Washington, DC Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture will open on the National Mall in 2016. The museum was designed by Freelon Group, Adjaye Associates, and Davis Brody Bond through a contest. The exterior scrim design mimics grilles found in Charleston, South Carolina and New Orleans, Louisiana. It was originally supposed to be bronze but now is painted to mimic bronze.
Washington, DC Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture will open on the National Mall in 2016. The museum was designed by Freelon Group, Adjaye Associates, and Davis Brody Bond through a contest. The exterior scrim design mimics grilles found in Charleston, South Carolina and New Orleans, Louisiana. It was originally supposed to be bronze but now is painted to mimic bronze.