https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/06/19/this-juneteenth-check-out-these-powerful-images-from-the-nmaahc-collection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-juneteenth-check-out-these-powerful-images-from-the-nmaahc-collection Wed, 19 Jun 2019 17:15:28 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=748939 Today’s Juneteenth celebration marks 154 years since the end of slavery in the United States after Union soldiers arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas and declared the Civil War over and slaves freed. While Juneteenth has never been recognized as an official national holiday, DC and 45 states celebrate it locally. And this year, the House Judiciary […]

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Tired of Waiting in Line? Here Are 4 Spots You Should Visit on Your Next Snow Day https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/02/12/where-to-go-dc-snow-day-indoors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-to-go-dc-snow-day-indoors Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:00:39 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=614090 When snow hits, here are four places you might not think to go—but should consider—if you can get there safely. Hit a Hot Museum While getting into the National Museum of African American History & Culture (1400 Constitution Ave., NW; 844-750-3012) is a bit easier now than when it opened in September 2016, it’s still a hot […]

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