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The National Building Museum tells the stories of the world we design and build.
401 F Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
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The National Building Museum tells the stories of the world we design and build.
401 F Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
Find us on:
www.nbm.org
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Green Schools got a visit from the New York Times’ Dot Earth blog the other day.
You can just see the tip of the Museum from the Hirshhorn’s balcony!
Cloudy day.
Did you catch the shout out our education programs got on the Kojo Nnamdi Show last week? Check it out around minute 47.
Full already! #DEFD http://www.nbm.org/families-kids/festivals/discover-engineering-family.html
Bright day! (And check out our new Instagram) (at National Building Museum)
Early morning light (at National Building Museum)
February 16. 10 am–4:30 pm. FREE.
"Once, five or six years ago, I was visiting DC about two weeks before my long-distance friend was. I wrote him a letter and left it in a book in your gift shop… I don’t think he ever got there to get it, but I like to think somebody bought the book and got a smile out of it."
We got this note from a visitor the other day. Did anyone ever find her note?
Happy (belated) 100th birthday to Grand Central Terminal! Did you know there’s Guastavino vaulting inside?
Photo by Michael Freeman.
Our senior curator, Martin Moeller, just received the AIA Associates Award.
At only 32, this Chinese born graphic designer-turned digital artist has come of age in one of the most pivotal (and controversial) times in his country’s history. His digital-collage reinterpretations of China’s cities present explorations of the built environment that are simultaneously critical and aspirational, dark and foreboding yet filled with light. Already showing in galleries from Shanghai to Paris, we think he’s one to watch.
