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Season’s Greetings … NMAAHC

12/30/2013 Nativegrl77

National Museum of African American History of Culture

As you reunite and celebrate with your loved ones this holiday season, I want to thank you for all that you have done to help build the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
With your support, 2013 has been a great year for the Museum. The future museum site is a frenzy of activity as we continue to raise the walls and support columns. To date, we’ve collected over 23,000 artifacts including two large pieces — a Southern Railway railroad car (segregated) and a guard tower from Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola — that will be a part of our inaugural exhibition on segregation. All of this progress is thanks to friends like you.
I wish you and your loved ones peace and joy this holiday season and into the New Year.

Sincerely, Signature

Lonnie G. Bunch Director

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Make history with us

12/23/2013 Nativegrl77

Please accept my sincere thank you for all you’ve done to support this year’s progress towards the grand opening of our Museum.
This year we saw many exciting developments including the installation of two signature objects in the Museum at our Constitution Avenue construction site: a Southern Railway railroad car (segregated) and a 1930s guard tower from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.
These objects are examples of the history inside our doors that will be as grand, exciting, and powerful as the building itself. And today, I’m writing to ask you to consider making a special, year-end tax-deductible gift to the Museum.
We’ve come so far:

•	We now have nearly 23,000 artifacts in our collection!
•	Over 58,500 individuals have signed up as Charter Members.
•	The foundation of the Museum has been poured and the structure is beginning to take shape.

All of this growth is proof of the commitment to making sure the Museum opens its doors in just a few short years. We still have a long way to go, and meeting our financial goal is one of our greatest objectives. That is why I encourage you to support us today.
Together we are building a museum where exhibitions and public programs will inspire and educate generations to come. Visitors from the U.S. and around the world will be exposed to the art, the music, the achievements, and the great contributions African Americans have made from the very beginnings of our nation. That is such an important part of our mission — showing how the African American experience is not separate from America‘s history, it is America’s history!
Please make history with us and donate today to make sure this important Museum takes its place in the world-renowned Smithsonian family of museums.
Thank you for your support.

Sincerely, Signature

Lonnie G. Bunch Director

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NMAAHC

12/12/2013 Nativegrl77

2013 has been an exciting year for us!
Since our ground breaking in February 2012, the Museum has been taking shape at our construction site on the National Mall, located at the corner of 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, in Washington, DC.
Just before Thanksgiving, we installed by crane two signature objects — a Southern Railway railroad car (segregated) and a 1930s guard tower from Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola — too massive to be installed after the Museum is built. These will be a part of our inaugural exhibition on segregation.
As construction continues, the beams and pillars are beginning to rise. When finished, the Museum will be nearly 400,000 square feet, crowned by a 3-tiered bronze colored corona, but we still need additional funds to reach the finish line.
Can I count on your help? Please consider making a special, year-end tax-deductible gift to the Museum.
Your support is vital to preserving and promoting the cultural legacy of African Americans. Imagine seeing firsthand a PT-13 Stearman Bi-plane actually used to train Tuskegee pilots, viewing the lace shawl Queen Victoria gifted to Harriet Tubman, or enjoying a presentation of jazz music from the Harlem Renaissance!
With artifacts like these and more, the Museum will be a place that becomes a lens into a story that unites as all. To make this possible, Carmen, please consider making a tax-deductible donation today and ensure we stay on schedule to open the Museum’s doors in just a few short years.
Thank you for all you’ve done to support the Museum so far!

Sincerely,
Signature

Lonnie G. Bunch
Director

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NMAAHC and A Southern Railway … segregated

02/27/2013 Nativegrl77

WITNESS THE INSTALLATION OF THE MUSEUM’S FIRST OBJECTS INTO THE MUSEUM ON THE NATIONAL MALL

A Southern Railway (segregated) car built in 1920 and a 1930s-era guard tower from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

Guard Tower at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola

Where: Our construction site located at Constitution Ave and 14^th Streets NW, Washington, DC Metro: Smithsonian or Federal Triangle

The National Museum of African American History and Culture will install two of its signature objects in the museum’s Constitution Avenue construction site on Sunday, Nov. 17. The objects are the Museum’s Southern Railway railroad car (segregated) and a 1930s-era guard tower from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

A convoy of trucks will transport the 80-ton rail car and the 21-foot tall guard tower to the museum’s Constitution Avenue construction site. Cranes will lower the objects 60 feet below ground level into the museum where they will be kept while the building’s upper floors and roof are completed. Both objects will be featured in the museum’s inaugural exhibition on segregation.

You are welcome to view these events from the grassy hill on Madison Drive across from the site. This is a non-ticketed, informal viewing area that will be open to the public.