Beverly Willis, architect and advocate for women in architecture, died on October 1, 2023. She co-founded the National Building Museum in Washington, DC and served as a Founding Trustee of the Museum. Beginning her career in San Francisco, she won acclaim in 1965 for 1890 Union Street Shops, a conversion of Victorian homes into retail […]
The Museum Shop’s 2023 Gift Catalog is here! This year’s catalog has a wide selection of items, and features a variety of exclusive Washington D.C. products! You can preview the catalog in the flipbook above, or download a PDF of the catalog. Both include live links to the products on the Shop website. Happy shopping!
Herbert M. Franklin 1933-2021 National Building Museum Founding Trustee We are deeply saddened by the passing of Herbert M. Franklin, a founding trustee of the National Building Museum. He was a lawyer active in urban affairs and played crucial role in the founding and development of the National Building Museum. Concerned for the fate of
We are deeply saddened by the recent passing of our dear friend Darwina L. Neal, FASLA, HM. IFLA, F.US/ICOMOS. Darwina will be greatly missed for her dedication to the field of landscape architecture, historic preservation, and the National Building Museum specifically. Darwina L. Neal received her Bachelor of Science degree in Landscape Architecture from Pennsylvania
The DowntownDC BID and Shaolin Jazz are bringing the fourth year of the popular Summer Flicks – CAN I KICK IT? movie series to the Museum’s West Lawn! The theme is The Future, and weekly screenings will take attendees through time and space: May 25: Star Trek June 1: Ready Player One June 8: Aliens
It is with sadness that the National Building Museum notes the death of M. Arthur Gensler Jr., founder of the world’s largest architecture firm, on May 10 at the age of 85. Launched in 1965 as a small, San Francisco–based interior-design studio, M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates grew over the decades into the single-name
It is with sadness that the National Building Museum notes the passing of structural engineer Leslie E. Robertson, P.E., F.ASCE, on February 11, 2021. He was the first recipient of the Museum’s Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction Technology, in 2002. The Prize recognizes an invention, an innovative methodology, and/or exceptional leadership by
The National Building Museum won’t reopen until a little later this year, but the Museum Shop remains available online and in-person by appointment. The availability of shopping appointments will depend on both staff schedules and the Shop’s capacity. If you are interested in setting up an appointment, click here to send us an email, and
On display November 26-29th, 2021. For the past several years, the National Building Museum has hosted CANstruction, a nationwide program that aims to raise awareness about hunger. In D.C., CANstruction is organized by the Washington Architectural Foundation as a creative design-build competition that benefits the Capital Area Food Bank through donations of canned goods. Local