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  2. National Science and Media Museum - Wikipedia

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    The National Science and Media Museum (formerly The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, 1983–2006 [2] [3] and then the National Media Museum, 2006–2017 [4] [5] ), located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, is part of the national Science Museum Group in the UK. The museum has seven floors of galleries with permanent exhibitions ...

  3. National Postal Museum - Wikipedia

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    Website. postalmuseum .si .edu. The National Postal Museum, located opposite Union Station in Washington, D.C., United States, covers large portions of the postal history of the United States and other countries. It was established through joint agreement between the United States Postal Service and the Smithsonian Institution and opened in 1993.

  4. List of museums in Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Bead Museum, closed December 2008, [8] museum website. Black Fashion Museum, founded 1979, moved to Washington in 1994, closed in 2007 and collection donated to the National Museum of African American History and Culture [9] [10] Corcoran Gallery of Art, open 1869–2014.

  5. National Museum of Health and Medicine - Wikipedia

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    The National Museum of Health and Medicine ( NMHM) is a museum in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. [1] The museum was founded by U.S. Army Surgeon General William A. Hammond as the Army Medical Museum ( AMM) in 1862; [2] it became the NMHM in 1989 and relocated to its present site at the Army's Forest Glen Annex in 2011. [3]

  6. National Museum of African American History and Culture

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    The National Museum of African American History and Culture ( NMAAHC ), colloquially known as the Blacksonian, is a Smithsonian Institution museum located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in the United States. [4] It was established in 2003 and opened its permanent home in 2016 with a ceremony led by President Barack Obama .

  7. National Museum of American History - Wikipedia

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    The National Museum of American History: Kenneth E. Behring Center is a historical museum in Washington, D.C. It collects, preserves, and displays the heritage of the United States in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific, and military history. Among the items on display is the original Star-Spangled Banner.

  8. National Portrait Gallery (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .npg .si .edu. The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is a historic art museum between 7th, 9th, F, and G Streets NW in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded in 1962 and opened in 1968, it is part of the Smithsonian Institution. Its collections focus on images of famous Americans.

  9. National Gallery of Art - Wikipedia

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    The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of charge, the museum was privately established in 1937 for the American people by a joint resolution of the United States Congress.