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Established by Congress in 1820, the United States Botanic Garden is one of the oldest botanic gardens in North America and serves as a living plant museum dedicated to showing the aesthetic, cultural, economic, therapeutic, and ecological importance of plants to human well-being. Its public facilities include the Conservatory, Bartholdi Park, and the National Garden, with free admission. An agency of the U.S. Congress affiliated with the Architect of the Capitol, it moved to this location before the Conservatory, a historic landmark in the nation’s capital, opened in 1933. The Conservatory closed in 1997 for extensive renovation and reopened in December 2001, featuring living plants from tropical rainforests, deserts, and subtropical regions around the world, while the East and West Galleries present permanent and temporary exhibits. Bartholdi Park, named for the sculptor of its historic fountain, serves as a home landscape demonstration exhibit, and the Administration Building for the Botanic Garden is also located there. The National Garden includes a Regional Garden with plants native to the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States, a Rose Garden featuring the national flower, a Butterfly Garden, and the First Ladies Water Garden.
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