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National Mall Exhibition at The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design, Richmond, VA
A new exhibition tells the story of the visionary design and planning of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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Welcome to Your National Mall: A Guide for First-Time Visitors
Throughout our country’s history, the National Mall in Washington, DC, has played a prominent role as a venue to inspire, celebrate, recreate, demonstrate, protest, and petition the government for redress […]
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March for Science Attendees: Welcome to the National Mall
The Mall on which you’re gathering for the April 22nd March for Science has a proud history of association with science and its vital roles in American life.
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The National Mall: Making Space for the African American History Museum
By Lisa Benton-Short On September 24, 2016 thousands gathered on the National Mall to celebrate the grand opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Inside the […]
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Has the National Mall run out of space?
By Gordon Binder November’s Washingtonian magazine includes Benjamin Freed’s Capital Comment, “Full Attic?” about one of the National Mall’s major challenges: finding sites to accommodate the continuing flow of proposals for new […]
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African American Museum concept reviewed
Dear Coalition Friends: Several news stories regarding the National Mall came out last week during our vacation. We’ll be sending them out in UPDATES in coming days. Here below The […]
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Kennicott essay, American Latino Museum
Power has been restored following Sunday’s wild storm so we can send you from last Sunday’s Washington Post culture critic Phil Kennicott’s thoughtful follow-up essay about the proposed Latino museum, lessons learned from the American Indian Museum on the Mall, and how we conceive museums that will be still relevant in 2050.
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Post culture critic on the Latino Museum
Dear Coalition Friends: In Sunday’s Washington Post, culture critic Philip Kennicott reviewed the site selection options for the Latino Museum and called on the District of Columbia government and Latino Museum Commission to take a long view. […]
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Coalition Chair Judy Feldman Featured in Washington Post Article “Preservation Law Puts Leash on Mall Projects”
Today’s Washington Post — District of Columbia Thursday special section — contains a front page story about recent changes to the Commemorative Works Act and a picture of Chair Judy Feldman standing in front of the “Closed” sign at the Washington Monument. Senator Craig Thomas (R-WY) is truly a champion of the Mall.
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National Mall Target of Another Memorial Proposal
In addition, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, authorized by Public Law 107-106, is in the process of reviewing sites in Washington, D.C.
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