Since Washington, D.C. is feeling the dog days of summer, we decided to showcase some of the good boys found in the National Building Museum’s permanent collection. Architectural Toy Collection Dogs make many appearances in our Architectural Toy Collection, on blocks or as playing pieces...
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Whether or not you are affected by housing instability, there are actions you can take to improve your situation and our communities overall. The low-income rental housing crisis affects more than 11 million people throughout the United States. Minimum wage doesn’t cover the rent for...
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By Sarah A. Leavitt The Evicted exhibition is designed to introduce our visitors to an important and underreported topic: low-income renter eviction. We worked with sociologist Matthew Desmond, an architecture firm, Matter Architecture Practice, a radio producer, Unfurl, and a graphic design firm, mgmt., to present...
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It goes without saying that building the atomic bomb in the “Secret Cities” of the Manhattan Project involved working with high levels of radioactivity. At that time, the risks of radiation exposure were not as understood as they are today. Even now, there are debates...
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By Laura Hicken, Assistant Registrar In the 1960s and ’70s, Jay Swayze’s Underground Home Company set out to convince Americans to invest in luxury fallout shelter, arguing that the Cold War and other security threats warranted the move. Why settle for a bare and sterile...
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