WASHINGTON (AP) - The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is developing its first major exhibit on the human genome with a $3 million pledge from the philanthropic foundation of Life Technologies Corp.

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The museum announced plans Monday to collaborate with the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health to develop a high-tech exhibit.

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health has raised $500,000 for the project.

The effort marks the 10th anniversary of researchers producing the first complete human genome sequence as a blueprint of the human body.

The Human Genome Project was launched in 1990 to better understand the relationship between genetics, health and disease. Carlsbad, Calif.-based Life Technologies recently announced it has developed a machine to decode an individual's DNA in a day for $1,000.