The American Presidency

Permanent exhibition, opened Nov. 15, 2000. Daily 10–5:30, except Christmas Day; admission free, required timed-entry passes available same day at the exhibition or in advance (with handling fee) from TicketMaster. 9,000 sq. ft. Spencer Crew, director; Lonnie Bunch III, associate director for curatorial affairs; Harry R. Ruben-stein, political history curator; Gallagher and Associates, designer. Internet: visitors' guide, timeline, classroom activities, Web links, bibliographies (Sept. 25, 2001). “The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden” would seem to be just the kind of exhibition that the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., should be organizing. Drawn mainly from its extensive political collections and addressing a topic of national significance, this exhibit seems like the perfect bookend to balance the First Ladies collections at the museum that have long been a must-see as part of a pilgrimage to the nation's capital. The presidency—something most Americans take for granted—is one

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