As the nation’s only cultural institution dedicated to inspiring curiosity and knowledge about the world that we design and build, the National Building Museum experienced the January 6 attack on […]
The Museum Shop’s 2021 Gift Catalog is here! This year, we’re celebrating 11 creators and makers who produce beautiful, fun, and amazing things for us, many of them exclusive to
Gerald D. Hines, founder and chairman of the preeminent real estate firm Hines, died on August 23, 2020. He served as a Trustee of the National Building Museum from 1982
By ANE GONZALEZ LARA Ane Gonzalez Lara is an assistant professor of undergraduate architecture at the Pratt Institute. This post is part of an occasional series of essays and other
When we went about compiling an alphabet’s worth of objects to be found in the David Weingarten Collection of 20th Century Souvenir Buildings, there was plenty to choose from: more
By Sarah Leavitt Part of an occasional series on previous and future Museum exhibitions by Sarah, a curator now working from home during the coronavirus pandemic. Just a few weeks after
By Sarah Leavitt Part of an occasional series on previous and future Museum exhibitions by Sarah, a curator now working from home during the coronavirus pandemic. We are going to need
By Sarah Leavitt Part of an occasional series on previous and future Museum exhibitions by Sarah, a curator now working from home during the coronavirus pandemic. Today is the day an
Alan Karchmer: The Architects’ Photographer is a new exhibition the Museum was planning to debut when our doors reopened in March. Unfortunately, it will be a while before you can