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News ReleasesNews Releases | Media Advisories | Fact Sheets
2010 National Cherry Blossom Festival Family Day and Opening CeremonyMarch 5, 2010To celebrate the 2010 cherry blossom season the National Building Museum has partnered with the National Cherry Blossom Festival to present a day full of fun family activities to celerate the beginning of Spring.
2010 Honor Award Honors Civic InnovatorsFebruary 3, 2010National Building Museum announces its honorees for the 2010 Honor Award: Perkins+Will, the founders of New Orleans Musician's Habitat Village—Harry Connick, Jr., Branford Marsalis, Ann Marie Wilkins, and Jim Pate; and the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.
Drawing Toward Home: Press ReleaseJanuary 21, 2010Press release for the National Building Museum's upcoming exhibition "Drawing Toward Home: Designs for Domestic Architecture from Historic New England" opening February 13, 2010.
Remembering our Veterans at the National Building MuseumOctober 22, 2009The National Building Museum invites you to join us on Sunday, November 8 to honor veterans past and present. Bring the family, a blanket, and picnic (food can be purchased in the café) in the Museum’s Great Hall, while listening to a free, noon-time performance by the United States Navy Band Cruisers.
Green Community, a ground-breaking new book, published by the National Building Museum and the American Planning AssociationOctober 13, 2009The book and its essays focus on the interconnectivity of density and transportation, conservation and preservation, energy and resources, and local health and global health. The contributors represent a diverse range of backgrounds and perspectives, resulting in a multi-disciplinary collection of essays which examine the people and places of sustainable communities.
Create Your Own Behind-the-Scenes Look at Green Public SpacesSeptember 8, 2009We’re calling on architects, planners, landscape architects, students, and the general public to grab a video camera, or even their cell phone, and document great green places in their communities. Films should be no longer than six minutes and should investigate what works as the local neighborhood’s “Great Green Place.”
House of Cars: Press ReleaseAugust 24, 2009Press release for the National Building Museum's new exhibition "House of Cars: Innovation and the Parking Garage" opening October 17, 2009.
Green Community: 2008-09 International Student Design Competition Winners AnnouncedJune 12, 2009Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Announces 2008-2009 Green Community Student Design Competition Winners.
Green Community Featured on NBC 4: News ReleaseMay 26, 2009Green Community was featured in a segment on NBC 4 News at 5 on May 19, 2009.
2009 Honor Award: A Salute to Visionaries in SustainabilityMay 20, 2009Press release for the 2009 Honor Award: A Salute to Visionaries in Sustainability honoring S. Richard Fedrizzi and the U.S. Green Building Council, Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City of Chicago, Majora Carter, and Louis Chênevert and United Technologies.
Students at Joseph C. Ferguson Elementary School in Philadelphia to Present "Bridge to the Future" ProjectMay 19, 2009The National Building Museum, in partnership with Turner Construction Company, will host a student-designed bridge-building presentation at the Joseph C. Ferguson Elementary School in Philadelphia on Thursday, June 11, from 3:30-5:00 pm.
APA and NBM Recognize 100th Anniversary of the First National Planning ConferenceMay 7, 20091909-2109: Sustaining the Lasting Value of American Planning brings together federal officials, planners, academics, and grassroots advocates who will focus on the successes and challenges of America's first 100 years of planning and designing sustainable communities.
National Building Museum Wins Prestigious Media and Technology AwardMay 4, 2009The National Building Museum won a 2009 Gold MUSE Award for Interpretive Interactive Installations.
2009 Honor Award: Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City of ChicagoApril 7, 2009Annual award for leadership in the built environment will go to Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City of Chicago – more sustainable design, building, community development visionaries to follow.
2009 Honor Award Visionaries in Sustainability: News ReleaseMarch 25, 2009USGBC; Fedrizzi selected for prestigious 2009 Honor Award –
More Sustainable Design, Building, Community Development Visionaries to Follow.
Year of the Photograph: News ReleaseFebruary 23, 2009Three exhibitions highlighting the work of Richard Ross, Camilo José Vergara, and Philip Trager reveal a different side of the built environment.
National Building Museum President Addresses Nation's MayorsJanuary 22, 2009On January 17, 2009 the U.S. Conference of Mayors convened in Washington, DC to discuss progress in our cities and towns. Executive Director and President of the National Building Museum Chase W. Rynd addressed the leaders during the closing ceremony. His remarks focused on the many opportunities for development across America but the need for sound planning, sustainable design, and public awareness.
Gingerbread Workshop in The WETA Guide to ChristmasDecember 17, 2008WETA explores Christmas festivities and rituals around Greater Washington, offering a host of ideas about where and how to experience the spirit and atmosphere of the holiday - from local sights, incuding the National Building Museum, to popular annual performances and much more.
Think Green This Holiday SeasonDecember 15, 2008Great holiday shopping ideas from the National Building Museum
Green Community: News ReleaseOctober 15, 2008Green Community is the first major exhibition in the United States to explore the complex process of creating and sustaining healthy communities. Beyond bamboo floors and fluorescent light bulbs, Green Community looks at how communities large and small are changing their global impact. 
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