Visible Vault: Open Collections Storage showcases some of the significant historical artifacts from the National Building Museum’s collection ranging from the 1800’s to the present day.
This exhibition will open to the public on Saturday, Dec. 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., which is a free community day.
The National Building Museum (401 F St. NW) was opened as the U.S. Army Pension Bureau Building and designed by then Army Quartermaster Montgomery C. Meigs. It is a remarkable building with tremendous indoor columns and an freize around the exterior depicting classically-staged scenes from the Civil War. The Building Museum was created in 1980.
Most of the items featured in the exhibition have never been on public display. Visible Vault will initially display 3,000 artifacts, representing highlights from the Museum’s massive collection of 500,000 artifacts including architectural blueprints and models, bricks, plaster molds, photographs, building fragments, toy collections, souvenir buildings, drafting tools and historical building equipment.
The Museum says it will regularly rotate artifacts on display to share more of its collection with the public. Learn more and get your tickets https://nbm.org/
