Midafternoon Session of the AHA Program Committee
Friday, January 9, 2004
3:00–5:00 p.m.
64. The Material Culture of Nationalism at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
National Museum of American History, Carmichael Auditorium
13th and Constitution N.W., on the National Mall
| Chair: | Katherine Ott, National Museum of American History |
| Papers: | Building a National
Museum: Collecting History at
the Smithsonian before 1900 Making Progress: The Political
History Collection in the Life
of the National Museum The Politics
of Public History: Nationalism,
Popular Culture,
and Collections at the National
Museum
of American History |
| Comment: | Barbara Clark Smith,
National Museum of American History |
| Directions: Take
Metro Red Line from Woodley Park
Station to Metro Center (4 stops).
Go to lower platform and take Blue
or Orange Line (toward Addison
or New Carrollton) one stop to
Federal Triangle. Exit station.
At top of escalator, turn 180 degrees
and walk to 12th Street. Turn right
on 12th and walk half a block to
Constitution. You will see the
National Museum of American History
across the street to your right.
Cross Constitution, turn right,
and walk one-half block to entrance.
Carmichael Auditorium is immediately
to your left after you pass through
visitor screening. The guard can
direct you. |
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