BGuthrie Photos: DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C) A Century in the Making

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. AACENT_161011_001.JPG: A Century in the Making Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture
2. AACENT_161011_012.JPG: A Need for a Museum
3. AACENT_161011_023.JPG: The Museum Site
4. AACENT_161011_026.JPG: African Americans in Washington, DC
5. AACENT_161011_028.JPG: Slavery in Washington, DC, 1836
6. AACENT_161011_031.JPG: African Americans at the Smithsonian
7. AACENT_161011_035.JPG: Alley between Sixth and Seventh Streets and Maryland Avenue, SW, 1941
8. AACENT_161011_039.JPG: Marian Anderson
9. AACENT_161011_042.JPG: Marches on the Mall
10. AACENT_161011_044.JPG: Accountability Measures
11. AACENT_161011_047.JPG: Consulting Parties
12. AACENT_161011_053.JPG: Area of Impact
13. AACENT_161011_055.JPG: A Symbolic Site At the Crossroads On the Nation's "Front Yard"
14. AACENT_161011_061.JPG: Porch and Reflecting Pool: Below the Porch is the Reflecting Pool. Together these two features create a cooling "microclimate" for visitors at the southern entrance.
15. AACENT_161011_062.JPG: Cutaways and Lenses: Openings in the building's Corona were designed to provide strategic views out onto the landscape. The east-facing cutaways frame views of the National Mall.
16. AACENT_161011_063.JPG: Oculus: Described as a beacon on the landscape, the circular-shaped Oculus channels light and a cascade of water down into the Contemplative Court, located on this level.
17. AACENT_161011_065.JPG: Landscape: Gently curving pathways, trees native to the Southeast, and a field of bluish crocuses that resemble a rush of water are part of the landscape design.
18. AACENT_161011_067.JPG: Reading Grove: Beyond the Oculus, the Hope and Optimism Reading Grove has sating areas designed to look like two hands clasping each other.
19. AACENT_161011_076.JPG: Design in Harmony A New Element Protecting Historic Resources
20. AACENT_161011_080.JPG: Evidence Unearthed: Most of the items uncovered during the archaeological excavations of the NMAAHC site were 19th-century household refuse, or discarded items, such as this 1840s ironstone pitcher base.
21. AACENT_161011_082.JPG: An Architectural Marvel
22. AACENT_161011_087.JPG: Collaborative Place Making
23. AACENT_161011_089.JPG: Designing the Museum
24. AACENT_161011_092.JPG: FINALIST: Devrouax & Purnell Architects / Planners and Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects
25. AACENT_161011_094.JPG: FINALIST: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
26. AACENT_161011_096.JPG: FINALIST: Foster + Partners
27. AACENT_161011_098.JPG: FINALIST: Moody Nolan in association with Antoine Predock Architect
28. AACENT_161011_101.JPG: FINALIST: Moshe Safdie and Associates
29. AACENT_161011_105.JPG: WINNING FINALIST: Freelon Adjaye Bond / SmithGroup
30. AACENT_161011_106.JPG: Construction and Engineering
31. AACENT_161011_109.JPG: Exhibition Design and Fabrication
32. AACENT_161011_112.JPG: Landscape Architecture
33. AACENT_161011_123.JPG: Collecting Fashion
34. AACENT_161011_126.JPG: A Collection from Scratch
35. AACENT_161011_129.JPG: Our Museum Family
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Description of Subject Matter: A Century in the Making: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture
September 24, 2016 – Ongoing
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will open on the National Mall Sept. 24, but the effort to build the museum began more than 100 years ago. This exhibit explores the journey toward fulfillment of this long-held dream, providing an overview of the century-long struggle that began in 1915 and its culminating achievements. Opening the museum has involved the efforts of presidents and members of Congress, curators and architects, art collectors and army veterans, celebrities and ordinary citizens. Visitors will learn the inspiration behind the museum’s architectural building design and the significance of the museum’s unique location on the National Mall, at the center of Washington’s historic core.
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2016 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Seven relatively short trips this year: two Civil War Trust conference (Gettysburg, PA and West Point, NY, with a side-trip to New York City), my 11th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including sites in Utah, Nevada, and California), a quick trip to Michigan for Uncle Wayne's funeral, two additional trips to New York City, and a Civil Rights site trip to Alabama during the November elections. Being in places where people died to preserve the rights of minority voters made the Trumputin election even more depressing. Number of photos taken this year: just over 610,000.
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