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Arts and Industries Building

The Arts and Industries Building is the second oldest (after The Castle) of the Smithsonian museums on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Initially named the National Museum, it was built to provide the Smithsonian with its first proper facility for public display of its growing collections.[3] The building, designed by architects Adolf Cluss and Paul Schulze, opened in 1881, hosting an inaugural ball for President James A. Garfield. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971.[2] After being closed since 2004 for repair and renovation, the building reopened in 2021 with a special exhibition, Futures.

Former name

United States National Museum

1879 (1879)

900 Jefferson Drive SW, Washington, D.C.

38°53′18″N 77°1′28″W / 38.88833°N 77.02444°W / 38.88833; -77.02444

Rachel Goslins

aib.si.edu

1881

Cluss & Schulze; Meigs, Montgomery

Renaissance Revival

71000994

November 11, 1971[1]

November 11, 1971[2]

November 8, 1964

List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C.

National Register of Historic Places listings in central Washington, D.C.

Architecture of Washington, D.C.

Arts and Industries Building

Historical photographs of the building

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Arts and Industries Building at the 2006 Most Endangered Sites

(HABS) No. DC-298, "Smithsonian Institution, Arts & Industries Building"

Historic American Buildings Survey

Smithsonian Magazine

"Arts and Industries Building Gets a Little Love"