by Nancy Trejos

The United States, long a magnet for immigrants, is getting its first national immigration museum. On May 20, the Ellis Island Museum will officially become the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration. The name change comes with the completion of the Peopling of America Center, which has been in development for seven years.

The center contains new exhibitions that chronicle immigration to the U.S. before the Ellis Island processing station opened in 1892 and after it closed in 1954. About 12 million immigrants were processed in the island's Great Hall.

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Source: http://www.usatoday.com/