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National Museum of American History

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introduction

The National Museum of American History is a 3 story museum in Washington D.C with many arrangements of America's previous news and crisis years ago. You can find anything from scraps of the original star spangled banner, The Wizard of Ozz's slippers, or a rare UFO vehicle. There you can find tons of remains of America's past on relating topics such as military, social life, and politics. It starts in 1651 with the Boston fabric shop, and ending in 1999 with many many photos and remains of the Nixon Watergate incident, and everything in between.

interesting facts

The museum holds the top hat former president Abraham Lincoln wore on the night he got assisnated in Ford's Theater

The National Museum of American History holds the first computer mouse

More than just Abe's hat is included in this museum, you can't forget the King of Pop's (aka Michael Jackson's) either

Transportation is something that has brought America very far. This exhibits includes the first car ever driven across the United States, 40 feet of route 66, and much more

Could you even imagine your life without plastic? It's a weird question, but The National Museum of American History holds some of the oldest plastic, when it was invented in 1869

Want to dress like royalty? Well get inspired by 11 gowns of former first ladys' gowns

October 1776, the American boat Philadelphia sank against an attack on the British, which was found in 1935 in Lake Champagne

pictures

These are just a few pictures of some of the exhibits you can see, ranging anywhere from pop culture, social life, politics, and wars of American history.