Museums - A Photo Thread

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Museum: National Museum of African American History and Culture
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup
Completed: 2016

































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Museum: National Museum of African Art
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Jean-Paul Carlhian of Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson & Abbott, based on a concept by Junzō Yoshimura
Completed: 1987

































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Museum: National Museum of Asian Art's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Jean-Paul Carlhian of Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson & Abbott, based on a concept by Junzō Yoshimura
Completed: 1987

































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Museum: National Museum of Asian Art's Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Charles Platt
Completed: 1923

































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Museum: The Kreeger Museum
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Philip Johnson and Richard Foster
Completed: 1967 (as house), 1994 (as museum)

































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Museum: Hirshhorn Museum
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill
Completed: 1974

For oprevious coverage of this museum, see post #57 of this thread.

































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Museum: National Museum of American History
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: McKim Mead and White
Completed: 1964

































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Museum: George Washington's Mount Vernon Ford Orientation Center
Location: Mount Vernon, Virginia
Architect: GWWO Architects
Completed: 2006

























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Museum: George Washington's Mount Vernon Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center
Location: Mount Vernon, Virginia
Architect: GWWO Architects
Completed: 2006

































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Museum: White House Visitor Center
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Louis Ayres (building), Smith Group (2014 exhibit renovation)
Completed: 1932 (as Baldridge Hall within the Department of Commerce), 1995 (as visitor center), 2014 (exhibit renovation)

































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Originally Posted by geomorph

Museum: National Museum of African American History and Culture
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup
Completed: 2016



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Wow! I really like the design.

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Museum: United States Capitol Visitor Center
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: RTKL Associates
Completed: 2008

































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Museum: Daughters of the American Revolution Museum and Library
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Edward Pearce Casey (Memorial Continental Hall), Eggers & Higgins (Administration Building), John Russell Pope (Constitution Hall)
Completed: 1905, 1920, 1929

































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Museum: National Museum of Natural History
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Hornblower & Marshall
Completed: 1911

For previous coverage of his museum, see post #27 of this thread.

































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Museum: National Museum of Natural History's Hall of Human Origins
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Reich + Petch (exhibit designers)
Completed: 2010

































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Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Robert Mills (Old Patent Office Building), Faulkner, Kingsbury & Stenhouse (as museum), Hartman-Cox Architects (museum renovation), Foster and Partners (courtyard canopy)
Completed: 1867 (Old Patent Office Building), 1968 (as museum), 2006 (museum renovation and courtyard canopy)

For previous coverage of this museum, see post #27 of this thread.

































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Museum: DC History Center (shares building with Apple retail store)
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Ackerman and Ross (original library), Foster + Partners and Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners (building restoration, museum and Apple retail store)
Completed: 1903 (as library), 2019 (as museum and retail store)





























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Museum: National Postal Museum
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Graham and Burnham
Completed: 1914 (as city post office building), 1993 (as museum in shared building)

































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Museum: United States Botanic Garden
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Architect of the Capitol
Completed: 1933





















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Museum: United States Department of the Interior Museum (inside the department's extensive building)
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Waddy Butler Wood
Completed: 1936

























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