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Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsoring one of the Museum's many exhibitions and programs is a great way to support the Museum while reaching targeted segments of the community. The Museum offers several sponsorship opportunities that will be of interest to your organization and its constiutents. Current sponsorship opportunities include:

 

Exhibitions and Collections

 

Designing for Disaster 

Tile
Tile Installation by Koning Eizenberg Architecture for the exhibition Masonry Variations, 2003.
© Jim Tetro

Designing for Disaster will expose visitors to the tools and strategies that today’s engineers, designers, planners, and communities are utilizing to diminish the impact of natural disasters.
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Designing Tomorrow: America's World’s Fairs of the 1930s

Designing Tomorrow is the first exhibition to consider the common design themes of the World's fairs of the 1930s.
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House & Home

House & Home tells the story of America's diverse culture and identity, as well as the rich history of the real estate and building industries.
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Architectural Toy Collection

With more than 2,200 objects, dating from the 1860s to the 1990s, the Architectural Toy Collection offers a variety of educational perspectives on the built environment.
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Outreach Programs

 

Teen
Teen participants worked in teams to design and build their project.
Photo by Museum staff

CityVision

CityVision is a design and urban planning course that teaches students to apply the process of design to approach real challenges in D.C. neighborhoods.
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Design Apprenticeship Program

The Design Apprenticeship Program enables participants to augment their design and art experience through direct, intensive involvement in the process of design and construction.
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Investigating Where We Live

Investigating Where We Live is a summer program that teaches young people the design process as a method of critical thinking.
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Bridge Basics

Bridge Basics teaches fundamental structural engineering concepts through interdisciplinary activities and lesson plans.
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Green Community Teaching Kit

The Green Community Teaching Kit is a new resource for educators exploring the intersection of environmental sustainability and urban planning.
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Everyday Activities

 

Build
Build with giant Legos in the Building Zone.
© Peter Cutts

Building Zone

The Building Zone, designed for children ages two to six, introduces the building arts through engaging activities focused around imaginative play.
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Family Tool Kits

Designed for families or groups with children of multiple ages, Family Tool Kits are used to explore the architecture of the Museum by seeing, moving, touching, and doing.
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Festivals

 

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With a variety of hands-on activities, the Museum’s annual Festival of the Building Arts is always popular.
Photo by F.T. Eyre

Discover Engineering Family Day

Discover Engineering Family Day  involves young people from across the country in events celebrating the contributions of engineers.
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The Big Build

Taking place each fall, the The Big Build gives young people and families the opportunity to explore first-hand a variety of building trades and crafts.
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