The Smithsonian Institution announced Thursday that its Board of Regents has identified two “optimal sites” for the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women’s History Museum.
Two undeveloped fields controlled by the National Park Service in the southwest section of the National Mall have “the greatest potential” for the museums, the Smithsonian said in a press release.
But approval is not guaranteed.
“Legislative action is necessary before the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents can make its final designations,” the institution said, noting that Congress has required those designations by the end of this year.