Exhibitions

The American Skating Mania

December 1, 1978 – March 1, 1979

National Museum of American History
1300 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC

1st Floor

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Enjoy 19th century skates, lithographs of idyllic winter scenes and skating club memorabilia—22 objects in all—showing how the Victorian pastime cut across social, age and economic barriers to become the country's first popular sport.

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