American History Museum Reopening Faces Delays

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WHEN THE FLAG GALLERY at the renovated National Museum of American History opens to the public, it'll look something like what's depicted in the rendering at right.

But you'll have to wait a little longer to catch a glimpse of the state-of-the-art gallery — and the new museum. As The Post's Jacqueline Trescott reports, the Smithsonian is delaying the museum's reopening from the summer to the fall. The museum closed in fall 2006 and is undergoing $85 million worth of renovations and upgrades.

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Rendering courtesy National Museum of American History