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February 16, 2012

Artist's drawing of the National Museum Of African American History And Culture
Artist's drawing of the National Museum
Of African American History And Culture

Museum Of African American History And Culture Schedules Groundbreaking

The National Museum of African American History and Culture will officially break ground next week in Washington, D.C., six years after the project was launched.

The groundbreaking is scheduled for Wednesday, February 22, Lonnie Bunch, the museum's founding director, wrote in a letter to supporters.

"This day represents a major milestone in our development, keeping us on track to meet our projected opening in 2015," said Bunch, who also used the announcement of the groundbreaking to solicit funds for the museum.
The museum's website is AfricanAmerican.si.edu, and its email address is AAHCmember@si.edu.

Once completed, the museum will occupy a five-acre site on the National Mall, adjacent to the Washington Monument. The museum's collections will include material culture, documents, and art from the era of slavery, the period of Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, the civil rights movement, and more recent developments in history and culture from 1968 to the present, Bunch said.

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