National Museum of American History Washington DC

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Location: National Mall, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC

MUSEUM WILL CLOSE ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2006 FOR REMODELING AND WILL REOPEN IN THE SUMMER OF 2008 The National Museum of American History opened to the public in January 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology.

It was the sixth Smithsonian building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum area is approximately 750,000 square feet, including a basement, three main exhibition levels, two office-collection levels, and a mechanical penthouse on the roof. The space includes workshops, laboratories, offices, libraries, archives, and other support areas along with an auditorium, a bookstore, gift shops, public and staff cafeterias, an ice cream parlor, and a working post office. In October, 1980, the Museum's name was changed to the National Museum of American History to better represent its basic mission--the collection, care, and study of objects that reflect the experience of the American people.