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Author Bolden, Tonya, author.
Title How to build a museum : Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture / by Tonya Bolden.
Publisher New York : Viking, [2016]
©2016
Description 53 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
 book jacket
LOCATION CALL # STATUS
 Mt Lebanon Children's Non-Fiction  j 973.04 Bol     AVAILABLE

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Note Includes index.
Audience Ages 10-up.
Summary The campaign to set up a museum honoring black citizens is nearly 100 years old; building the museum itself and assembling its incredibly far-reaching collections is a modern story that involves all kinds of people, from educators and activists, to politicians, architects, curators, construction workers, and ordinary Americans who donated cherished belongings to be included.
Contents Dream -- Have a vision -- Go treasure hunting -- Build a fitting home -- Welcome the world -- Facts and figures.
Subject National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.
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African Americans -- Museums -- Washington (D.C.) -- Juvenile literature.
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Historical museums -- Washington (D.C.) -- Design and construction -- Juvenile literature.
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Child's Subj National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)
African Americans -- Museums -- Washington (D.C.)
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Historical museums -- Washington (D.C.) -- Design and construction.
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Alt Title Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture
ISBN 9780451476371 (hardcover)
0451476379 (hardcover)