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NMAAHC: Major Artifacts Rotated Off Display

National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington D.C., DC · On map

NMAAHC: Major Artifacts Rotated Off Display
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NBC News and other outlets reported dozens of objects tied to slavery and civil rights were no longer on public view at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, including items linked to Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, following an executive order on Smithsonian content; the Smithsonian cited standard rotations and loan practices.

African American Civil rights movement Museums & memory Slavery & emancipation