Program areas at National Building Museum
Exhibitions:in fiscal year 2022, the National Building Museum presented eleven exhibitions that examined and interpreted the built environment. House and home is a long-term exhibition presented that takes visitors on a tour of houses both familiar and surprising, through past and present, challenging our ideas about what it means to live at home in america.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 and an original virtual block play experience.justice is beauty: the work of mass design group features the work of this nonprofit architecture firm whose work seeks to answer questions such as these, committed to the idea that architecture is never neutral, it either heals or hurts. Founded in 2008 by six students at the harvard graduate school of design, the name of the firm is derived from the motto "a model of architecture serving society." Mass design group's body of work reflects the belief that design can, and should, improve people's lives. Notre-dame de paris: the augmented exhibition is an augmented reality immersion into the history and restoration of the revered cathedral produced by the innovative french start-up histovery, in collaboration with the public institution in charge of the conservation and restoration of notre-dame de paris. The National Building Museum debut takes place on the three-year anniversary of the 2019 fire that ravaged this unesco world heritage site and marks the north american debut of this visually stunning experience. Gun violence memorial project is a tribute to the thousands of lives taken by gun violence in the u.s. each year. Conceived by mass design group and conceptual artist and artistic director of songha & co., hank willis thomas, and developed in partnership with the gun violence prevention organization's purpose over pain and everytown for gun safety support fund, the exhibition is presented in conjunction with justice is beauty: the work of mass design group, an exhibition exploring the work of the socially conscious nonprofit global architecture firm.the wall/el muro: what is a border wall examines the border wall from the perspective of architecture and design. By focusing on the built environment, visitors will understand that a border wall makes real and internationally consequential something that is otherwise relatively symbolic.animals collected: showcases a selection of architectural objects depicting animals, both real and mythological, as decorative elements. As ornament on municipal buildings and monuments, churches and warehouses, animals have appeared on structures and statues across time, geography, and function.alan karchmer: the architects' photographer presents a cross-section of karchmer's professional photographs, coupled with personal photos and artifacts that shed light on his work. While the exhibition features numerous large-format images of remarkable beauty, it also includes didactic displays examining the technical and creative processes underlying such images. It thus illuminates why certain images are so successful in expressing both the physical and emotional aspects of architecture.notre-dame de paris: an augmented exhibition is an augmented reality immersion into the history and restoration of the revered cathedral produced by the innovative french start-up histovery, in collaboration with the public institution in charge of the conservation and restoration of notre-dame de paris. The National Building Museum debut took place on the three-year anniversary of the 2019 fire that ravaged this unesco world heritage site and marks the north american debut of this visually stunning experience.
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Education and public programs:the following report reflects the unprecedented impact that the closure of the Museum's operations due to the covid 19 pandemic, and the resulting reduction in force, had in the necessary suspension of most all education programming except for adult audiences. School programmingthe Museum did not offer any school programs in fy22 due to covid-19.out-of-school youth (teens):the Museum did not offer any out-of-school youth (teens) programs in fy21 due to covid-19.out-of-school youth (summer camp): the Museum did not offer out-of-school youth (summer camp) in fy20 due to covid 19.community engagement: families, early learners, and all-ages programming:the Museum offered gingerbread in person workshop and kits for sale, 29 kits were sold. Adults:****in fy22, the education department operated with four staff members, adding three staff positions. The Museum focused entirely on programming for adult audiences while planning for the relaunch of youth programs in fy23. Programming during this period was both virtual and in person.the Museum presented 13 online programs, 2 hybrid programs and 13 in person programs for adult audiences, serving a total of 2,669 people. The Museum's high-profile lecture series spotlight on design featured amanda williams, germane barnes, moody nolan, ae com, folger shakespeare library, and mabel wilson. In october, the Museum's vincent scully prize was presented to delores hayden in a hybrid program that included in-person and virtual audiences. Climate abc, the Museum's environment and sustainability series featured som, arup, and c40. Equity in the built environment, a series examining the role that the built environment has as cause of or solutions to social inequities, featured demar matthews, jonathan moody, corey henry, representatives from harriet tubman cultural sites, black women Building baltimore, and where is my land. The Museum also partnered with catholic university to host a program about the rebuilding of notre dame. In october, november and december, the Museum hosted a series of workshops, two virtual, one in person, with the blackspace urbanist collective.
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