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The National Building Museum is home to the nation’s foremost archive of American architectural and design heritage. The Adopt an Artifact initiative allows you to directly ensure the proper care and preservation of the Museum’s permanent collections, which contain approximately 100,000 photographic images and negatives, 130,000 architectural prints and drawings, 100 linear feet of documents, and more than 20,000 additional objects. By symbolically adopting objects with critical conservation needs, participants contribute to sustaining the Museum’s ongoing efforts to inspire curiosity about the world we design and build.
Adopt an Artifact in your own name or for a loved one to support both the preservation of the selected item and the broader conservation goals of the Museum’s Collections team. Artifact adoption lasts for one year from the date of adoption and may be renewed annually. Donations are fully tax-deductible.
Choose Your Impact Level
| Benefits | $25 | $50 | $100 | $250 | $500 | $1,000 | $2,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Adoption Certificate | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Digital Photo of Artifact | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Recognition on Visible Vault Digital Display | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Admission to End-of-Year Artifact Showcase | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Complimentary Museum Passes | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Admission for Two to Late Night Event | X | X | X | X | |||
| Complimentary Builder Friend Membership | X | X | X | ||||
| Meeting with Collections Dept. | X | X | |||||
| Private Tour for 10 of Visible Vault | X |
Choose an Artifact
Learn more about our March Adopt an Artifact: the Vlastimil Koubek Archive.Vlastimil Koubek, a modernist architect, immigrated to the United States in 1952 and designed nearly 100 buildings in the DMV area during his lifetime. The Museum recently acquired Koubek Architects’ entire business and architectural archive, documenting the development and construction of several prominent buildings in the city, including the Willard Hotel renovation in 1974, the Brawner Building, the Washington Harbor Waterfront, the Camden Yards Sports Complex master site plan, and DC’s “Darth Vader” Building.
