For Immediate Release: August 27, 2012
Media Contact: Marketing and Communication Department
Last week of LEGO® at the National Building Museum
LEGO® architect gives tours of exhibition during last weekend to visit
WHAT
LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition, one of the National Building Museum’s most successful exhibitions welcoming over 259,510 visitors since July 2010, is closing this Labor Day, September 3. This is the last week to visit the exhibition before it moves to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
The exhibition features 15 large-scale artistic models created by LEGO® certified professional Adam Reed Tucker, which at times incorporate up to 450,000 LEGO® bricks and an expanded play area where visitors can make their own LEGO® creations.
To coincide with the last weekend to visit LEGO® at the Museum, visitors can meet and talk with LEGO® certified professional Adam Reed Tucker as he leads visitors on tours of the LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition exhibition from Saturday through Monday.
Adam Reed Tucker is the LEGO® architect behind the large-scale artistic models of some of the world's most famous structures including the Empire State Building, St. Louis' Gateway Arch, and Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece Fallingwater in the exhibition.
Advance tickets to LEGO® Architecture and all other exhibitions are available at www.nbm.org.
WHERE
National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
(Judiciary Square Metro, Red Line)
WHEN
Monday – Saturday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tours
Saturday, Sunday, and Monday September 1-3
Tours at 12:15, 1:15, 2:15, and 3:15 pm
Tours are free with paid exhibition admission. If you wish to go on a particular tour please purchase LEGO® tickets for the hour in which the tour will be held.
LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition closes on September 3, 2012.
The National Building Museum is America’s leading cultural institution dedicated to advancing the quality of the built environment by educating people about its impact on their lives. Through its exhibitions, educational programs, online content, and publications, the Museum has become a vital forum for the exchange of ideas and information about the world we build for ourselves. Public inquiries: 202.272.2448 or visit www.nbm.org. Connect with us on Twitter: @BuildingMuseum and Facebook.
