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Visiting the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Here & Now Newsroom

January 01, 2026

The exterior of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, before the museum opened, Sept. 14, 2016. (Susan Walsh/AP)

Here & Now’s Celeste Headlee talks with Drew Costley, assistant managing editor for Verite News about a recent, deeply personal trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

This segment aired on January 1, 2026.

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