General Museum Press Images
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| Caption: A symposium held in honor of the awarding of the Vincent Scully Prize to His Highness the Aga Khan. Credit: Photo by Vivian Ronay. Download full-size version. |
Caption: The majestic Corinthian columns in the National Building Museum's Great Hall. Credit: Photo by Hoachlander Davis Photography. Download full-size version. |
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| Caption: The 5th street entrance of the National Building Museum. Credit: Photo by F.T. Eyre. Download full-size version. |
Caption: The National Building Museum with the U.S. Capitol Building in the background. Credit: Photo by F.T. Eyre. Download full-size version. |
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| Caption: The National Building Museum's shop has been locally and nationally named a top museum shop. Credit: Photo by Kevin Allen. Download full-size version. |
Caption: Families enjoy the 15-foot-tall model of the Burj Khalifa in the LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition exhibition. Credit: Photo by Museum staff. Download full-size version. |
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| Caption: Opening of the exhibition House of Cars. Credit: Photo by Anne McDonough. Download full-size version. |
Caption: A National Building Museum educator and students use the Green Community teaching kit to learn about sustainable living through a hands-on model building exercise. Credit: Photo by Kevin Allen. Download full-size version. |
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| Caption: Visitors explore, play, and relax in the National Building Museum's historic Great Hall. Credit: Photo by Kevin Allen. Download full-size version. |
Caption: For the Greener Good: Conversations that Will Change the World brings together experts in a discussion about some of today's most pressing sustainable issues. Credit: Photo by Peter Cutts. Download full-size version. |
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| Caption: At Discover Engineering Family Day 2011, kids learn about the science of popcorn. Credit: Photo by Kevin Allen. Download full-size version. |
Caption: Children watch Nate Ball scale the heights of the Great Hall during the 2008 Discover Engineering Day Family Day. Credit: Photo by Kevin Allen. Download full-size version. |
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| Caption: NBM Exterior_View from Police Memorial. © Maxwell MacKenzie Credit: © Maxwell MacKenzie Download full-size version. |
Caption: View of the National Building Museum’s windows, doorway, and frieze. Credit: Photo by F.T. Eyre Download full-size version. |
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| Caption: General Montgomery C. Meigs. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Download full-size version. |
Caption: The National Building Museum’s terra-cotta exterior frieze is 1,200 feet long and 3 feet high. Designed by Bohemian-born sculptor Caspar Buberl (1834-1899) it features a continuous parade of Civil War military units. Credit: Photo by F. Harlan Hambright Download full-size version. |
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| Caption: Students learn about carpentry, sustainability, and hard work in the hands-on Be a Green Builder program. Credit: Photo by Museum staff. Download full-size version. |
Caption: A family puts the finishing touch on an Amazing Arch, one of the many free, everyday activities for families and kids at the National Building Museum. Credit: Photo by Kevin Allen. Download full-size version. |
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| Caption: Adele Chatfield-Taylor receives the 11th Vincent Scully Prize and delivers a presentation to a packed house. Credit: Photo by Anne McDonough. Download full-size version. |
Caption: Students at the National Building Museum Summer Camp learn about urban planning and building materials by building with recycled materials. Credit: Photo by Kevin Allen. Download full-size version. |

