As the nation’s only cultural institution dedicated to inspiring curiosity and knowledge about the world that we design and build, the National Building Museum experienced the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol with profound sadness and horror. This monumental structure, the heart of American...
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Part 3 of Camilo José Vergara’s Photo and Essay Series on How the Coronavirus Has Impacted Poor, Minority Urban Communities WASHINGTON, D.C.—Since March 2020, when Covid-19 began to radically alter life in the U.S., renowned urban documentarian Camilo José Vergara has been recording in photographs...
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The Museum Shop’s 2021 Gift Catalog is here! This year, we’re celebrating 11 creators and makers who produce beautiful, fun, and amazing things for us, many of them exclusive to the National Building Museum. You can preview the catalog in the flipbook above, or download...
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For immediate release: December 3, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C.—On December 12, 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed an act of Congress that established a museum with a unique purpose: to inspire curiosity and knowledge about the world we design and build. Four decades later, the National Building...
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Gerald D. Hines, founder and chairman of the preeminent real estate firm Hines, died on August 23, 2020. He served as a Trustee of the National Building Museum from 1982 to 1991 and was a recipient of the Museum’s Honor Award in 2000, which recognizes...
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