Arts and Industries Building
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The building's exhibition halls are currently closed in preparation for renovation. The Arts and Industries Building has a special role among Smithsonian buildings, as the original home of the National Museum. Designed in a High Victorian style by the Washington architectural firm of Cluss and Schulze, it opened in 1881 in time for the inaugural ball of President James A.
Garfield.
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