Key | Imgs | Short Description |
1997_DC_Building | 19 | DC -- Natl Building Museum |
1998_DC_Building | 4 | DC -- Natl Building Museum |
1999_DC_Building | 5 | DC -- Natl Building Museum |
2002_DC_Building | 4 | DC -- Natl Building Museum |
2004_DC_Building | 33 | DC -- Natl Building Museum |
2005_DC_Building | 44 | DC -- Natl Building Museum Four visits: ... |
2006_DC_Building | 13 | DC -- Natl Building Museum They said the new things going up were for an NBC reality show which was going to film there on Monday. From the Washington Post at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/18/AR2006081801131.html
NAMES & FACES
Saturday, August 19, 2006; Page C03
Ex-CIA Loses the Way on... |
2007_DC_Building | 67 | DC -- Natl Building Museum Various visits including:
(070910) The starling that got into the building and hangs out at the snack bar waiting for treats. When the fountain in the middle of the building is closed up for some reason, the staff leaves water containers out for him. (2) Work progresses on "channeling" the walls to... |
2008_DC_Building | 12 | DC -- Natl Building Museum Several visits:
- I had never noticed the tile for Ulysses Grant on the one side of the building.
- Pictures of the outside bas relief figures. |
2009_DC_Building | 7 | DC -- Natl Building Museum |
2010_DC_Building | 13 | DC -- Natl Building Museum |
2011_DC_Building | 12 | DC -- Natl Building Museum |
2014_DC_Building | 13 | DC -- Natl Building Museum Including the Big Maze. |
2015_DC_Building | 79 | DC -- Natl Building Museum |
2017_DC_Building | 7 | DC -- Natl Building Museum |
2019_07_01B3_Building | 7 | DC -- Natl Building Museum (Partially reviewed) |
2019_07_30F2_Building | 18 | DC -- Natl Building Museum (Partially reviewed) |
2019_08_24D8_Building | 16 | DC -- Natl Building Museum (Partially reviewed) |
2019_DC_Building_Evicted | 69 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Evicted Evicted
April 14, 2018–May 19, 2019
A stable place to call home is one of the best predictors of success. Yet, each year more than 2.3 million Americans, most of them low-income renters, face eviction. While it used to be rare even in the poorest neighborhoods, forcible removal has become ordinary,... |
2017_DC_Building_Hive | 18 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Hive The National Building Museum and Studio Gang present Hive, the latest Summer Block Party installation in the Great Hall.
Soaring to the uppermost reaches of the Museum, Hive is built entirely of more than 2,700 wound paper tubes, a construction material that is recyclable, lightweight, and renewable.... |
2016_DC_Building_Icebergs | 25 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Icebergs ICEBERGS
July 2, 2016 - September 5, 2016
Visit ICEBERGS in the Museum's Great Hall. Designed by James Corner Field Operations, the installation opens as part of the annual Summer Block Party series, July 2 - September 5.
Visitors will:
* Explore a fantastical glacial sea designed by landscape... |
2019_07_01B2_Building_Lawn | 15 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Lawn Lawn
July 4-September 2, 2019
The Museum is partnering with the LAB at Rockwell Group to present the 2019 Summer Block Party installation. Lawn will be an immersive installation taking up the entirety of the Museum’s Great Hall, and offer interactive experiences for all ages.
Lawn allows guests to... (Partially reviewed) |
2019_07_30F1_Building_Lawn | 23 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Lawn Lawn
July 4-September 2, 2019
The Museum is partnering with the LAB at Rockwell Group to present the 2019 Summer Block Party installation. Lawn will be an immersive installation taking up the entirety of the Museum’s Great Hall, and offer interactive experiences for all ages.
Lawn allows guests to... (Partially reviewed) |
2010_DC_Building_LEGO | 37 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: LEGO Towering Ambition Towering Ambition:
You are standing inside a building made of bricks. Actually, more than fifteen and a half million bricks were used to construct the National Building Museum's historic home. Now, begin to think smaller... and smaller... and you can just begin to fathom the challenge that Adam Reed... |
2011_DC_Building_LEGO | 20 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: LEGO Towering Ambition |
2012_DC_Building_LEGO | 35 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: LEGO Towering Ambition Including packing it up to remove it. |
2016_DC_Building_Meigs | 40 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Montgomery Meigs |
2019_DC_Building_Secret_Cities | 200 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Secret Cities Secret Cities: The Architecture and Planning of the Manhattan Project
May 3, 2018 – July 28, 2019
In the fall of 1942, less than a year after the United States was drawn into World War II by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers quietly began acquiring vast tracts of... |
2015_DC_Building_Beach | 66 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: The BEACH The National Building Museum presents a one-of-a-kind destination for visitors, an interactive architectural installation that brings the quintessential summer experience of going to the beach to downtown Washington, D.C. Spanning across the Museum’s Great Hall, the BEACH, created in partnership with... |
2018_DC_Building_Sham | 14 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Vascular Form XI. Spirit (by Foon Sham) Foon Sham was named the Asian Influence/American Design Visionary Artist of the 2018 Smithsonian Craft Show. As part of the award, he was commissioned to construct a piece which ended up on exhibit outside of the museum. This pine piece is called Vascular Form XI, Spirit. |
2012_DC_Canstruction | 193 | NBM -- Washington Architectural Foundation's Canstruction® 2012 Washington Architectural Foundation's Canstruction® 2012
See fantastic structures built entirely out of thousands of canned goods by metropolitan Washington D.C. architecture and construction teams! Canstruction® is a creative design-build competition that benefits the Capital Area Food Bank. Bring... |
2014_DC_Canstruction | 302 | NBM -- Washington Architectural Foundation's Canstruction® 2014 Despite what you learned as a child, playing with food is exactly the point of Canstruction 2014. The nationwide program, which is organized in DC by the Washington Architectural Foundation, challenges teams of architecture, construction, and engineering professionals to interpret a theme using stacked... |
2015_DC_Canstruction | 92 | NBM -- Washington Architectural Foundation's Canstruction® 2015 November 22 - Monday, November 30, 2015
Join us at Canstruction on Black Friday as an alternative to the excess of shopping as we raise awareness about hunger in DC. Bring a can to get a dollar off of your admission to the National Building Museum and then use the can to vote for your favorite project.... |
2017_DC_Canstruction | 101 | NBM -- Washington Architectural Foundation's Canstruction® 2017 2017 Theme: CANnect with Nature
Build Out: Sunday, November 19, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Dates: Sunday, November 19 - Sunday, November 26, 2017
Location: National Building Museum
Canstruction is a nationwide program that aims to raise awareness about hunger. In DC, Canstruction is organized by the... |
2018_DC_Canstruction | 434 | NBM -- Washington Architectural Foundation's Canstruction® 2018 Join the Washington Architectural Foundation at the National Building Museum to see the build-out for CANstruction 2018!
2018 Theme: CAN't Stop the Beet!
Build Out: Sunday, November 18
On View: Monday, November 19 - Sunday, November 25, 2018
Canstruction is a nationwide program that aims to raise... |
2019_11_25D2_Canstruction_AIA | 26 | Washington Architectural Foundation's Canstruction® 2019 @ AIA Headquarters Join the Washington Architectural Foundation at the Columbia Square Building and AIA National Headquarters to see the build-out for CANstruction 2019!
2019 Theme: The 1980s
Columbia Square, 555 13th Street NW
AIA National Headquarters, 1735 New York Ave NW
#CANstructionDC
Canstruction is a... (Partially reviewed) |
2019_11_25D1_Canstruction_CS | 103 | Washington Architectural Foundation's Canstruction® 2019 @ Columbia Square Join the Washington Architectural Foundation at the Columbia Square Building and AIA National Headquarters to see the build-out for CANstruction 2019!
2019 Theme: The 1980s
Columbia Square, 555 13th Street NW
AIA National Headquarters, 1735 New York Ave NW
#CANstructionDC
Canstruction is a... (Partially reviewed) |
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2019_12_02E1_Shepard | 224 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Event: Honoring Matthew Shepard—A Celebration and Plaque Dedication Honoring Matthew Shepard—A Celebration and Plaque Dedication
On Monday evening, December 2, Washington National Cathedral and the Matthew Shepard Foundation will host a ceremony of inspiration, celebration, and song as we dedicate the Matthew Shepard Memorial Plaque. Elevated by a grassroots, crowd-... (Partially reviewed) |
2019_12_08B_Honors | 182 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Kennedy Center Honors (2019) Celebrate the 2019 Honorees
Earth, Wind & Fire, Sally Field, Linda Ronstadt, Sesame Street, and Michael Tilson Thomas
42nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors To Celebrate Honorees' Profound Artistic Impact
Folks shown here include:
Christopher Jackson ("Hamilton"), Jonas Brothers, Debra Winger, David Fo... (Partially reviewed) |
2019_12_04D1_Kalb | 189 | NPC -- Kalb Report: "We the People..." (w/Nina Totenberg, Pete Williams, and Jonathan Turley) The Kalb Report: “We the People…”
Is America headed for—or perhaps already in -- a constitutional crisis fueled by highly partisan politics? Is this endangering our democracy? If so, where do we go from here?
The first forum in the 26th season of The Kalb Report (and the 100th program in the series)... (Partially reviewed) |
2019_11_08A1_THIS_Twilight | 415 | THIS for Diplomats Twilight in Argentina Gala @ Embassy of Argentina THIS for Diplomats 2019 Gala: Twilight in Argentina
THIS is proud to announce that on November 8, 2019, we are co-hosting our Annual Fundraiser Gala “Twilight in Argentina” with the Argentine Republic.
The event will take place at the Argentinian Embassy and will feature live music (by Sweet Somethi... (Partially reviewed) |
2019_11_17_APG | 278 | Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Event: American Portrait Gala 2019 On Nov. 17, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will host its third biennial American Portrait Gala. The black-tie, red carpet affair will bestow the Portrait Gallery’s coveted “Portrait of a Nation Prize” to six notable honorees whose accomplishments have made an impact on the nation’s shar... (Partially reviewed) |