National Building Museum

The National Building Museum is a museum of architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning in , U.S. It was created by an act of Congress in 1980, and is a private non-profit institution.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Sunday: 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: “Meigs Old Red Barn”, “Meigs Red Barn”, and “The Old Pension Building”
  • Historically known as: “Pension Building”
  • Address: 401 F Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and Capital One Arena.

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The , a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Located in the section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the rapid transit station of the Washington Metro. is situated 970 feet west of National Building Museum.

Museum
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The is an art museum in , United States, located on the , between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. is situated 2,400 feet south of National Building Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and East End.

Neighborhood
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's is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.

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is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.

Suburb
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is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

National Building Museum

Latitude
38.89776° or 38° 53′ 52″ north
Longitude
-77.01755° or 77° 1′ 3″ west
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Levels
5
Height
60 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
87C4VXXJ+4X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 48040795
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
4139730
Wiki­data ID
Q624008
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“National Building Museum” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “国立建筑博物馆榮譽勳章”
  • Chinese: “國立建築博物館”
  • Chinese: “國立建築博物館榮譽勳章”
  • Chinese: “美国国家建筑博物馆”
  • Chinese: “美國國家建築博物館”
  • Dutch: “National Building Museum”
  • French: “National Building Museum”
  • German: “National Building Museum”
  • German: “Nationales Gebäudemuseum”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון הבנייה הלאומי”
  • Indonesian: “National Building Museum”
  • Japanese: “国立建築博物館”
  • Persian: “موزه ساختمان ملی”
  • Romanian: “National Building Museum”
  • Spanish: “Museo nacional de la Construcción”
  • Spanish: “Museo Nacional de la Construcción”
  • Turkish: “Ulusal Yapı Müzesi”
  • Urdu: “نیشنل بلڈنگ میوزیم”

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Explore places such as Penn Quarter and NoMa.

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