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The following fact sheets were compiled for use by the media.
National Museum of American History building
General Fact Sheet about the National Museum of American History
1863 Susannah Pullen's Civil War Quilt
The National Quilt Collection
John Bull under cover
John Bull under Wraps for Renovation
Early audio recordings - green wax plate
Early Sound Recording Collection and Sound Recovery Project
Crating Collections for Safe Keeping
We’re Picking Up (Bad) Vibrations
Rigging Crew Does the Heavy Lifting
The Abstract Flag
The New Skylight
What Happens Behind Closed Doors? The Preparation of Caroline Harrison's Inaugural Gown
Making a Modern Museum: Part One
Transforming the Museum: Part Two
Sneak Peek into the Construction Zone
Artifact Walls and Landmark Objects: Part One
A Hidden Message
Artifact Walls and Landmark Objects: Part Two
Clara Barton’s Red Cross Ambulance
Clara Barton’s Red Cross Ambulance, 1898
Greensboro Lunch Counter on exhibit in the Brown v. Board of Education Exhibition
Landmark Object: Greensboro Lunch Counter
A car from the Dumbo the Flying Elephant ride
Landmark Object: Dumbo the Flying Elephant
The John Bull Locomotive as it appeared before Museum renovation
Landmark Object: John Bull Locomotive
Statue of George Washington
Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841
Landmark Object: Telescope
Spark!Lab, “Invention at Play,” and the New Lemelson Hall of Invention
Portrait of Stephen Colbert
Hip-Hop Won’t Stop: The Beat, The Rhymes, The Life
American soldier next to posters from the National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Supplies American History Posters to Armed Forces in Iraq
Greensboro Lunch Counter in the Separate Is Not Equal exhibition
Greensboro Lunch Counter
Nighat the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
"Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian"
Dorothy's Ruby Slippers
Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers
Teddy Bear
Teddy Bear
Bunker chair on display
The Bunkers’ Chairs
Facts about Julia Child's Kitchen at the National Museum of American History
The Gunboat Philadelphia
Archived Monthly E-mail Newsletters
Sweet and Sour Initiative
Phyllis Diller in her 1966 USO costume
Phyllis Diller’s "Gag File"
Addy Walker, American Girl
Meet Addy Walker, An American Girl
Landmark Object: The Civil War Draft Wheel
Museum-inspired merchandise available on QVC
“Sweet Stuff: An American History of Sweeteners from Sugar to Sucralose”
“Treasures at the Museum”
“The Changing Face of Portrait Photography: From Daguerreotype to Digital”
Apple artifacts in the Museum's collections
Fragment of Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock
Lecture Series: Inventing American Photography: Smithsonian Collections
The Star-Spangled Banner Campaign Donors
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
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