Location: third floor, stairs on the 5th Street side.Museum docent Jim Carr looks at Meigs’ unique design for the building’s stairways as well as a sample of Caspar Buberl’s Civil War frieze.

Location: third floor, stairs on the 5th Street side. Museum docent Jim Carr looks at Meigs’ unique design for the building’s stairways as well as a sample of Caspar Buberl’s Civil War frieze.

Location: third floor, stairs on the 5th Street side.

Museum docent Jim Carr looks at Meigs’ unique design for the building’s stairways as well as a sample of Caspar Buberl’s Civil War frieze.

Tour Stop 5: Stairs and West Frieze

A well-designed building is much more than the sum of its parts. That’s particularly true of the National Building Museum. The magnificient brick structure we occupy is not only our home; it’s also a case study of achievement in the building arts. Use this podcast to tour the Museum and learn more about its structure. Printed maps and supplements are available at the Museum’s information desk . Learn more about the Museum and where to find us in Washington, D.C. at http://www.nbm.org

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A well-designed building is much more than the sum of its parts. That’s particularly true of the National Building Museum. The magnificient brick structure we occupy is not only our home; it’s also a case study of achievement in the building arts. Use this podcast to tour the Museum and learn more about its structure. Printed maps and supplements are available at the Museum’s information desk . Learn more about the Museum and where to find us in Washington, D.C. at http://www.nbm.org

A well-designed building is much more than the sum of its parts. That’s particularly true of the National Building Museum. The magnificient brick structure we occupy is not only our home; it’s also a case study of achievement in the building arts. Use this podcast to tour the Museum and learn more about its structure. Printed maps and supplements are available at the Museum’s information desk . Learn more about the Museum and where to find us in Washington, D.C. at http://www.nbm.org

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