NMHT Building Authorized
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PrintPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the bill authorizing the construction of a building for a Museum of History and Technology at a cost not to exceed $36 million. Congress also appropriates over two million dollars for the immediate planning of the museum.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1955, p. 1, 34
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
June 28, 1955