The first thing you notice when you enter the American Dream Experience , a new exhibition at the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, is a large golden “Tree of Generations” whose “leaves” are digital photos of museum visitors. Those will update frequently as museum-goers, whom the museum will begin to welcome when it opens on Saturday, use booths nearby to talk about their families’ stories. That sort of interaction is baked into the museum’s mission, executive director Rachel Goslins said at a press preview this week: “We approach the American dream as a dialogue and not a monologue.”

But tech is really the star at the Milken Center, which uses top-notch digital magic to present a nuanced, unapologetically pro-capitalist vi

See Full Page