DC unveils special exhibits as ‘Hamilton’ comes to town

WASHINGTON (AP) — The blockbuster musical “Hamilton” is finally coming to Washington, and the city is preparing in ways that only the nation’s capital can.

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s genre-bending historical musical about the life of Alexander Hamilton will start a three-month run at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday.

The myriad museums of Washington have been preparing specialized exhibits designed to appeal to tourists and locals who can’t get the show’s tunes out of their heads.

The Library of Congress is displaying thousands of personal papers from Hamilton, who served as George Washington’s right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was America’s first secretary of the Treasury.

The National Postal Museum is temporarily displaying the actual pistols from Hamilton’s fatal 1804 duel with Vice President Aaron Burr.

“Hamilton” debuted on Broadway in 2015.