By ANE GONZALEZ LARA Ane Gonzalez Lara is an assistant professor of undergraduate architecture at the Pratt Institute. This post is part of an occasional series of essays and other content from the upcoming Museum exhibition “The Wall/El Muro: What Is a Border Wall?” My...
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When we went about compiling an alphabet’s worth of objects to be found in the David Weingarten Collection of 20th Century Souvenir Buildings, there was plenty to choose from: more than 3,000 miniature representations of architecture and monuments, in fact. Eventually, we plan to show...
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The National Building Museum stands in solidarity with all who protest peacefully, and with righteous anger, in America’s cities. We condemn this nation’s history of pervasive racial injustice and join in mourning George Floyd and the countless others who preceded him. The world we design...
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By Sarah Leavitt Part of an occasional series on previous and future Museum exhibitions by Sarah, a curator now working from home during the coronavirus pandemic. Just a few weeks after the country shut down due to COVID-19 in early April, I was disheartened to read...
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By Sarah Leavitt Part of an occasional series on previous and future Museum exhibitions by Sarah, a curator now working from home during the coronavirus pandemic. We are going to need a memorial when this is over. Whether that’s next year or—let’s not think about this—even...
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