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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.

What’s New

As of , ethnic, national and minority organizations have signed on to the Coalition for the National Museum of the American People which is seeking a bipartisan federal commission to study the establishment of the Museum. The Museum would tell the stories of all of the peoples who have come to this land from some 20,000 years ago through today.

What’s New
Congressional Resolution
Urges White House Action

WASHINGTON, DC, July 22 -- A bi-partisan resolution urging the White House to establish a bi-partisan commission to study the establishment of the National Museum of the American People has been drafted and original sponsors are being sought. The Coalition is urging quick passage of the measure during this session of Congress.

What’s New
24 Internationally Eminent
Scholars Back Museum Study

Scholars from around the globe specializing in the migration and immigration of peoples are now affiliated with the Coalition for the National Museum of the American People. The scholars represent a range of disciplines, including historians, anthropologists and sociologists. The Museum will be a scholarly driven institution.

Museum Sites
Washington Officials Designate
Five Museum Sites By Mall

The gathering of peoples from throughout the world is one of the essential and ongoing stories of our nation. Yet, at the central gathering point in our nation’s capital on or near the National Mall, there is little that tells a full and coherent story about all of the peoples that came to make this nation. Without this story being told here, there’s a monumental void in the midst of our capital.

Museum Components
Museum Will Include Scholars Center, Educators, Genealogy and Film Units, Book Store & Eight Other Components

Major components of the National Museum of the American People that could be explored by the Presidential Commission could include:

In Congress
Museum Study Bill Introduced in
110th Congress by Rep. Hinchey

Congressmen Maurice Hinchey, D-NY, and Tim Bishop, D-NY, introduced a bill, H.R. 6883, calling on Congress to consider the establishment of a major new national museum in Washington, D.C. - the National Museum of the American People. The bill was introduced at the end of the 110th Congress on September 11, too late to advance.

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