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Suchi Reddy’s installation highlighting Washington, D.C.’s activist history opens in the National Building Museum

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An activist-centered installation by Suchi Reddy will be staged in National Building Museum this summer

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Mid-Month Melange

Daily digest: European energy crisis cuts short the Eiffel Tower’s nightly light show, SAY IT LOUD tours Nebraska, and more

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A Richly Deserved Win

Dolores Hayden honored with 2022 Vincent Scully Prize

a person rides a bike in a waterfront park
Big (Ar)ups

Arup to receive the 2022 Honor Award from the National Building Museum

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Make A Date

Four not-to-miss exhibitions on view this spring and beyond

the us mexico border wall, a photo on display in the new exhibition, in the pacific ocean
Fly On The Wall

A new exhibition is a testament to the conceptual resilience of “the wall”

a low slung unitarian church, part of the upcoming 2022 Architecture & Design Film Festival
Back to Life, Back to Reality

The Architecture & Design Film Festival will return in 2022 with public screenings

A photo of a border wall segment part of The Wall/El Muro
Divisions On Display

A major show on the Southern border wall is coming to the National Building Museum in November

A truss destroyed in the notre dame fire, raised at the national building museum
Truss The Process

Carpenters and students replicate an original timber truss from Notre-Dame using centuries-old techniques

color portrait of mabel o. wilson
Writing Wrongs

Mabel O. Wilson announced winner of 2021 Vincent Scully Prize

view of the lower manhattan skyline in the 1970s, from The Towers of the WTC
Then and Now

The Towers of the WTC: 51 Years of Photographs by Camilo José Vergara opens September 4 at the National Building Museum

a wooden truss on display in a museum hall
Hewn Together

The Notre Dame de Paris Truss Project heads to the National Building Museum

a large lawn mural outside of a historic D.C. building, future home to the summer block party series
Let’s Get This Party Started

The National Building Museum’s Summer Block Party returns with an outdoor outing

a columned great hall in a historic building inside the national building museum
Come On And Slam

Daily digest: The National Building Museum honors SOM, squishy furniture is “in,” and more

a columned great hall in a historic building inside the national building museum
At Long Last

The National Building Museum announces April 9 reopening

a historic brick building in D.C.
The Next Chapter

Aileen Fuchs is the new executive director of National Building Museum

Photo of multicolored mural with John Lewis's face shown from two different ages in his life at murals that matter
In Brief

Murals That Matter will bring protest art to the National Building Museum

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