National Museum of American History celebrates 50th anniversary
Born out of postwar optimism about America's rising technological prowess, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History has evolved over it...
Auditorium Dedication Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, at the lectern; Rev. John C. Harper; Dr. Melvin M. Payne and Chief Justice Warren E. Burger gather onstage Jan. 21, 1974, for the dedication of the Carmichael Auditorium at the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History.
(Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives)