New exhibition takes over the Great Hall for the fifth annual Summer Block Party series WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Building Museum announced today that Snarkitecture will design the 2018 Summer Block Party exhibition for the Museum’s Great Hall. The temporary structure, titled Fun House, will be...
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Press event on Tuesday, April 3, at 10 am WHAT Press event for Community Policing in the Nation’s Capital: The Pilot District Project, 1968-1973 WHO Sarah A. Leavitt, curator, National Building Museum Anne McDonough, library and collections director for the Historical Society of Washington D.C....
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Families invited to Grow Community on March 31 WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Building Museum presents Growing Community, a family afternoon to highlight the intersection of design, the natural environment, and community building. In celebration of the National Cherry Blossom Festival®, the activities are set to take...
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In honor of Women’s History Month the National Building Museum looks back at the 1993 trunk show highlighting 33 architects and interior designers. Thirty-three steamer trunks stood on end within the Museum in 1993, each brought to life by an interior designer or architect — all from...
Read MoreAmber N. Wiley, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of American Studies and associate director of the Intergroup Relations program at Skidmore College. Her research is centered on the social aspects of design—architecture as a literal and figurative structure of power. She focuses on the ways...
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