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The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is a Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its Financial endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazine....
 museum established in 2003. It will be built on the National Mall
National Mall

The National Mall is an open-area national park in downtown Washington, D.C., the Capital of the United States. Officially termed by the National Park Service the National Mall & Memorial Parks, the term commonly includes the areas that are officially part of West Potomac Park and Constitution Gardens to the west, and often is taken to...
 in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
. The Smithsonian's Board of Regents selected a site in 2006 located at the southwest corner of Constitution Avenue
Constitution Avenue

In Washington, D.C., Constitution Avenue is a major east-west street running just north of the United States Capitol in the city's Northwest, Washington, D.C....
 and 14th Street
14th Street Northwest and Southwest (Washington, D.C.)

Fourteenth Street is a street in Washington, D.C. and Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., located 1? mi. west of the U.S. Capitol. It runs from the 14th Street Bridge north to Eastern Avenue ....
, NW, adjacent to the National Museum of American History
National Museum of American History

The National Museum of American History collects, preserves and displays American heritage in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history....
. It is across 15th Street from the Washington Monument
Washington Monument

The Washington Monument is a large, tall, sand-colored obelisk near the west end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. It is a United States Presidential Memorial constructed to commemorate the first U.S....
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The museum was established on December 19, 2003, through federal legislation.






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The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is a Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its Financial endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazine....
 museum established in 2003. It will be built on the National Mall
National Mall

The National Mall is an open-area national park in downtown Washington, D.C., the Capital of the United States. Officially termed by the National Park Service the National Mall & Memorial Parks, the term commonly includes the areas that are officially part of West Potomac Park and Constitution Gardens to the west, and often is taken to...
 in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
. The Smithsonian's Board of Regents selected a site in 2006 located at the southwest corner of Constitution Avenue
Constitution Avenue

In Washington, D.C., Constitution Avenue is a major east-west street running just north of the United States Capitol in the city's Northwest, Washington, D.C....
 and 14th Street
14th Street Northwest and Southwest (Washington, D.C.)

Fourteenth Street is a street in Washington, D.C. and Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., located 1? mi. west of the U.S. Capitol. It runs from the 14th Street Bridge north to Eastern Avenue ....
, NW, adjacent to the National Museum of American History
National Museum of American History

The National Museum of American History collects, preserves and displays American heritage in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history....
. It is across 15th Street from the Washington Monument
Washington Monument

The Washington Monument is a large, tall, sand-colored obelisk near the west end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. It is a United States Presidential Memorial constructed to commemorate the first U.S....
.

The museum was established on December 19, 2003, through federal legislation. Dr. Lonnie G. Bunch was selected as the museum's first director in July 2005.

In 2007 the National Museum of African American History and Culture became the first major museum to open on the Web before completing a physical structure. The website includes the museum's first exhibit, mounted in New York. It is also designed to encourage collaboration between scholars and the public. The museum is slated to be finished by 2015.

The main feature of the web-based initiative is the Memory Book application, which allows individuals to contribute to the website via pictures, a story, or audio application, to spotlight unique experiences in African-American culture. Physical exhibits will also be mounted in other institutions of the Smithsonian as well as in museums outside of Washington pending completion of the museum's new building.

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