Washington, D.C., United States
National Building Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
The National Building Museum, a private nonprofit created by an act of Congress in 1980, occupies the former Pension Building at 401 F Street NW in Washington, D.C. Montgomery C. Meigs designed the brick building, completed in 1887, which is an important early large-scale example of Renaissance Revival architecture. Its high-columned Great Hall hosts temporary exhibitions. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- public building, museum, nonprofit organization
- Materials
- brick
- Heritage
- District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites, National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Washington, D.C., United States
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