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American History Museum

Power Machinery

Reopens May 29, 2016 — Permanent

Location: 1st Floor, East Wing

By the late 19th century, America’s Industrial Revolution was moving hill steam ahead. This hall follows the development of the increasingly efficient power machinery that helped the United States become a world leader in industrial production during this time.

Portrait Gallery

Lincoln’s Contemporaries

May 13, 2016-May 12, 2019

Location: 1st Floor, North Wing, Meserve Corridor

This exhibition features Mathew Brady’s portraits of twenty famous persons — from showman P.T. Barium and inventor Samuel Morse to musician Teresa Carreon and clergyman Henry Ward Beecher — who reflect the diversity of American intellectual and cultural life during Lincoln’s presidency.

Smithsonian Design Museum

Energizing the Everyday: Gifts from the George R. Kravis II Collection

April 28, 2016 — March 12, 2017

Location: 2nd Floor

Energizing the Everyday celebrates the exceptional gifts from leading collector George R. Kravis II to Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. From radios to furniture, the exhibition displays some of the most influential objects in the history of modernism, alongside some works drawn from the museum’s collection.

21. Where will you go if you are interested in machine producing?

A. American History Museum.                   B. American Art Museum.

C. Portrait Gallery.                          D. Smithsonian Design Museum.

22. What can you see at Portrait Gallery?

A. A lot of ancient furniture.                    B. Important American inventions.

C. Portraits of some celebrities.                 D. The gifts of Lincoln’s presidency.

23. Who gave special gifts to Smithsonian Design Museum?

A. Martin Puryear.                            B. Mathew Brady.

C. Cooper Hewitt.                         D. George R. Kravis II.