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Today in Smithsonian History: July 14, 1986

Ann Leven uses the first ATM machine at the Air and Space Museum

Ann Leven, Treasurer of the Smithsonian Institution, uses the first Automatic Teller Machine installed near the gift shop entrance in the National Air and Space Museum. (Photo by Mark Avino, as featured in the Torch, August 1986)

July 14, 1986 A newly installed automatic teller machine in the National Air and Space Museum is placed in operation. It is the first of three machines at NASM, the National Museum of Natural History and the National Museum of American History to be installed, entirely coincidentally, near the museum shop entrances.

Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives

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