Past Exhibitions

Making a Modern Museum

Making a Modern Museum: Celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the National Museum of American History

Closed January 4, 2015

Marian Anderson's dress

NMAAHC Case: Marian Anderson

Closed November 11, 2014

Changing America: Emancipation March on Washington pin, 1963

Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 and the March on Washington, 1963

Closed September 7, 2014

Francis Scott Key's original manuscript of the Star-Spangled Banner (Courtesy of The Maryland Historical Society)

Key’s “Star-Spangled Banner” Manuscript

Closed July 6, 2014

Congressional Gold Medal

American Heroes

Closed June 2, 2014

Camilla's Purse

Closed May 4, 2014

Girl Scouts 1912-2012

Artifact Walls - Girl Scouts 1912-2012

Closed April 20, 2014

Hoe was celebrated for his cylinder press and type-revolving press inventions. This improvement in “Rotary Printing Presses” included type forms which attached to the printing cylinder.

Artifact Walls - Invention and the Patent Model

Closed April 20, 2014

Artifact Walls - The Birth of Biotech

Closed April 20, 2014

Prarie Dawn puppet from Puppetry in America

Puppetry in America

Closed April 13, 2014

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