National Building Museum

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The National Building Museum is a museum in Washington D.C. dedicated to architecture, landscaping, urban design, urban planning, industrial design, and the history of buildings in the United States. The museum host exhibitions of architectural styles and organizes tours for visitors and activities for children and families. The museum was established in 1969 by architect Beverly Willis and moved to an old building that was the Interior of the Pension Office in 1980.

National Building Museum Media

• Interior of the Pension Office, c. 1918

• The National Building Museum's Corinthian columns are among the largest in the world measuring 75 ft. (23 m) tall and 8 ft. (2.4 m) in diameter.

• The museum's south entrance

• The museum's west entrance

• The logo of the National Building Museum in 2012

• National Building Museum with the United States Capitol in the background

• photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Montgomery C. Meigs and Caspar Buberl

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  Corner figures, exterior frieze

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  Detail of the frieze (1887, Caspar Buberl) on the National Building Museum, located in the Judiciary Square neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Other websites

• Official website
• National Park Service - National Historic Landmarks Program - Pension Building listing Archived 2012-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
• General Services Administration page on the Pension Building (National Building Museum) Archived 2017-06-01 at the Wayback Machine