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National Library of China The National Library of China () in Bejing is the largest library of Asia and with a collection of over 22 million volumes (including individually counted periodicals, without these around 10 million) the fifth largest in the world. It holds the largest worldwide collection of Chinese literature.
National Library of Ireland National Library of Ireland is a national library located in Dublin, Ireland, in a building designed by Thomas Newenham Deane. The Minister for Arts, Sport & Tourism is the member of the Irish Government responsible for the library.
National Library of Medicine classification The National Library of Medicine (NLM) classification system is a library indexing system covering the fields of medicine and preclinical basic sciences. The NLM classification is patterned after the Library of Congress (LC) Classification system in which alphabetical letters which denote broad subject categories are further subdivided by numbers.
National Library of Mexico The National Library of Mexico (Spanish: Biblioteca Nacional de MĂ©xico) is located in Ciudad Universitaria, the main campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City. It was first established on October 26, 1833.
National Library of New Zealand The National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa in Maori) is New Zealand's legal deposit library and a public service department, charged with the obligation to 'enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations' (National Library of New Zealand Act 2003). Under the Act, it is also expected to be:
National Library of Pakistan The National Library of Pakistan was established on August 24, 1982, almost 35 years after the country's independence was granted. Over a short span of seven years the library has acquired numerous collections through purchases, copyright deposits, gifts, exchanges, and donations.
National Library of Poland National Library of Poland () is a central repository of books and newspapers of Poland. It is directly subordinate to the Polish Ministry of Culture and has the right to receive a copy of every book printed in Poland by a Polish publisher.
National Library of Scotland The National Library of Scotland is a legal deposit library in Scotland. It is based in a collection of buildings in Edinburgh city centre, the headquarters being on George IV Bridge, between the Old Town and the university quarter.
National Library of Serbia National Library of Serbia (Serbian: Народна библиотека Србије/Narodna biblioteka Srbije) is situated in the city of Belgrade (Vracar municipality). In 1941 bombing of Belgrade by Nazi Germany saw the destruction of more than one million books.
National Library of Wales The National Library of Wales (Welsh: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru) is the national legal deposit library of Wales, located in Aberystwyth. It is entitled to receive a copy of every published work from the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and houses over 4 million printed volumes.
National Library Service of Barbados The National Library Service of Barbados is the government supported public-library service in the nation of Barbados. Headquartered in the capital-city Bridgetown, the main branch is found on Coleridge Street.
National Library, Singapore The National Library in Singapore is located on an 11,304 square metre-site between Bugis Junction and the Bras Basah Complex at 100 Victoria Street. The new building, a 16-storey, two-block development situated in the city's Civic District, replaces the old National Library at Stamford Road, which closed on 31 March 2004.
National Location Code In the context of the ticketing system of the British railway network, a National Location Code (NLC) is a four-digit code allocated to every railway station and railway ticket issuing point in Great Britain. NLCs are used in the issue of tickets, and for accounting purposes.
National Longitudinal Surveys The National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) are a set of surveys conducted by the US Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, designed to gather information at multiple points in time on significant life events of several population samples of US citizens, especially their labor market activities. The NLS' data has been an important tool since the 1970s for economists, sociologists, and other researchers.
National museums of Canada National museums of Canada are operated by four Crown corporations, established on July 1, 1990, by the Museums Act (1990): The National Gallery of Canada Corporation, the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation, the Canadian Museum of Nature Corporation, and the National Museum of Science and Technology Corporation (now the Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation).
National Magazine Award The National Magazine Award is a prestigious American award that honors excellence in the magazine industry. It is administered by the American Society of Magazine Editors and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.
National Map The National Map is a project by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to digitize thematic mapping. The National Map will contain various layers of data that can be integrated together, with data from multiple levels from the local to the national government.
National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (Philippines) The Philippines' National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (Filipino: Pambansang Pangasiwaan sa Pag-mamapa at Dulugang Kaalaman), abbreviated as NAMRIA, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources responsible for providing the public with map-making services and acting as the central mapping agency, depository, and distribution facility of natural resources data in the form of maps, charts, texts, and statistics.
National Marine Conservation Areas National Marine Conservation Areas (NMCAs) is a Parks Canada programme responsible for marine areas managed for sustainability and containing smaller zones of high protection. They include the seabed, the water itself and any species which occur there.
National Marine Mammal Laboratory The National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) is a United States research laboratory that undertakes research into marine mammals under the direction of the National Marine Fisheries Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
National Marine Science Centre, Australia The National Marine Science Centre (NMSC) is an Australian university level teaching and research institute, a collaboration between the University of New England and Southern Cross University, sited at Coffs Harbour, New South Wales.
National Maritime College of Ireland The National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI) is a joint project between Cork Institute of Technology and the Irish Naval Service and is located in Ringaskiddy, County Cork, Ireland. The Institutes of Technology Act 2006 will see the college becoming a school of the Cork Institute of Technology.
National Mass Transportation Assistance Act The National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974 is a United States federal law that extended the Urban Mass Transportation Act to cover operating costs as well as construction costs. This act was the culmination of a major lobbying effort by the transit industry and urban interests to secure federal operating assistance for transit.
National Mathematics Talent Contest The National Mathematics Talent Contest or NMTC is a national-level mathematics contest conducted by the Association of Mathematics Teachers of India or AMTI. It is strongest in Tamil Nadu, which is the operating base of the AMTI.
National Maximum Speed Law The National Maximum Speed Law is a provision of the 1974 Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Actthat capped all speed limits at 55 mph. This cap was intended to conserve gasoline in response to the 1973 oil crisis].
National Meat Association National Meat Association (NMA) is a non-profit, industry trade association headquartered in Oakland, California. NMA was formed by the merger of Pacific Coast Meat Association, itself formed in 1948, and Western States Meat Packers Association which had launched in 1946 in San Francisco, California.
National Medal of Arts The National Medal of Arts is an award and title bestowed on selected honorees by the National Endowment for the Arts. Ceremoniously given by the President of the United States, it is the highest honor given to an individual artist by the national government on behalf of the people.
National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science, also called the Presidential Medal of Science, is an honor given by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics. The Committee on the National Medal of Science under the National Science Foundation (NSF) is responsible for recommending medal candidates to the President.
National Medal of Technology The National Medal of Technology is an honor granted by the President of the United States to inventors and innovators that have made significant contributions to the development of new and important technology. The award may be granted to a specific person, to a group of people or to an entire organization or corporation.
National Media Museum The National Media Museum (formerly the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television) is part of the British National Museum of Science and Industry, which also includes the National Railway Museum, Science Museum and NMSO Wroughton. The museum is located on the site of a former theatre and art gallery, in the centre of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England and came about as the result of discussions between Dame Margaret Weston and Bradford city.
National Memorial Arch The National Memorial Arch is dedicated "to the officers and private soldiers of the Continental Army December 19, 1777 June 19, 1778". The Arch is located in Valley Forge National Historical Park in Pennsylvania.
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona. It encompasses 225 acres, and as of the end of 2005, had 43,672 interments.
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (also Punchbowl National Cemetery) is a cemetery located in Honolulu, Hawai'i that serves a memorial to those men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces. It is administered by the National Cemetery Administration of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
National Memorial for 7 July 2005 London bombings The permanent National Memorial for the victims of the 7 July 2005 London bombings is a planned memorial to be located in Tavistock Square in the London Borough of Camden. Tavistock Square was selected as the number 30 bus that exploded killing 17 was in the North East corner of the square.
National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism The National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT) is a non-profit organization founded in response to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Supported by Department of Homeland Security and other government grant funds, the institute conducts research into the causes of terrorism and maintains the MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base — an online database of terrorist incidents, groups, and other information.
National Merit Scholarship Corporation National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance. NMSC conducts two annual competitions for recognition and scholarships--the National Merit Scholarship Program, which is open to all students who meet entry requirements, and the National Achievement Scholarship Program in which only Black American students participate.
National Merit Scholarship Program The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic scholarship competition for recognition and college scholarships administered by National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), a privately funded, not-for-profit organization. The program began in 1955.
National Metal and Steel National Metal and Steel Corporation was engaged in ship dismantling and stevedoring operations at Terminal Island in Los Angeles, California. Operations ceased on 1 January 1986 when the company lost its harbor facility.
National Microbiology Laboratory The National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) is located in the Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This modern state-of-the-art facility houses the NML's Biological Safety Level 4 (BSL-4) containment laboratory, currently Canada's only BSL-4 laboratory and one of just 15 such laboratories in the world.
National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame The National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame and museum for midget cars. The Hall of Fame is located at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, and can be accessed during weekly Sunday races during the summer.
National Military Academy of Afghanistan National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA), is the Military Academy of Afghan National Army, located in Kabul, Afghanistan. It is a four-year military development institution dedicated to graduating officers for the Afghan National Army.
National Military Command Center Located in the Pentagon, the National Military Command Center houses the logistical and communications center for the National Command Authority of the United States of America. The facility, which is composed of several war rooms, is the principal command and control center of the Department of Defense.
National Military Park National Military Park, National Battlefield, National Battlefield Park, and National Battlefield Site are four designations for battle sites preserved by the United States federal government because of their national importance.
National Military Strategy The National Military Strategy (of the United States) (NMS) is issued by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as a deliverable to the Secretary of Defense briefly outlining the strategic aims of the armed services. The NMS's chief source of guidance is the National Security Strategy document.
National Millennium Trail National Millennium Trails are 16 long-distance trails selected from 58 nominees as visionary trails that reflect defining aspects America's history and culture. The trails were chosen on June 26, 2000 by the White House Millennium Council.
National Mills Day National Mills day is an event in the United Kingdom and occurs annually on the first Sunday in May. Traditionally many preserved wind and watermills that are usually closed to the general public open their doors and offer an insight into the mills workings and history.
National Mineral Development Corporation The National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (incorporated 1958) is a public sector unit of the Government of India. It is fully owned by the Government of India and is under administrative control of the Ministry of Steel.
National Minimum Drinking Age Act The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 was passed on July 17 1984 by the United States Congress as a mechanism whereby all states would become thereafter required to legislate and enforce the age of 21 years as a minimum age for purchasing or public possession of alcoholic beverages. Under the Federal Aid Highway Act, a state not enforcing the minimum age would be subjected to a ten percent decrease in its annual federal highway apportionment.
National Minimum Wage Act 1998 The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 was a flagship policy of the Labour Party in the UK during its 1997 election campaign and is still pronounced today in New Labour Party circulars as an outstanding gain for ‘at least 1.5 million people’.
National Mining Hall of Fame The National Mining Hall of Fame is a museum located in Leadville, Colorado, USA, dedicated to commemorating the work of miners and people the work with natural resources. The museum also participates in efforts to inform the public about the mining industry.
National Minority Movement The National Minority Movement was a British organisation, linked to the Communist Party of Great Britain which attempted to organise a united front with the existing trade unions. By the time of the NMM's formation in 1924, the Comintern had abandoned strategies based on the prospect of an imminent world revolution in favour of slow, gradual working within 'bourgeios' institutions such as social democratic parties and reformist trade unions.
National Missile Defense National Missile Defense (NMD) as a generic term is a military strategy and associated systems to shield an entire country against incoming Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs). The missiles could be intercepted by other missiles, or possibly by lasers.
National Missile Defense in Canada On 24 February, 2005, Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew announced Canada would not be joining the United States' missile defense program. Pettigrew cited sound policy principles as factors in rejecting the program.
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America The National Missionary Baptist Convention of America is an African-American Baptist association that serves as a means of fellowship and cooperation in missionary, benevolent and educational enterprises for its churches.
National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam was a relatively short-lived coalition of antiwar activists formed in 1967 to organize large demonstrations in opposition to the Vietnam war. The organization was informally known as "the Mobe.
National Model Railroad Association The National Model Railroad Association, or NMRA, is a non-profit organization for those involved in the hobby or business of model railroading. It was founded in the United States in 1935, and is now active in Canada, Australia, Great Britain, and the Netherlands.
National Monument (Ireland) A National Monument in the Republic of Ireland, is a monument (or remains of) under preservation by the State, as a result of its being considered to be of national importance. As of 2006 the legal basis for this status are the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2004 National Monuments (Amendment) Act 2004, Section 9 - Irish Legal Information Initiative.
National Monuments of Singapore The Preservation of Monuments Board (PMB), a statutory board within the Government of Singapore under the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA), has so far gazetted 58 buildings and structures in Singapore as the National Monuments of Singapore. These buildings are deemed to be of special historic, traditional, archaeological, architectural or artistic value.
National Monuments Record of Scotland The National Monuments Record of Scotland (NMRS) is an archive of the sites, monuments and buildings of Scotland's past maintained by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. There are currently 240,000 archaeological sites, monuments and buildings recorded in CANMORE, the NMRS database.
National Motor Museum The National Motor Museum (originally the Montagu Motor Museum) is a museum in Beaulieu, Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1952 by Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu as a tribute to his father, who was one of the great pioneers of motoring in the United Kingdom, being the first person to drive a motor car into the yard of the Houses of Parliament, and having introduced King Edward VII (then the Prince of Wales) to motoring in the latter part of the 19th century.
National Motors Corporation National Motors Corporation (NMC) is a fictional United States-based automobile manufacturer headquartered in Detroit which is featured in the 10-hour television mini series Wheels. The series chronicles the development of one of its models, a gullwing door sports car aimed at young drivers called the Hawk, under the direction of NMC Vice President Adam Trenton (Rock Hudson).
National Movement for Reform and Development The National Movement for Reform and Development (NMRD) is a Sudanese rebel group based in the region of Darfur that was formed when it broke away from the Justice and Equality Movement in 2004 because it felt JEM focused to much on the political, rather than the social and economic needs of the Fur people. JEM merged with the Alliance of Revolutionary Forces of West Sudan on January 20, 2006.
National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution The National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution (Mouvement National pour la RĂ©volution Culturelle et Sociale or MNRCS) was a political party in Chad. It was the successor to the Chadian Progressive Party (PPT) and existed from 1973 to 1975 as the country's sole legal party, under the strict control of the President Ngarta Tombalbaye.
National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland The National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland (Nacionalno DviĹľenie za Spasenie na Otecestvoto) is a nationalist political party in Bulgaria. It is part of the Union Attack, that won at the last legislative elections, 25 june 2005, 9.
National Movement Simeon II The National Movement Simeon II (Bulgarian: Национално движение Симеон Втори or Nacionalno Dviženie Simeon Vtori) is a political party in Bulgaria, the vehicle of Simeon Borisov Sakskoburggotski, the deposed Tsar of Bulgaria and former Prime Minister. It was founded in 2000 by Stoyan Ganev, former president of The Forty-Seventh Session Of The General Assembly in The United Nations.
National Multicultural Greek Council The National Multicultural Greek Council (NMGC) is an umbrella council for thirteen Multicultural Greek Letter Organizations established in 1998. The purpose of NMGC is to provide a forum that allows for the free exchange of ideas, programs, and services between its constituent fraternities and sororities; to promote the awareness of multicultural diversity within collegiate institutions, their surrounding communities, and the greater community-at-large and to support and promote the works of its member organizations.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, a United States-based non-profit organization, and its network of chapters nationwide promote research, educate, advocate on issues relating to multiple sclerosis, and organize a wide range of programs, including support for the newly diagnosed and those living with MS.
National Museum and Art Gallery, Trinidad The National Museum and Art Gallery is at the top of Frederick Street in Port of Spain, opposite Memorial Park and just south of the Queen's Park Savannah. It was established in 1892 and was originally called the Royal Victoria Institute.
National Museum Cardiff The National Museum Cardiff (Welsh: Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd) is a museum and art gallery in Cardiff, Wales. It is part of the Edwardian civic complex of Cathays Park, which includes the City Hall, Law Courts, what is now Cardiff University and a building for the Welsh Assembly.
National Museum in Warsaw National Museum in Warsaw, Masovian Voivodship, Poland - exists from May 20 1862 as Museum of Fine Arts in Warsaw, renamed in 1916 to National Museum in Warsaw (together with inclusion of collection from different museum and cultural institutions how: the Society of Care over Relics of Past, Museum of Antiquity at Warsaw University, the Museum of Society for Encouragment of Fine Arts and the Museum of Industry and Agriculture.) Current seat in Aleje Jerozolimskie was developed from 1927 to 1938 (until the time the museum was based in 15 Podwale Street).
National Museum Machado de Castro The National Museum Machado de Castro (Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro) is an art museum in Coimbra, Portugal, named after the renowned Portuguese sculptor Joaquim Machado de Castro. It is one of the most important art museums in Portugal, and is housed in the former Palace of the Bishops.
National Museum of American History Archives Center The National Museum of American History Archives Center occupies over 12,000 feet of shelving in the National Museum of American History building. The archives are made up of photographs, motion pictures, videotapes, and sound recordings of events in American History.
National Museum of American Indian act The National Museum of the American Indian act (NMAIA) was passed in 1989. This law made it necessary for museums, especially the Smithsonian, to take an inventory of the Native American burial artifacts that they had in their archives, as well as on exhibit.
National Museum of Art of Romania The National Museum of Art of Romania (Romanian: Muzeul Naţional de Artă al României) is located in the former royal palace in the center of Bucharest, Romania, completed in 1937. It features notable collections of medieval and modern Romanian art, as well as the international collection assembled by the Romanian royal family.
National Museum of Art, Osaka Osaka's National Museum of Art (Kokuritsu Kokusai Bijutsukan, 国立国際美術館) is a subterranean art museum in central Osaka, Japan, located on Nakanoshima, an island between the Dōjima River and the Tosabori River about 5 minutes east of Higobashi Station. The exhibits mainly consist of modern art both from Japan and abroad, but other temporary exhibits are also held.
National Museum of Australia The building is meant to be the centre of a knot, with trailing ropes or strips extending from the building. The most obvious of these extensions forms a large loop before becoming a walkway which extends past the neighbouring AIATSIS building ending in a large curl, as if a huge ribbon has haphazardly unrolled itself along the ground.
National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Zemaljski Muzej Bosne i Hercegovine), is located in central Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was established in 1888, having originally been conceived around 1850.
National Museum of Contemporary Art The National Museum of Contemporary Art (Muzeul Naţional de Artă Contemporană, or MNAC, in Romanian) is a contemporary art museum in Bucharest, Romania. The museum is located in a new glass wing of the Palace of the Parliament, the largest building in Europe.
National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame The National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame was created in 1986 in Saratoga Springs, New York to honor the craft of dance. Various photographs, videos, artifacts, costumes, biographies, and archives are available for viewing.
National Museum of Ethnology, Japan The National Museum of Ethnology, Japan, was established in 1974 and opened to the public in 1977, and is built on the former grounds of World Expo 1970. The founding collection is known as the Attic Collection, and is an early 20th century ethnological collection of mainly Japanese materials, including some early finds of Jomon archaeological artefacts.
National Museum of Fine Arts The National Museum of Fine Arts, or Nationalmuseum, is the national museum of Sweden, located in Stockholm. It exhibis an impressive art collection due to its benefactors, King Gustav III and Carl Gustaf Tessin.
National Museum of History and Art The National Museum of History and Art (, , ), abbreviated to MNHA, is a museum located in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is dedicated to displaying artworks and artefacts from all epochs of Luxembourgian history.
National Museum of Iceland The National Museum of Iceland (Þjóðminjasafn Íslands) was established on 24 February 1863, with Jón Árnason the first curator of the Icelandic collection, previously kept in Danish museums. The second curator, Sigurður Guðmundsson, advocated the creation of an antiquarian collection, and the museum was called the Antiquarian Collection until 1911.
National Museum of Iran The National Museum of Iran (in Persian: موزه ایران باستان Muze-ye Irân-e Bâstân) is an archeological and historical museum located in Tehran. It preserves ancient Persian antiquities including pottery vessels, metal objects, books, coins etc.
National Museum of Mali The National Museum of Mali (French: Musée national du Mali) is an archeological and anthropological museum located in Bamako, the capital of Mali. It presents permanent and temporary exhibits on the prehistory of Mali, as well as the musical instruments, dress, and ritual objects associated with Mali's various ethnic groups.
National Museum of Military History The National Museum of Military History (Национален военноисторически музей, Natsionalen voennoistoricheski muzey) is a Bulgarian museum based in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, and dedicated to military history. A structure of the Ministry of Defence, it has existed under various names and subordinate to various institutions since 1 August 1914 (in practice since 4 July 1916).
National Museum of Natural History (Bulgaria) The National Museum of Natural History (, Natsionalen prirodonauchen muzey; abbreviated НПМ, NMNH) of Bulgaria is a museum of natural history located in Sofia, the capital of the country. Founded in 1889, it is affiliated with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and is the first and largest museum of this kind in the Balkans.
National Museum of Natural History (Luxembourg) The National Museum of Natural History (, ) is a natural history museum in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The museum is located in the Grund quarter on the eastern bank of the Alzette river, next to the NeumĂĽnster Abbey cultural centre.
National Museum of Naval Aviation The National Museum of Naval Aviation is located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. More than 150 aircraft and spacecraft are on display, including four former Blue Angel A-4 Skyhawks, a United States Coast Guard helicopter, biplanes, a K47 Airship control gondola and tail fin, the plane that President George H.
National Museum of Nepal The National Museum of Nepal was established in 1928AD as an arsenal museum in the historical building which was constructed in early 19th century by General Bhimsen Thapa. The initial name of this museum was Chhauni Silkhana which literally means "the stone house of arms and ammunitions".
National Museum of Pakistan National Museum of Pakistan at Karachi was established in Frere Hall Building on 17th April 1950 replacing the defunct Victoria Museum. The historic building of Frere Hall itself was built in 1865 as tribute to Sir Bartle Frere, Commissioner of Sind in the last century.
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. Each spring, following the tabulation of the final votes, the announcement of new inductees is usually made during Kentucky Derby Week in early May.
National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Handicap The National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses set at a distance of one and one-eighths miles on the turf at Saratoga Race Course. A Grade II event, it's open to three-year-olds of either gender, and carries a purse of $150,000.
National Museum of Rome The National Museum of Rome (Museo Nazionale Romano in Italian) is a set of museums in Rome, Italy, split between various branches across the city. It was founded in 1889 and inaugurated in 1890, during the Risorgimento, with the aim of collecting antiquities from between the 5th century BC to the 3rd century AD.
National Museum of Singapore The National Museum of Singapore (Chinese: 新加坡国家博物院) is a national museum in Singapore and the oldest museum in Singapore. Its history dates back to 1849 when it was started as a section of a library at Singapore Institution.
National Museum of the American Indian The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is an institution of living cultures dedicated to the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere; the museum was established in 1989 through an Act of Congress. Operating under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum of the American Indian has three facilities: the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall in Washington, D.
National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru The National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru (Museo Nacional del ArqueologĂ­a, AntropologĂ­a, e Historia del PerĂş) is the largest museum in Peru. Located in the capital city of Lima, the museum houses over 100,00 artifacts spanning the entire history of human occupation in what is now Peru.
National Museum of the Pacific War The National Museum of the Pacific War is located in Fredericksburg, Texas and is dedicated to telling the story of the Pacific Theater of Operations in World War II. The Museum is in honor of the American fleet admiral, Chester Nimitz and recently added the George Bush Gallery.
National Museum of the Philippines The National Museum of the Philippines is the official repository established in 1901 as a natural history and ethnography museum of the Philippines. Its building was designed in 1918 by an American Architect, Daniel Burnham.
National Museum of the Revolution The National Museum of the Revolution in the city of Chihuahua,Mexico is housed in the former estate of General Francisco Villa and his widow, Sra Luz Corral de Villa. The house and it's extensive collection of Villa memorabilia, as well as souvenirs and documents relating to other revolutionary leaders, was turned over to the Mexican government in 1981 upon the death of Mrs.

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