Designers from three current exhibitions at the National Building Museum discuss the creative and collaborative work that transforms ideas into compelling visitor experiences.

Marking the republication of Richard Neutra’s landmark book Survival Through Design, Raymond Neutra, president of the Neutra Institute for Survival Through Design, will be joined by Anjan Chatterjee, professor of Neurology, Psychology, and Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania; Milton Shinberg, architect, educator, and author of People-Centered Architecture; and Carolyn Rickard-Brideau, architect at Little Architects, for a conversation exploring the intersection of neuroscience and architecture, with particular attention to educational environments and the ways design influences wellbeing, perception, and health .

The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night's theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is A WOMAN’S WORK.

Thomas Luebke, Secretary of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, and Kay Fanning, architectural historian, will share insights from their book, American Shrines: The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration.

Andrew Feiler, photographer, author, and exhibition curator, will discuss his book A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools that Changed America and the accompanying exhibition of the same name.