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Adopt an Artifact: Blueprint Machine
In the summer of 2024, Joan LaGrave and her daughter Elizabeth Albanese donated this blueprint machine to the National Building […]
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Stories That Shape Us: Building Stories Reflections
In celebration of World Book Day, staff at the National Building Museum are turning the pages in Building Stories to […]
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Landscape Architecture Month Q&A with TERREMOTO
National Building Museum (NBM): Introduce yourself! Who is Terremoto? Terremoto: Terremoto is a landscape architecture office based in Los Angeles […]
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Collections Highlight: Historic Formica® Laminate
In 1912, two young electrical engineers, Daniel O’Conor (originally from New York) and Herbert Faber (originally from Cincinnati), discovered that […]
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Coming Together: Reimagining the American Downtown
Your Voice: Future Cities Each step you take through the exhibition Coming Together reveals a new story, a new perspective, […]
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Collections Highlight: Wurts Brothers Photography
The National Building Museum acquired the Wurts Brothers Photography Collection in 1983, making it one of the Museum’s earliest collections. […]
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Adopt an Artifact: Vlastimil Koubek Archive
Vlastimil Koubek, a Czechoslovakian modernist architect who designed more than one hundred buildings primarily in the Washington, D.C. metro region, […]
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Art Is Everywhere: A Conversation with Trap Bob
As the National Building Museum prepares for The Big Draw and expands Building Stories into libraries across Washington, D.C., we […]
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Collections Highlight: The Washington National Cathedral Construction Sketches
In 2015, the National Building Museum received an incredible gift that opened a new window into one of Washington, D.C.’s […]
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