Designing Tomorrow: America's World's Fairs of the 1930s

June 3, 4, 5, 7, 2011

(Exhibition continues through July 10, 2011)

Note: The National Building Museum will be closed June 6th for a private function  

National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC

Hours:

Monday-Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm

Sunday, 11 am - 5 pm

Admission

Free; $5 donation suggested

Docent Guided Tours

Free docent guided tours are available daily at 3:15 PM. A second tour is offered Saturday and Sunday at 10:15 am. Tours are first-come, first served and limited to 25.

A first-of-its-kind exhibition, Designing Tomorrow will feature nearly 200 neverbefore-assembled artifacts including building models, architectural remnants, drawings, paintings, prints, furniture, an original RCA TRK-12 television, Elektro the Moto-Man robot, and period film footage.

The artifacts are drawn from the featured expositions: Chicago, IL—Century of Progress (1933–34); San Diego, CA—California-Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936); Dallas, TX—Texas Centennial Exposition (1936); Cleveland, OH—Great Lakes International Exposition (1936-1937); San Francisco, CA— Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940); and New York, NY—New York World's Fair (1939-1940).

For More Information

For more information about this event contact llyons@adsw.org

Comments

·

Created March 31, 2011; Modified Monday, April 18, 2011.