November 17, 2003
20 Second Museum Review - The National Building Museum
I had a chance today to re-visit the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. We'd headed down there to visit one specific exhibit: Up, Down, Across - Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Sidewalks, which chronicles the development and impact of people transporters across the last hundred years.
The National Building Museum is housed in the former Pension building directly across from the Judiciary Square metro stop. It's a beautiful building and worth a trip down just to see the structure. It rivals the architecture of the old-style train stations, with a wide open main concourse and stunning balconies. Exhibitions range from architectural studies to the history of WMATA to tool-inspired art. For anyone interested in planning, policy, and transit, it's a must-visit museum.
Admission is a suggested donation of $5.
Posted by amg at November 17, 2003 12:33 AM
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was always my favourite building in dc and one of the more offbeat and interesting museums.
Posted by: pete at November 20, 2003 8:54 AM