Selection of artworks commissioned for plywood-covered storefronts in downtown D.C. will be joined by new murals celebrating 1963 March on Washington leaders For immediate release: August 21, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Building Museum, in partnership with the P.A.I.N.T.S. Institute and the DowntownDC Business Improvement District...
Read MoreBrent D. Glass, former head of the National Museum of American History, to lead institution through early 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Building Museum is pleased to announce that Brent D. Glass, Director Emeritus of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, has joined the institution...
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Online exhibition showcases the second part of Camilo José Vergara’s ongoing documentation of urban spaces and people’s behavior during the pandemic WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Building Museum is proud to present “Documenting Crossroads: The New Normal.” This online-only photography exhibition presents the work of renowned urban...
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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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