NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM
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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM INSPIRES CURIOSITY ABOUT THE WORLD WE DESIGN AND BUILD.

EXHIBITIONS:HOUSE AND HOME: AN EXHIBITION WITH A KALEIDOSCOPIC ARRAY OF PHOTOGRAPHS, OBJECTS, MODELS, AND FILMS THAT TAKE THE VISITOR ON A TOUR OF HOUSES BOTH FAMILIAR AND SURPRISING, THROUGH PAST AND PRESENT, CHALLENGING OUR IDEAS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AT HOME IN AMERICA. REMARKABLE TRANSFORMATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY, LAWS, AND CONSUMER CULTURE HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT ENORMOUS CHANGE IN AMERICAN DOMESTIC LIFE. THE BREATHTAKING VARIETY OF STORIES ABOUT THE AMERICAN HOME SURPRISE, TEACH, AND ENTERTAIN.PLAY WORK BUILD: TAKES CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALIKE THROUGH AN EXPLORATION OF PLAY WITH AN IMMERSIVE, HANDS-ON INSTALLATION FEATURING MOLDED FOAM BLOCKS OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.SECRET CITIES: ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT: THE ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT EXHIBITION EXAMINES THE INNOVATIVE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF OAK RIDGE, HANFORD, AND LOS ALAMOS, TRACING THEIR PRECEDENTS IN THE BAUHAUS AND OTHER EARLY MODERN SCHOOLS OF ARCHITECTURAL THOUGHT. IT LOOKS AT THE DAILY LIFE WITHIN THE CITIES AND HOW IT WAS SHAPED BY THEIR PHYSICAL FORM, ILLUMINATING THE SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND SEGREGATION THAT WERE STILL EVIDENT IN THESE CITIES DESPITE THE HIGH-MINDED PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THEIR DESIGN.HOOPS: COMMUNITY PORTRAITS BY BILL BAMBERGER: THIS EXHIBITION PRESENTED A RICH AND DIVERSE SELECTION OF PRIVATE AND COMMUNITY BASKETBALL COURTS FROM AROUND THE NATION AND ACROSS THE GLOBEFROM THE DESERTS OF ARIZONA TO THE HILLS OF APPALACHIA, AND FROM THE STREETS OF THE NORTHEAST TO THE PLAYGROUNDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. PHOTOGRAPHER BILL BAMBERGER HAS TAKEN NEARLY 22,000 PHOTOGRAPHS SINCE THE SERIES WAS LAUNCHED IN 2004, AND THE 75 LARGE-FORMAT PRINTS FEATURED IN THE EXHIBITION ARE THE LARGEST AND FIRST COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE WORK.FLICKERING TREASURES: REDISCOVERING BALTIMORE'S ORGOTEN MOVIE THEATERS: THIS EXHIBITION INVITED VISITORS TO TRAVEL IN TIME THROUGH A SURVEY OF BALTIMORE'S MOVIE- FROM 1896 TO THE PRESENT, USING PHOTOGRAPHY, ORAL HISTORIES, ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENTS, AND THEATER EPHEMERA TO ILLUMINATE THEMES OF MEMORY, LOSS, AND PRESERVATION. THROUGHOUT, PHOTOJOURNALIST AMY DAVIS' COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS REFLECT A NUANCED AND HUMANISTIC APPROACH. THE COMBINATION OF DAVIS' CONTEMPORARY VIEWS ALONGSIDE ARCHIVAL MATERIAL ILLUSTRATE THE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC UPHEAVAL ON AMERICAN CITIES, SPECIFICALLY BALTIMORE. THROUGH THE LENS OF THEATER DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND USE, THE EXHIBITION ENGAGES WITH A FAMILIAR ARCHITECTURAL FORM THAT FEW MAY HAVE CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO URBAN HISTORY.LAWN: THE MUSEUM PARTNERED WITH THE LAB AT ROCKWELL GROUP TO PRESENT THE 2019 SUMMER BLOCK PARTY INSTALLATION. LAWN WAS AN IMMERSIVE INSTALLATION TAKING UP THE ENTIRETY OF THE MUSEUM'S GREAT HALL, AND OFFERED INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES FOR ALL AGES.ANIMALS COLLECTED: THE NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM IS HOME TO 320,000 OBJECTS RELATED TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. MANY OF THESE ARTIFACTS IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTION HAVE NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED. ANIMALS, COLLECTED IS A CHANCE TO EXPLORE SOME OF THE MUSEUM'S MOST UNUSUAL TREASURES THROUGH THE LENS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS:THE MUSEUM OFFERED: 475 PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SERVING 11,117 PRE K-12 STUDENTS 46 FREE PROGRAMS TO GROUPS FROM LOCAL TITLE 1 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAPUBLIC SCHOOLS (DCPS)2 HOMESCHOOL DAYS, SERVING 254 LOCAL HOMESCHOOLED YOUTH FOUR SIX-WEEK MULTI VISIT CITY VISION PROGRAMS, SERVING SEVENTY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM FOUR D.C. SCHOOLS (TAKOMA PARK EDUCATION CAMPUS, SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS AT FRANCIS-STEVENS, HART MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND STUART HOBSON MIDDLE SCHOOL)9 LIVESTREAM PROGRAMS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, SERVING 762 STUDENTS4 INTENSIVE DIALOGUE-BASED PROGRAMS FOR 155 LOCAL MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS (DC PREP: EDGEWOOD, CHEVY CHASE HS BETHESDA, CAPITOL HILL DAY SCHOOL, CAPITAL CITY PCS) WHERE THEY EXPLORED AND DISCUSSED THE NATIONAL EVICTION CRISIS IN THE EVICTED EXHIBITION.THE MUSEUM PARTNERED WITH DCPS ON AN ARTS-BASED UNIT THAT EVERY SECOND GRADER IN THE DISTRICT USED. THIS INCLUDED A FIELD TRIP AND BUSES TO THE MUSEUM FOR 14 SCHOOLS (380 STUDENTS) AND A CULMINATING PROGRAM AT THE MUSEUM FOR STUDENTS FROM EIGHT SCHOOLS (133 STUDENTS). WITH A GRANT FROM THE UNITED ENGINEERING FOUNDATION, THE MUSEUM LAUNCHED A PILOT DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM. FROM OCTOBER 2018 THROUGH JUNE 2019, 9 PROGRAMS WERE OFFERED TO 762 STUDENTS IN HOMESCHOOL AND TRADITIONAL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS FROM 12 STATES, CANADA, AND AUSTRALIA.TEACHER PROGRAMMING INCLUDED: MUSEUM'S ANNUAL SUMMER EDUCATOR NIGHT (200 TEACHERS), NINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM, INTERNATIONAL BACCAULAREAUTE, DC PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, AND THE NATIONAL ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (200 TEACHERS TOTAL).OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH (TEENS):NINETY D.C. AREA TEENS DEVELOPED SKILLS IN CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING, PROBLEM SOLVING, ANALYSIS, EVALUATION, AND TEAMWORK AROUND TOPICS IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE MUSEUM'S LANDMARK PROGRAMS, DESIGN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM (FALL AND SPRING) AND INVESTIGATING WHERE WE LIVE (SUMMER). YOUTH IN THE FALL 2018 DESIGN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM WORKED WITH THE MUSEUM AS A CLIENT TO DEVELOP PUBLIC SEATING; IN SPRING 2019, THE MUSEUM PARTNERED WITH THE CONGRESS HEIGHTS AND WASHINGTON HIGHLANDS NEIGHBORHOODS TO DESIGN AND INSTALL MURALS AND SEATING AT BASKETBALL COURTS IN OXON RUN PARK; WORKED WITH ARTIST COLLABORATIVE CREATIVEJUNK. PARTICIPANTS IN THE SUMMER INVESTIGATING WHERE WE LIVE PROGRAM WERE INVITED TO SHARE THEIR OWN DESIGN VISIONS FOR OUTDOOR PUBLIC SPACE; THEIR EXHIBITION, FOR YOU BY YOUTH: URBAN LANDSCAPES REIMAGINED, WAS ON VIEW FROM AUGUST 10, 2019 THROUGH DECEMBER 2, 2019.THE MUSEUM'S TEEN COUNCIL (13 YOUTH) MET BI-WEEKLY OCTOBER THROUGH MAY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CAREERS IN MUSEUMS THROUGH BEHIND THE SCENES ACCESS TO COLLECTIONS, EXHIBITIONS, AND PROGRAMMING; VOLUNTEERED AT MUSEUM FAMILY DAYS; AND PLANNED TEEN NIGHT PROGRAMMING.THE MUSEUM HELD TWO TEEN NIGHTS - ONE IN MARCH (100 TEENS ATTENDED) AND ONE IN AUGUST (200 TEENS ATTENDED).OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH (SUMMER CAMP):IN SUMMER 2019 THE MUSEUM SERVED A TOTAL OF 282 CHILDREN. EIGHTEEN FIVE-DAY CAMPS WERE OFFERED OVER SIX WEEKS, WITH SEPARATE SESSIONS FOR 2ND AND 3RD GRADE, 4TH AND 5TH GRADE, AND 6TH AND 7TH GRADE OCCURRING SIMULTANEOUSLY EACH WEEK. CAMPS COVERED TOPICS SUCH AS ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, PUBLIC ART, CITY PLANNING, AND DESIGN. EACH CAMP SESSIONS VISITED THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS.COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: FAMILIES, EARLY LEARNERS, AND ALL-AGES PROGRAMMING:THE MUSEUM PRESENTED NUMEROUS DROP-IN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES, INCLUDING SEASONALLY-BASED PROGRAMMING IN THE WINTER AND SUMMER AND NEW INITIATIVES FOR EARLY LEARNERS. PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING, SERVING A TOTAL OF 21,065 PEOPLE:THE BIG BUILD (3,875 ATTENDEES)1968: SHAPING THE DISTRICT'S FUTURE (150 ATTENDEES)STORY TIME WITH DC PUBLIC LIBRARY(1,498 ATTENDEES)GROWING COMMUNITY(495 ATTENDEES)NEWSPAPER FORTS(838 ATTENDEES)HOUSE LANTERNS(1,595 ATTENDEES)DISCOVER ENGINEERING FAMILY DAY(6,847 ATTENDEES)FLYING IN THE GREAT HALL(1,158 ATTENDEES)THE LAWN POP-UP PROGRAMMING(2,189 ATTENDEES)BUILDING CONNECTIONS(231 ATTENDEES)BUILDING ZONE POPOUT(178 ATTENDEES)THREE OFFSITE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS WERE OFFERED THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH TURNING THE PAGE, THE DC MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE DC PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY SERVING 1,618 PEOPLE COMBINED.IN ADDITION, SEVEN WEEKEND FAMILY WORKSHOPS, SERVING 393 PEOPLE, INCLUDED:FAMILY GINGERBREAD 2018 WORKSHOPS (308 ATTENDEES)TINY TINKERERS (74 ATTENDEES)LEGO BUILD (11 ATTENDEES)ADULTS:THE MUSEUM PRESENTED 56 PROGRAMS (TALKS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, OFFSITE TOURS AND EXPERIENCES, AND FILMS) FOR ADULT AUDIENCES, SERVING A TOTAL OF 5,393 PEOPLE. THE MUSEUM'S HIGH-PROFILE LECTURE SERIES SPOTLIGHT ON DESIGN FEATURED ALLIED WORK ARCHITECTURE, PWP(PETER WALKER AND PARTNERS), LOCAL ARCHITECT DAVID JAMESON, AND THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM SWA. OFFSITE TOURS PROVIDED ACCESS TO A VARIETY OF PROJECTS AND LOCATIONS INCLUDING COLAB, PORTALS V, AND TWO PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS OF MOVIE THEATERS IN WASHINGTON, DC AND BALTIMORE AS PART OF THE EXHIBITION FLICKERING TREASURE'S PROGRAMMING.IN JANUARY, THE MUSEUM PRESENTED ITS CREATIVE IN RESIDENCE WITH DANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER HEATHER SULTZ. THE RESIDENCE INCLUDED TWO EVENING WORKSHOPS, A TALK WITH THE ARTIST, AND TWO WEEKS OF REHEARSALS WITH VOLUNTEER DANCERS THAT CULMINATED IN A SITE-SPECIFIC, INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE OF TRANSITS AND PASSAGES.IN FEBRUARY, THE MUSEUM PRESENTED THE SECOND ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN FILM FESTIVAL, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FESTIVAL FOUNDER KYLE BERGMAN, SERVING OVER 2,000 PEOPLE. THE FESTIVAL RAN FOR FOUR DAYS AND FEATURED OVER 25 FEATURE, SHORT, AND DOCUMENTARY FILMS.URBAN SALON WAS OFFERED 6 TIMES THAT INCLUDED PROGRAMS ABOUT THE URBAN ROOF TOP FARM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLOMBIA, DEAF SPACE DESIGN AT GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY, AND THE ADAPTIVE REUSE SEEN AT RIGHT PROPER BREWERY.

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS:DEEPER DIVES ABOUT COLLECTIONS ITEMS, BUILDING BRAIN BUSTERS, AND MORE. WITH A RECENT HIRE, WE HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED THE CAPABILITY FOR PRODUCING ORIGINAL VIDEO CONTENT, INCLUDING TRAILERS FOR NEW EXHIBITIONS. THROUGH EARNED MEDIA EFFORTS, PRESS COVERAGE FOR THE MUSEUM WAS VALUED AT $45.5 MILLION (THE COST OF REACHING THE SAME CIRCULATION THROUGH PAID ADVERTISING), WITH FEATURE ARTICLES AND PIECES IN THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, ARCHITECT, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE GUARDIAN, AND MANY MORE.

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