Washington Post - the Story behind the Design of the African American History & Culture Museum
Washington Post - Exclusive Tour inside the newest Smithsonian
Wallpaper Magazine Design Awards 2016: Best Cultural Draw – National Museum of African-American History and Culture →
“The museum ‘stands with and against the other institutions on the Mall’, he says, echoing Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, ‘with exactly this purpose: to say that this, too, is American history; this, too, is America.’”
NY Times Arts Beat - A Black History Museum Introduces Itself on the National Mall
A video display, titled "Commemorate & Celebrate Freedom," was projected on the facade of the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington
A new Smithsonian museum dedicated to telling the history of African-Americans lit up the National Mall on Monday night as historical images related to the Civil War, the abolition of slavery and the passage of the Voting Rights Act were projected onto the facade of the five-story building. Called the National Museum of African American History and Culture, it is slated to open next fall.
Smithsonian Magazine - Installing an Artifact in a Museum that Hasn't Even Been Built Yet →
Image credit: Ralph Appelbaum Associates
As depicted in this rendering of the museum interior, visitors will be able to pass through segregated Rail Car No. 1200. The museum will open in 2016 on the National Mall.
NY Times - Haunting Relic of History, Slave Cabin Gets a Museum Home in Washington
The cabin is being dismantled and will be rebuilt at the Smithsonian’s new African-American history museum. Credit: Stephen Morton for The New York Times