The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture. It was established by an Act of Congress in 2003, following decades of efforts to promote and highlight the contributions of African Americans.

The openness to light is symbolic for a museum that seeks to stimulate open dialogue about race and help promote reconciliation and healing. From the topmost corona, the view reaches ever upward, reminding visitors the Museum is an inspiration, open to all as a place of meaning, memory, reflection, laughter, and hope.

24, 2016, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Occupying a prominent location next to the Washington Monument, the nearly 400,000-square-foot museum is the nation's largest and most comprehensive cultural destination devoted exclusively to exploring, documenting and showcasing the African American story and its ...

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The attraction boasts a collection of more than 9,000 pieces in a variety of media spanning from ancient times through the modern era. In addition to textiles and jewelry, the museum has sculptures, pottery and paintings representing nearly every country in Africa, including Arab North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.

NMAAM is the only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the many music genres created, influenced, and inspired by African Americans.

From quilt squares carrying coded messages about an escape to a photo of a sharecropper, all African American art is different from any other in that it evokes a struggle, and a longing to be free.

The Louvre By size, The Louvre, in Paris, France is the largest museum on Earth, with nearly 73,000 square metres of exhibition space. By reputation, it's also one of the best and holds works from antiquity to the 19th Century, including the world-famous Venus de Milo and the Mona Lisa.

The museum exterior is bronze-colored with cast aluminum divided into 3,600 panels that create the signature exterior feature called the Corona. Forty percent of the museum's programming will be found in the five stories that rise above ground. But 60 percent of the 400,000-square-foot building is actually below grade.

The museum exterior is bronze-colored with cast aluminum divided into 3,600 panels that create the signature exterior feature called the Corona. Forty percent of the museum's programming will be found in the five stories that rise above ground. But 60 percent of the 400,000-square-foot building is actually below grade.

The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art is the oldest continuously-operating public art museum in the United States, opening its doors to the public in 1844. The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art was founded by Daniel Wadsworth, one of the first major American art patrons.

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• The colour wheel predates the United States.
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