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    / Museums and galleries

    These are the National Museum of Natural History (1910), the Freer Gallery of Art (1923), the National Gallery of Art (1941 and 1978; housed in two buildings), the National Museum of American History (1964), the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (1974), the National Air and Space Museum (1976),…

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    These are the National Museum of Natural History (1910), the Freer Gallery of Art (1923), the National Gallery of Art (1941 and 1978; housed in two buildings), the National Museum of American History (1964), the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (1974), the National Air and Space Museum (1976),…

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