No Passes Needed For African-American Museum In September

WASHINGTON, DC -- It's been two years since the National Museum of African-American History and Culture opened its doors, and ever since then it has been slammed with traffic -- so much so that the museum has had to resort to a system of timed passes to handle the demand. But in September, you won't need passes at all on weekdays.

NMAAHC will not require timed passes for visitors on weekdays starting next month. And although the experiment is only supposed to last for September, it's a sign that officials are slowly making the museum easier to get into.

Keep in mind that this doesn't apply to weekends: you'll still need timed passes then, although they are free as always if you can get them.

A total of 4.5 million visitors have come to the museum since it opened in September 2016, according to the Washington Post.

The museum also experimented with no-pass entry on Wednesdays this spring.

The loosening of restrictions doesn't mean demand for the museum is tapering off. On the contrary, the museum is on track to exceed the 2.4 million visitors it had in 2017, according to the Post.

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