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Architectural Museums and Exhibits
Explore these museums for photos, models, drawings, prints and other resources related to architecture and architecture history.
The Skyscraper Museum
Located in New York City, the Skyscraper Museum celebrates the city's architectural heritage. Through exhibitions, programs, and publications, the museum explores many aspects of tall building design and construction.
National Building Museum
The home page for this Washington D.C. museum offers a superb online exhibit.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
The architecture and design department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York offers an extensive overview of modernism in architecture.
The Chicago Atheneum
Founded in 1988, the Chicago Atheneum Museum of Architecture and Design is dedicated to the Art of Design, including architecture, industrial, and product design, graphics, and urban planning.
MIT Museum
The architecture museum at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has thesis drawings, course materials, and a large collection documenting American and European architectural training and graphics of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The Octagon Museum
The Octagon Museum in Washington DC is the museum of the museum of the American Architectural Foundation. It is the oldest museum in the United States dedicated to architecture and design. Collections include prints and drawings, decorative arts, and architectural fragments.