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Smithsonian African American Museum Celebrating First Year

August 26, 2017

Meet Zena Howard, one of the architects for the nation’s newest museum that has been a century in the making – the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. She’s the daughter of civil rights activists and is one of the 0.2 percent of black, female architects.

You can find timed entry passes to the museum here.

 

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