Upcoming Programs
Click on the programs below to find a description and registration or ticketing information.
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February 2018
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| Today's Tours | |
pension building Historic Building Tour 11:30 am | 12:30 pm Step back in time to the 1880s learn about the design, construction, and history of our building, formally known as the Pension Bureau. Free to attend. Meet in the Great Hall. *Pleas... |
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| January 28, 2018 11:30 AM | |
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pension building Historic Building Tour 11:30 am Step back in time to the 1880s learn about the design, construction, and history of our building, formally known as the Pension Bureau. Free to attend. Meet in the Great Hall. *Please note: The... |
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| January 29, 2018 11:30 AM | |
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| Story Time with DC Public Library | |
| Explore books and the built world in everyday life with DC Public Librarians. Story times for children age 5 and younger are packed full of reading, songs, and activities designed to promote language and literacy skills. | |
| January 30, 2018 10:30 AM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
pension building Historic Building Tour 11:30 am | 1:30 pm Step back in time to the 1880s learn about the design, construction, and history of our building, formally known as the Pension Bureau. Free to attend. Meet in the Great Hall. *Please... |
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| January 30, 2018 11:30 AM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
pension building Historic Building Tour 11:30 am Step back in time to the 1880s learn about the design, construction, and history of our building, formally known as the Pension Bureau. Free to attend. Meet in the Great Hall. *Please note: The Na... |
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| January 31, 2018 11:30 AM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
pension building Historic Building Tour 11:30 am | 1:30 pm Step back in time to the 1880s learn about the design, construction, and history of our building, formally known as the Pension Bureau. Free to attend. Meet in the Great Hall. *Please... |
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| February 1, 2018 11:30 AM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
pension building Historic Building Tour 11:30 am | 12:30 pm | 1:30 pm Step back in time to the 1880s learn about the design, construction, and history of our building, formally known as the Pension Bureau. Free to attend. Meet in the Great Hall. ... |
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| February 2, 2018 11:30 AM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
pension building Historic Building Tour 12:30 pm Step back in time to the 1880s learn about the design, construction, and history of our building, formally known as the Pension Bureau. Free to attend. Meet in the Great Hall. *Please note: The... |
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| February 3, 2018 12:30 PM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
pension building Historic Building Tour 11:30 am | 12:30 pm | 1:30 pm Step back in time to the 1880s learn about the design, construction, and history of our building, formally known as the Pension Bureau. Free to attend. Meet in the Great Hall. ... |
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| February 6, 2018 11:30 AM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
pension building Historic Building Tour 1:30 pm Step back in time to the 1880s learn about the design, construction, and history of our building, formally known as the Pension Bureau. Free to attend. Meet in the Great Hall. *Please note: The ... |
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| February 7, 2018 1:30 PM | |
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| Talk: Supportive Housing Solutions | |
| Discover how innovative housing options can address the needs of vulnerable populations. | |
| February 7, 2018 6:30 PM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
pension building Historic Building Tour 1:30 pm Step back in time to the 1880s learn about the design, construction, and history of our building, formally known as the Pension Bureau. Free to attend. Meet in the Great Hall. *Please note: The ... |
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| February 8, 2018 1:30 PM | |
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| February 10, 2018 1:30 PM | |
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| Asana & Architecture: Yoga in the Great Hall | |
| Join an all-levels yoga class under the colossal, 75-foot-tall Corinthian columns in the Great Hall. |
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| February 11, 2018 10:00 AM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
| Historic Building Tour | |
| February 11, 2018 11:00 AM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
| Historic Building Tour | |
| February 12, 2018 11:30 AM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
| Historic Building Tour Making Room Exhibition Tour |
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| February 13, 2018 10:30 AM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
| Historic Building Tour | |
| February 14, 2018 11:30 AM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
| Historic Building Tour, House and Home | |
| February 15, 2018 11:00 AM | |
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| Talk and Book Signing: Suburban Remix | |
| Hear Jason Beske, planner, and David Dixon, planner and urban designer, discuss ways that suburbs can evolve and thrive by investing in the design methods and approaches focused on a more human-scale, feel, and form. | |
| February 15, 2018 12:30 PM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
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| February 16, 2018 11:30 AM | |
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| Discover Engineering Family Day 2018 | |
| Celebrate National Engineers Week by trying out exciting, hands-on engineering experiences and talking with professional engineers of all kinds. | |
| February 17, 2018 10:00 AM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
| Historic Building Tour | |
| February 17, 2018 11:30 AM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
| Historic Building Tour | |
| February 18, 2018 1:30 PM | |
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| Making Room closed. | |
| The Making Room exhibition will be closed for the room changeover February 2021, 2018. |
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| February 20, 2018 - February 21, 2018 | |
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| The Building Zone is closed for routine maintenance. | |
| The Building Zone is closed for routine maintenance on February 20, 2018. | |
| February 20, 2018 10:00 AM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
| Historic Building Tour | |
| February 20, 2018 11:30 PM | |
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| Making Room closed. | |
| The Making Room exhibition will be closed for the room changeover February 2021, 2018. |
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| February 20, 2018 - February 21, 2018 | |
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| Film Festival | |
| Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF) is the nation's largest film festival devoted to the creative spirit that drives architecture in design. | |
| February 22, 2018 - February 25, 2018 | |
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| Today's Tours | |
| Historic Building Tour | |
| February 22, 2018 11:30 AM | |
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| ADFF: D.C. Opening Night | |
| Join architects, designers, filmmakers, and design enthusiasts at an opening event that features a screening of BIG TIME. Enjoy food and drink, and celebrate the power of architecture and design through film. | |
| February 22, 2018 6:00 PM | |
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| Film Festival | |
| Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF) is the nation's largest film festival devoted to the creative spirit that drives architecture in design. | |
| February 22, 2018 - February 25, 2018 | |
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| Today's Tours | |
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| February 23, 2018 12:30 PM | |
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| Film Program: Workplace | |
| Workplace is a documentary about the past, present and future of the office. How can we make them better places for people to work and collaborate? What's the next wave of digital tools to connect the office, the city and the planet? | |
| February 23, 2018 6:00 PM | |
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| Film Program: Eames: The Architect and the Painter | |
| From 1941 to 1978, the husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames brought unique talents to their partnership. He was an architect by training; she was a painter and sculptor. Together they are considered America's most influential designers. | |
| February 23, 2018 6:15 PM | |
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| Film Program: The Oyler House: Richard Neutra's Desert Retreat | |
| The Oyler House: Richard Neutra's Desert Retreat tells the story of this house and its stunning desert setting, through interviews with Richard Oyler, actress Kelly Lynch, Neutra's two sons, and well-known LA real estate agent Crosby Doe. | |
| February 23, 2018 6:30 PM | |
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| Film Program: Columbus | |
| With its naturalistic rhythms, its focus on architecture and empathy for the complexities of families, debut director Kogonada's Columbus unfolds as a gently drifting, deeply absorbing conversation. | |
| February 23, 2018 8:15 PM | |
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| Film Program: Glenn Murcutt: Spirit of Place | |
| Glenn Murcutt: Spirit of Place explores the life and art of Australia's most famous living architect. | |
| February 23, 2018 8:30 PM | |
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| Film Program: REM | |
| REM, the documentary by Rem Koolhaas's son, explores the architect's life, working methods, philosophy, and internal landscape, from a never seen perspective of intimacy and immediacy. | |
| February 23, 2018 8:30 PM | |
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| Film Program: Eames: The Architect and the Painter | |
| From 1941 to 1978, the husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames brought unique talents to their partnership. He was an architect by training; she was a painter and sculptor. Together they are considered America's most influential designers. | |
| February 23, 2018 6:15 PM | |
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| Film Program: The Oyler House: Richard Neutra's Desert Retreat | |
| The Oyler House: Richard Neutra's Desert Retreat tells the story of this house and its stunning desert setting, through interviews with Richard Oyler, actress Kelly Lynch, Neutra's two sons, and well-known LA real estate agent Crosby Doe. | |
| February 23, 2018 6:30 PM | |
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| Film Program: Columbus | |
| With its naturalistic rhythms, its focus on architecture and empathy for the complexities of families, debut director Kogonada's Columbus unfolds as a gently drifting, deeply absorbing conversation. | |
| February 23, 2018 8:15 PM | |
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| Film Program: Glenn Murcutt: Spirit of Place | |
| Glenn Murcutt: Spirit of Place explores the life and art of Australia's most famous living architect. | |
| February 23, 2018 8:30 PM | |
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| Film Program: REM | |
| REM, the documentary by Rem Koolhaas's son, explores the architect's life, working methods, philosophy, and internal landscape, from a never seen perspective of intimacy and immediacy. | |
| February 23, 2018 8:30 PM | |
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| Film Festival | |
| Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF) is the nation's largest film festival devoted to the creative spirit that drives architecture in design. | |
| February 22, 2018 - February 25, 2018 | |
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| Film Program: Building Hope: The Maggie's Centres | |
| This is the fascinating story of Maggie's, a unique cancer charity. In the last year of her life, Maggie spent her time working on an idea for a cancer center which she hoped would change the lives of other cancer sufferers. | |
| February 24, 2018 12:15 PM | |
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| Film Program: Glenn Murcutt: Spirit of Place | |
| Glenn Murcutt: Spirit of Place explores the life and art of Australia's most famous living architect. | |
| February 24, 2018 12:15 PM | |
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| Film Festival | |
| Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF) is the nation's largest film festival devoted to the creative spirit that drives architecture in design. | |
| February 22, 2018 - February 25, 2018 | |
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| Film Program: Dries | |
| For the first time fashion designer Dries Van Noten allows a filmmaker to accompany him in his creative process and rich home life. For an entire year Reiner Holzemer documents the precise steps that Dries takes to conceive of four collections. | |
| February 25, 2018 12:30 PM | |
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| Film Program: The Gamble House | |
| The Gamble House is the incredible story of brothers Charles and Henry Greene who were pushed by their forceful father into a career in architecture only to design and build the most seminal and stunning Arts & Crafts house in America. | |
| February 25, 2018 12:45 PM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
| Historic Building Tour | |
| February 26, 2018 12:30 PM | |
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| Today's Tours | |
| Historic Building Tours at 11:30 am and 1:30 pm | |
| March 1, 2018 11:30 AM | |
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