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.
So far organizations now back establishment of the National Museum of the American People. They represent different ethnic, national, minority, and genealogical groups. Click on a group to view the organizations supporting this effort.
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.
In an E Pluribus Unum moment, groups from across the spectrum of American ethnic, minority and genealogically-based organizations came together on the National Mall in Washington, DC to call for establishment of the National Museum of the American People. Please take a look at this 2 1/2 minute video:
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.
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.
If a bi-partisan Presidential Study Commission to Study Establishment of the National Museum of the American People is announced in 2011, the Museum could open by 2018.
What's New House Support Is Bipartisan; 28 Cosponsors
WASHINGTON, DC - There are now 28 bipartisan House cosponsors of House Congressional Resolution 63. It calls for the creation of a Presidential Commission to study the establishment of a National Museum of the American People.
What's New 15 Ethnic Hill Caucus Co-chairs Are HCR 63 Cosponsors
As of January 30, the bipartisan co-chairs of 15 House Congressional ethnic caucuses and delegations have become cosponsors of H. Con. Res. 63. They include both bipartisan co-chairs of the Scottish and Native American caucuses and the Italian delegation and a co-chair of these caucuses: German, Greek, United Kingdom, Central Asia, Baltic, Hungarian, Turkish, Taiwan, Korea, Irish, Caribbean and Vietnam.
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.
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.
