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Celebrating African American History and Culture

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Portrait of Josiah Henson from Father Henson’s story of his own life.

In celebration of the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture this weekend, we’ve put together a special digital collection of titles related to the African American experience.  Many of these books come from our National Museum of African American History and Culture Library, which will open in the museum later this year.  Below are a few highlights from the collection. To see the entire collection, visit Celebrating African American History and Culture in our Digital Library.

A Dream Realized: The National Museum of African American History & Culture Library

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View of the NMAAHC construction site, January 2014

Shauna Collier, Librarian for the National Museum of African American History & Culture, contributed this post.

Late last year my dream of becoming the librarian for the National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC) came true, and a month ago I returned to the Smithsonian Libraries (I worked here years ago as the Anacostia Librarian).  After receiving the warmest welcome from my library and museum colleagues, I started receiving the question “So what’s happening with the NMAAHC Library?”  Well, it is all still coming together, but I will use this opportunity to give a brief update.