Current Exhibitions

Unbuilt Washington

November 19, 2011 - May 28, 2012

Unbuilt Washington features unrealized proposals for noteworthy architectural and urban design projects in Washington, D.C., and its environs from the 1790s to the present.
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Investigating Where We Live: Capturing Colorful Communities

July 30, 2011 - June 10, 2012

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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LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition

July 3, 2010 - September 3, 2012

This exhibition showcases fifteen buildings from around the world made entirely from LEGO® bricks by Adam Reed Tucker.
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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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Cityscapes Revealed: Highlights from the Collection

ONGOING
This exhibition highlights the building materials, architectural styles, and construction practices that defined urban America from the end of the 19th through the first half of the 20th centuries.
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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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Washington: Symbol and City

ONGOING
Washington: Symbol and City explores how the capital expresses the tension between the demands of a working seat of government and the desire for a national symbol.
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