Special Tours
National Building Museum in Washington, DC - "Cityscapes Package" tour
- Item Number
- 145
- Estimated Value
- 60 USD
- Sold
- 86 USD to HockeyLady
- Number of Bids
- 13 - Bid History
Item Description
Created by an act of Congress in 1980, the National Building Museum is America's premier cultural institution dedicated to exploring and celebrating architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning.The Museum occupies one of Washington's most spectacular structures, designed in 1881 by civil engineer and U.S. Army General Montgomery C. Meigs and completed in 1887. The building, which originally housed the Pension Bureau and was later occupied by many government agencies, is widely recognized as a marvel of engineering.
>>> The "Cityscapes Package" offers a curator-led tour for two people of the "Cityscapes Revealed: Highlights from the Collection" exhibition, a behind-the-scenes tour of the Museum's permanent collection, along with one complimentary book on the National Building Museum, and one (1) Family/Dual level membership (to include all applicable benefits for the period of one year).
The "Cityscapes Revealed" is a first-ever retrospective exhibition of the Museum's unique collection exploring quintessentially American, 20th-century buildings from center-city mansions to main street storefronts and sleek downtown skyscrapers. Anchored by a series of large architectural elements, this walking tour of the cityscape is complemented by detailed drawings, rare, early-20th century photographs and smaller-scale fragments from National Historic Landmarks.
Item Special Note
Mutually agreed upon date and time. Exhibit runs long term into 2007. Offer expires May 31, 2007.
To explore the fascinating National Building Museum, please go to www.nbm.org.
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