Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsoring one of the Museum's many exhibitions and programs is a great way to support the Museum while reaching targeted segments of the community. The Museum offers several sponsorship opportunities that will be of interest to your organization and its constiutents. Current sponsorship opportunities include:
Exhibitions and Collections
Tile Installation by Koning Eizenberg Architecture for the exhibition Masonry Variations, 2003.
© Alan Sprecher
House of Cars: Innovation and the Parking Garage
This new exhibition will look at the evolution of the parking facility, how it has changed over time, the architectural and technological ideas that originated in this building type, and the often beautiful and striking parking garage designs.
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Behind the Photographer's Lens
In 2009, the Museum will present the work of preeminent photographers Richard Ross, Camilo Jose Vergara, and Philip Trager in a three-part exhibition series: Architecture of Authority; Storefront Churches; and Form and Movement.
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Designing Tomorrow: America's World’s Fairs of the 1930s
Designing Tomorrow is the first exhibition to consider the common design themes of the World's fairs of the 1930s.
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House & Home
House & Home tells the story of America's diverse culture and identity, as well as the rich history of the real estate and building industries.
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Architectural Toy Collection
With more than 2,200 objects, dating from the 1860s to the 1990s, the Architectural Toy Collection offers a variety of educational perspectives on the built environment.
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Outreach Programs
Teen participants worked in teams to design and build their project.
Photo by Museum staff
CityVision
CityVision is a design and urban planning course that teaches students to apply the process of design to approach real challenges in D.C. neighborhoods.
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Design Apprenticeship Program (DAP)
The Design Apprenticeship Program enables participants to augment their design and art experience through direct, intensive involvement in the process of design and construction.
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Investigating Where We Live
Investigating Where We Live is a summer program that teaches young people the design process as a method of critical thinking.
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Bridge Basics
Bridge Basics teaches fundamental structural engineering concepts through interdisciplinary activities and lesson plans.
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Everyday Activities
Build with giant Legos in the Building Zone.
© Peter Cutts
Building Zone
The Building Zone, designed for children ages two to six, introduces the building arts through engaging activities focused around imaginative play.
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Family Tool Kits
Designed for families or groups with children of multiple ages, Family Tool Kits are used to explore the architecture of the Museum by seeing, moving, touching, and doing.
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Festivals
With a variety of hands-on activities, the Museum’s annual Festival of the Building Arts is always popular.
Photo by F.T. Eyre
Discover Engineering Family Day
Discover Engineering Family Day involves young people from across the country in events celebrating the contributions of engineers.
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Festival of the Building Arts
Taking place each fall, the Festival of the Building Arts gives young people and families the opportunity to explore first-hand a variety of building trades and crafts.
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