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March 22, 1956

Bird Hall, National Museum of Natural History, 1956

The new Bird Hall of the National Museum of Natural History opens to the public. Designed by bird curator Herbert Friedmann, it is the first in a series of new exhibitions that are part of the Smithsonian’s Exhibits Modernization Program.

Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives

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Posted: 22 March 2012
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