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Event Series Storytime

Storytime

Storytime is FREE and packed full of reading, songs, and activities designed to promote language and literacy skills! Story themes vary weekly, but relate to current exhibitions at the museum.

Building Readers Club Meeting

Join the National Building Museum and The Washington Ballet for a special Building Readers Club activity!

Event Series Steam Saturday

STEAM Saturday

The second Saturday of each month, families are invited to join the National Building Museum for STEAM activities related to our Brick City exhibition.

Event Series Storytime

Storytime

Storytime is FREE and packed full of reading, songs, and activities designed to promote language and literacy skills! Story themes vary weekly, but relate to current exhibitions at the museum.

Danish Design in America

The National Building Museum, in partnership with the Danish Embassy in Washington, DC, presents a talk about Danish design and its influence in America from mid-century to the present.

Girl Scouts – Designing for Disaster

Juniors will learn how to use the Design Thinking Process to solve problems through hands-on activities and discussion. First, they will design an emergency shelter in response to a natural disaster of their choice. Second, they will adapt their shelter to survive an earthquake, testing their final structures on a shake table! After participating in…

$15
Event Series Storytime

Storytime

Storytime is FREE and packed full of reading, songs, and activities designed to promote language and literacy skills! Story themes vary weekly, but relate to current exhibitions at the museum.

Event Series Storytime

Storytime

Storytime is FREE and packed full of reading, songs, and activities designed to promote language and literacy skills! Story themes vary weekly, but relate to current exhibitions at the museum.

Event Series Storytime

Storytime

Storytime is FREE and packed full of reading, songs, and activities designed to promote language and literacy skills! Story themes vary weekly, but relate to current exhibitions at the museum.

Event Series Storytime

Storytime

Storytime is FREE and packed full of reading, songs, and activities designed to promote language and literacy skills! Story themes vary weekly, but relate to current exhibitions at the museum.