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Madam on the Mall

mid-January 2001 - May 28, 2001

Museum: Arts and Industries Building

Location: North Galley

Prior to the groundbreaking for the National Museum of the American Indian, the Smithsonian Institution commissioned an extensive archaeological study of the site. During their excavations, the archaeologists began to see evidence of artifacts which would only be found in a wealthy household, unusual in a known working-class neighborhood.

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