Sankofa Hall National Museum Of African Art Circular Atrium Bromeliads Washington DC United States // WASHINGTON DC, United States — Flowering bromeliads line the curved metal railing of the multi-level, skylit atrium inside Sankofa Hall at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Designed by architect Jean-Paul Carlhian, the largely subterranean museum utilizes central light wells and open rotundas to draw natural illumination down into the lower exhibition levels. The plants displayed along the balustrade are Guzmania hybrids from the family Bromeliaceae, neotropical epiphytes charact

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