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A Museum of African-American HistoryIs the newest addition to the nation's lawn a pink flamingo or a garden gnome?

By Witold RybczynskiPosted Wednesday, April 29, 2009, at 7:04 AM ET

Click here to read a slide-show essay on the National Museum of African American History and Culture.Click here to read a slide-show essay on the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Witold Rybczynski is Slate's architecture critic. His latest book is My Two Polish Grandfathers: And Other Essays on the Imaginative Life.
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