Stock Photo - The Arts and Industries Building (AIB) is the Smithsonianâ. . s second oldest building and a national hub for creative exchange between ideas and objects from our past and our future. AIB opened in 1881 as the countryâ. . s first U. S. National Museum, an architectural icon in the heart of the National Mall. Its soaring halls introduced millions of Americans to wonders about to change the worldâ. ”Edisonâ. . s lightbulb, the first telephone, Apollo rockets.

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