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National Museum of the American Indian Announces NMAI Prism Award Winners
2009–10–05
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National Museum of the American Indian Celebrates Four Landmark Anniversaries
2009–08–13
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November 28, 1989
President George Bush signed legislation establishing the National Museum of the American Indian as part of the Smithsonian Institution.

October 30, 1994
The museum’s first facility, the George Gustav Heye Center, officially opened in the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House at One Bowling Green in New York City.

September 28, 1999
The National Museum of the American Indian opened its second facility, the Cultural Resources Center, a state-of-the art research and collections facility, in Suitland, Maryland.

September 21, 2004
The National Museum of the American Indian’s third facility and flagship museum opened on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in front of the U.S. Capitol. The grand opening included a Native Nations Procession, opening ceremony, and a six-day First Americans Festival. Opening day alone brought more than 80,000 people to the National Mall.