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4 YEARS in 2 MINUTES: DC's Newest, Most Amazing Museum

Oct. 11, 2016
The museum officially opened on September 24, with a ceremony attended by former president George W. Bush, and president Barack Obama.

BUILTWORLDS reports on the completion of the National Museum of African American History an Culture, which officially opened on September 24. The very unique structure has three tiers and five stories, and occupies 450,000-sq-ft facility, adjacent to the Washington Monument. It features 3,000 displays, and resembles a Corona perched atop a Yoruban Caryatid, a traditional Nigerian wood column Watch the video below to see the time-lapse record of the museum's construction.

Watch the entire video below, and then, visit this link to read more about the museum's journey to reality.