Press event on Friday, April 13 at 10 am WHAT Press preview for Evicted, a new exhibition based on Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book WHO Matthew Desmond, author, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City; professor of sociology, Princeton University Sarah A. Leavitt, curator,...
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Opening April 14, Evicted will be free for all visitors WASHINGTON, D.C.—Beginning April 14, the National building Museum presents Evicted, a new exhibition that brings visitors to the intimate painful process of chronic eviction. Inspired by Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, the exhibition presents new...
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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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