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...
First Visitors On Jan. 23, 1964, guests stroll the halls at the dedication of the Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, passing Horatio Greenough's statue of George Washington.
(Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History)