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July 16, 1918

The National History Building, United States National Museum, is closed to the public. The ground floor and two exhibit floors—138,600 square feet of space— are used as office space by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. The museum will reopen to the public after the end of World War I, in April 1919.

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Posted: 16 July 2010
About the Author:

Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.