Thursday, January 23, 1964: National Museum of Science and Technology

The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Science and Technology opens in Washington, D.C. (It was renamed the National Museum of American History in October 1980.)

-- Image of Foucault Pendulum, circa 1970 (from the Smithsonian)

* Smithsonian sites: @ and @ and @

* "Legacies: Collecting America's History at the Smithsonian": @

* President Johnson's remarks at dedication (January 22): @

* "Annual Report of the Board of Regents for the Smithsonian Institution" (for the year ended June 30, 1964): @

* "Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology" (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979): @

* "Narrating 'America' " (Marie Plassart, European Journal of American Studies, 2007): @

* "New Museum Best Tourist Attraction in Capital" (Copley News Service, February 1964): @

* "New Roofs for a Nation's Attic" (The Rotarian, May 1965): @

* "Giant pendulum draws swinging museum goers" (United Press International, March 1977): @ 

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