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Museum Mission
Museum to Tell Story of All Who Came to U.S. and Became Americans
The full story of the making of the American People starts with the first migrations to this land some 20,000 years ago and extends through waves of migration and immigration to the present.
Commission Agenda
Commission Is First Step Leading to New Museum
A bipartisan Presidential Commission to study the establishment of the National Museum of the American People is being proposed as the first step in creating the Museum.
Quotations
From Presidents Washington to Obama, Wisdom About Our American Heritage
 Here are quotes from President Washington to President Obama and others discussing our American heritage and immigration. Museum Story
Museum Will Tell Full Story of Americans in Four Chapters
The Museum could tell the full story of the American people in four chapters.
Timeline
Museum Could Open Doors in 2017 If Action Starts in 2010
 If a bi-partisan Presidential Study Commission to Study Establishment of the National Museum of the American People is announced this year and members are appointed to the Commission by the end of the year, the Museum could open by 2017. What’s New
K&L Gates Provides Pro Bono Support to Coalition
The Washington, D.C. office of the law firm K&L Gates LLP is generously providing pro bono support for the Coalition for the National Museum of the American People.
Why We Need It
12 Reasons to Build National American People Museum
Here are some reasons why a Presidential Commission should be established to study the proposed National Museum of the American People:
1. The United States was created and built by peoples from every land, and these people made this Nation the world's economic, military, scientific, and cultural leader;
2. A museum telling the story of the making of the American people belongs on or near the National Mall in Washington, DC;
3. The Museum would celebrate all of the peoples who came to this land and this nation, from the very first to the most recent, and tell the compelling story about their migration and immigration to our shores;
4. The Museum has the support of scores of diverse national American ethnic and minority organizations;
Potential Museum Audiences
Museum Could Draw 5 Million, Become Pilgrimage Destination
The Museum's potential audience is vast. People from every ethnic and minority group in the nation who are part of this story — in other words, everyone — would flock to the Museum to see how their story is told and to learn the stories of all the other groups. The Museum has the potential to become a national pilgrimage destination.
Examples
Canadian & Mexican Museums Tell Their National Stories
Both Canada and Mexico have major national museums in or near their capitals that tell the stories of the peoples that came to their lands.
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