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The National Building Museum is located at 401 F Street NW in Washington, D.C. It is a museum of “architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning”. It was created by an act of Congress in 1980, and is a private non-profit institution; it is adjacent to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and the Judiciary Square Metro station. The museum hosts various temporary exhibits in galleries around the spacious Great Hall.
The building, completed in 1887, served as the Pension Building, housing the United States Pension Bureau, and hosted several presidential inaugural balls. It is an important early large-scale example of Renaissance Revival architecture, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.
Nearby Locations:
| National Gallery of Art (0.5 miles) National Archives Building (0.5 miles) National Museum of the American Indian (0.6 miles) U.S. Capitol Building (0.7 miles) Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (0.7 miles) | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (0.7 miles) United States Capitol Visitor Center (0.7 miles) National Museum of American History (0.8 miles) Library of Congress (0.9 miles) National Museum of African American History and Culture (0.9 miles) |
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National Building Museum, 401 F St NW
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia 20001
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