2019 Summer Block Party Installation opens July 4 WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Building Museum will partner with the LAB at Rockwell Group to present the 2019 Summer Block Party installation. Lawn will be an immersive installation taking up the entirety of the Museum’s Great Hall, and...
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The Grand California Tour By Nancy Bateman, Registrar Last month the National Building Museum’s collections department staff and volunteers spent ten days in California packing up our newest donation: the 3,069-piece 20th Century Souvenir Buildings Collection, donated by David Weingarten. It was a herculean task...
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The National Building Museum staff, like the world, looked upon in horror at the tragedy that befell Notre Dame on Monday, April 15. Our mission is to inspire curiosity about the built world, and there are few buildings—if any—that have inspired more generations of people...
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By Laura Hicken, Assistant Registrar The Collections Department getting in the spirit of springtime with this playful illustration in our Washington National Cathedral Collection. Noted illustrator Grace Norcross Fisher designed this whimsical guide for the Bishop’s Garden, which includes a list of “Interesting Plantings” which...
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Join us for Community Conversation: Facing Eviction through Compassionate Action (Double Session) April 10. Learn more. Community Conversation: Facing Eviction through Compassionate Action (Single Session) April 29. Learn more. The Museum is reaching the final months of Evicted before it closes and begins traveling, starting...
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