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

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

Girl Scouts 1912-2012

Artifact Walls - Girl Scouts 1912-2012

Closed April 20, 2014

Prarie Dawn puppet from Puppetry in America

Puppetry in America

Closed April 13, 2014

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