Hours & Admission
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Hours
The National Building Museum is open to the public Monday through Saturday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, and Sunday, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm. The Building Zone hours are Monday through Saturday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, and Sunday, 11:00 am-4:00 pm. The Museum is closed Thanksgiving and Christmas. On rare occasions, the Museum may close for a special event.
Admission
The Museum is a private, non-profit institution. Your admission fee helps the Museum deliver world-class exhibitions and programming. We welcome visitors to enjoy the Great Hall, Museum Shop, café, or a docent-led tour of our historic landmark building free of charge.
The prices below include access to all galleries, including LEGO® Architecture and the Building Zone, and docent-led exhibition tours, where available:
| Free | Museum members |
| Children aged 2 and under |
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| Memorial Day through Labor Day, active-duty military and their families |
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| $8 | Adults |
| $5 |
Youth (ages 3 - 17) |
| Students with ID | |
| Seniors (age 65 and over) | |
| $3 |
Ages 3 and up, entrance to the *Building Zone only (appropriate for ages 2-6) |
Tickets are sold at the Museum's Information Desk Monday - Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm; and Sunday 11:00 am - 5:00 pm.
*Admission to the Building Zone includes 45 minutes of play time. Tickets are available every hour, on the hour. Find more information on Building Zone admission policies.
For information about bringing a student group (school, summer camp, scout, or other youth group), please click here.
The National Building Museum participates in Blue Star Museums, a program that offers free admission to museums for all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 30, through Labor Day, September 5, 2011
Information
Please visit the Information Desk in the Great Hall for information about the Museum, our exhibitions, and the neighborhood. Brochures and youth-oriented activity guides are available.
Photography
The National Building Museum permits still and video photography for noncommercial use only in the Museum’s Great Hall. No photography is allowed in the exhibition galleries. For safety reasons, photographers using a tripod must remain with their camera and tripod at all times and not bring their tripod into the exhibition galleries. We get many inquiries about the feasibility of taking engagement and wedding photos in the Museum’s Great Hall. That is permitted as long as it does not disrupt Museum visitors or interfere with set-up for an event.
If you are a member of the press and would like permission to photograph or film in the Great Hall, please email pressoffice@nbm.org.
Museum Shop
The National Building Museum Shop—voted the "Best Museum Shop in DC" by The Washington Post as well as the National Geographic Traveler's blog, Intelligent Travel—has a range of unique gifts, housewares, and books. Members receive discounts and special shopping privileges. The Museum Shop is open Monday—Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Sunday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. Select merchandise may also be purchased at the Museum Shop.
Phone: 202.272.7706
Fax: 202.376.3637
Café
With seating located in the Museum’s magnificent Great Hall, the café operated by Firehook Bakery and Coffee House offers a variety of gourmet sandwiches, soups, salads, baked goods, and beverages.
Café hours:
Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Saturday, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm
Sunday, 11:00 am to 4:30 pm
Phone: 202.628.0906
Questions? Contact us.
