The First Ladies Exhibit Reopens Tomorrow at National Museum of American History
The National Museum of American History has been reopened for about a month, but one key exhibit did not reopen as part of the Grand Reopening. This exhibit is called the “First Ladies at the Smithsonian” and it reopens tomorrow, December 19, 2008. The website calls it a new permanent exhibit, but I am pretty sure it is mostly just a reopening of the same exhibit that was on display before the renovations. They probably have changed the exhibit to some extent and it always has been one of the most interesting, but I just do not think it has been changed enough to warrant it being called new.
The exhibit includes gowns worn by Martha Washington, Dolley Madison, Sarah Polk, Mary Todd Lincoln, Lucy Hayes, Frances Cleveland, Florence Harding, Grace Coolidge, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mamie Eisenhower, Jacqueline Kennedy, Rosalyn Carter, Nancy Reagan, and Laura Bush. Other artifacts on display include White House china, portraits, and Jacqueline Kennedy’s pearl necklace.
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