Green Schools

March 3, 2013 - January 5, 2014

This exhibition will look at several examples of what is possible in green school design and provide resources for all of us to consider as we look toward constructing the next generation of school buildings.
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Palaces for the People: Guastavino and America’s Great Public Spaces

March 16, 2013 - January 20, 2014

Palaces for the People: Guastavino and America’s Great Public Spaces sheds light on the story of Rafael Guastavino Sr. (1842-1908), arguably the most influential architectural craftsman working in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century America.
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Investigating Where We Live: Recapturing Shaw’s Legacy

July 26, 2013 - June 8, 2014

Investigating Where We Live is a summer program in which teen students from the D.C. area use multimedia technology to explore, document, and interpret the built environment of local neighborhoods.
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PLAY WORK BUILD

November 18, 2012 - November 18, 2014

PLAY WORK BUILD takes children and adults alike through an exploration of play with an immersive, hands-on installation featuring molded foam blocks of all shapes and sizes and an original virtual block play experience.
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House & Home

April 28, 2012 - May 1, 2017

House & Home, a long-term exhibition presented by the National Building Museum, takes visitors on a tour of houses both familiar and surprising, through past and present, challenging our ideas about what it means to live at home in America.
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Building Zone

ONGOING
A hands-on introduction to the building arts designed especially for the Museum’s youngest visitors, ages two to six. The Building Zone hours are 10:00 am - 4:00pm, Monday-Saturday; and 11:00 am - 4:00 pm on Sundays.
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