Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Freelon, Adjaye, Bond, SmithGroup Architects
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Image Courtesy of the National Museum of African American History and Culture's Website.
- Summary
- An artist rendition of the design by architect David Adjaye of the Freelon Adjaye Bond/Smith Group for the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. The design features a museum that has glass walls and features a crown motif from a Yoruban sculpture. The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is a Smithsonian Institution museum established in 2003. It will be built on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and is set to open in 2015.
- Contained within
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 2010
- Standard number
- tmpF52C_tmp_tcm20-183729
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Landscape
- Exterior
- Digital Image
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1 Color: Color; Size: 14w x 10h ; Type of Image: Exterior; Landscape; Medium: Digital Image
- Place
- Washington (D.C.)
- Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- African Americans--History
- Architecture
- Museum architecture
- Architecture--Drawings and plans
- Architecture--Design and plans
- Museum buildings
- Architecture--Washington (D.C.)
- Record ID
- siris_sic_12690
