National Building Museum

The National Building Museum, the former Pension Building

The Corinthian columns are 75 ft high (23 m)

Big hall

The National Building Museum in Washington, DC , is the National Museum of Architecture of the United States .

history

It was established by a 1980 law and is operated as a private, non-profit organization. Located in the former Pension Bureau Building , the museum is near the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and Judiciary Square Metro Station (401 F Street NW). The Pension Bureau Building (1887) is a brick building designed by General Montgomery C. Meigs .

Exhibitions

• 2014: The BIG Maze (The Great Maze) designed by Bjarke Ingels Group , Copenhagen, Denmark.

literature

• Lyons, Linda Brody, Building a Landmark: A Guide to the Historic Home of the National Building Museum , National Building Museum, Washington, DC, 1999 (American)
• McDaniel, Joyce L., The Collected Works of Caspar Buberl: An Analysis of a Nineteenth Century American Sculptor , MA thesis, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1976 (American)
• Weeks, Christopher, American Institute of Architects Guide to the Architecture of Washington, DC , 3rd ed., Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994, pp. 73-74. (americ.)

Web links

Commons : National Building Museum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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Coordinates: 38 ° 53 ′ 51 ″  N , 77 ° 1 ′ 5 ″  W.