The National Building Museum stands in solidarity with all who protest peacefully, and with righteous anger, in America’s cities. We condemn this nation’s history of pervasive racial injustice and join in mourning George Floyd and the countless others who preceded him. The world we design...
Read MoreInstitution’s fourth leader will end his 17-year tenure in September 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today the National Building Museum announced that Executive Director Chase Rynd, Hon. ASLA, will retire at the end of September 2020. Rynd is the institution’s fourth leader and was appointed to the role...
Read MoreFolger Shakespeare Playhouse, a partnership with the Folger Shakespeare Library, has been rescheduled to July/August 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today the National Building Museum announced that it is postponing until 2021 several large public programs and events that were scheduled to occur over the summer and into...
Read MoreOnline-only exhibition presents Camilo José Vergara’s photographs and observations of the urban spaces and people most likely to be affected by COVID-19 WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a timely response to the rapidly escalating restrictions on public movement and use of space dictated by the growing COVID-19 pandemic,...
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Over 20 films screened in the newly renovated historic Great Hall WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Building Museum will again partner with the Architecture & Design Film Festival to produce the festival in Washington, D.C. (ADFF: D.C.), presented with the Revada Foundation of the Logan Family. Over...
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