What We Seek

The mission of Museum supporters: To have a presidential study commission created to explore establishment of the Museum.

Presidential Commission

The commission appointed by the President of the United States will be a bipartisan, diverse body of distinguished Americans with expertise required to create a major new national cultural institution. The commission, with the task of exploring the creation of the National Museum of the American People, will take 6-9 months to report its findings to the President and Congress.

Commission Agenda

The commission will study and report on:

• The story the Museum will tell and will develop an outline of that story
• Sites in Washington
• The mission of the Museum
• Audiences
• Costs
• A fund-raising plan
• How the Museum will support state, local and ethnic museums in the U.S. with a similar mission
• The Museum's governance, whether it is part of or independent of the Smithsonian Institution
• Components of the Museum
• A plan to create the Museum
• Draft legislation to create an entity that would be responsible for building the Museum and raising all of the funds required to plan, build and operate the Museum