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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 high-pressure plastic resins could replace the mineral mica in insulation…
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, and an opportunity to participate. You’re first greeted by a…
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. At that time, the Museum had only recently been established…
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, immigrated to the United States in 1952. He initially worked…
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 sat down with artist, illustrator, and muralist Trap Bob to…
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 most ambitious architectural projects: the Washington National Cathedral. Comprising more…
Collections Highlight: Pension Building Collection
The National Building Museum collects artifacts of the built environment from around the world, guided by the belief that the world we design and build matters. The Museum’s expansive collections…
