Cityscapes Revealed: Highlights from the Collection

Date: December 03 2006 - December 17 2006

Location: Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Website: http://www.nbm.org/Exhibits/current/cityscapes.html

About This Event

This first-ever retrospective exhibition of the National Building Museum's unique collection explores quintessentially American, 20th-century buildings from center-city mansions to main street storefronts and sleek downtown skyscrapers. Anchored by a series of large architectural elements, this walking tour of the cityscape is complemented by exquisitely detailed drawings; rare, early-20th-century photographs; and smaller-scale fragments from National Historic Landmarks""including the former U.S. Pension Building, the Museum's extraordinary home.

Established in 1977, the Museum's permanent collection holds a wealth of artifacts that illuminate virtually all aspects of America's building heritage. Even the keenest observers of the city make "new"? discoveries, in plain sight, all the time. After taking this tour of the National Building Museum's collection, we encourage you to undertake your own explorations of the city.

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architecture, museum