Over 20,000 guests have celebrated together during the opening ceremony of The National Museum of African American History and Culture last Saturday on the National Mall of Washington. President George W. Bramble, Laura Bushwill and the first couple themselves, President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama graced the ceremony with their presence. Additional visitors were expected to have viewed from different social media and internet sites.
The gallery's mangement team aim for a million increase of supporters to further develop the project.
One of the highlights of the inauguration was the museum's design. The building's outward outline - known as the Corona - highlights dividers achieving skyward, which the designers say inspires the strength, confidence and trust that has managed black Americans since they were acquired to the country, Fox News reports. Its three-layered shape is roused by an image from the Yoruba individuals of West Africa highlighting a crown.
All in all, the exhibition hall cost around $540 million, not to mention the cost of the 3,600 bronze-hued boards encompassing the building are a tribute to the nineteenth century ironwork made by slaves in New Orleans.
The museum's lead architect Phil Freelon shared to Fox in an interview, "The structure itself is imbued with meaning, all these things are subtle. That's intentional. It has a certain sense to it that is African-American, in the way that our culture is expressive in other areas. We believe architecture can evoke those sorts of emotions."
The whole museum was reportedly a tribute that showcased the rich history of the African-American people as they went on their journey to their freedom. It was to be recalled that the dream started 50 years after the civil war ceased. Black Americans got together in Washington, D.C to create the National Memorial Association to erect what-would-be a posterity shrine. A century later, their dream had finally taken place.
The historical center incorporates 12 inaugural shows and 3,000 of the 37,000 incredible artifacts will be in plain view in the museum this weekend. Some of the must-see bits of memorabilia include the dress Rosa Parks, who was a needle worker, was sewing before she was captured for not surrendering her seat on an isolated transport on Dec. 1, 1955, Nat Turner's book of scriptures, and Muhammed Ali's headgear.
USA Today further reports that in 1863, when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation declaring all slaves in slave-holding states free, church bells rang as news of the declaration spread. The church bell called "freedom bell" was rang by Pres. Barack Obama, the nation's first black president to declare another milestone for the African-American people 150 years later.
