The National Building Museum is a museum of architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning in Washington, D.C., United States. It was created by an Act of Congress in 1980, and is a private non-profit institution. Located at 401 F Street NW, it is adjacent to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and the Judiciary Square Metro station. The museum hosts various temporary exhibits in galleries around the spacious Great Hall.
National Building Museum in 2023
Interior of the Pension Office, ca. 1918
The National Building Museum's Corinthian columns are among the largest in the world measuring 75 ft. (23 m) tall and 8 ft. (2.4 m) in diameter. They are made of 70,000 bricks and are painted to look like marble.
National Building Museum (Capitol building in background)
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is in Washington, D.C., at Judiciary Square, adjacent to the National Law Enforcement Museum. It honors 23,785 U.S. law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty throughout American history. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) was established by former US Representative Mario Biaggi (D-NY), a 23-year New York City police veteran.
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is located south of the National Building Museum (background) at Judiciary Square.
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (detail)
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial lioness statue
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial lion statue
