Current Exhibitions
Green SchoolsMarch 3, 2013 - January 5, 2014This 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. |
Palaces for the People: Guastavino and America’s Great Public SpacesMarch 16, 2013 - January 20, 2014Palaces 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. |
Investigating Where We Live: Recapturing Shaw’s LegacyJuly 26, 2013 - June 8, 2014Investigating 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. |
PLAY WORK BUILDNovember 18, 2012 - November 18, 2014PLAY 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. |
House & HomeApril 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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