House & Home at the National Building Museum in D.C.

America’s households have never had their doors open wider than at House & Home, an exhibition opening April 29 at the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. The show aims to narrate the history of the American home, and promises a direct and engaging layout spanning seven galleries. One room will be piled high with household goods, another lined with touchable building materials, and yet another will display scale models of iconic homes. Some elements shall be arranged chronologically, demonstrating to viewers the many changes, and occasional continuities, seen in our homes over time. The show runs through May 1, 2017.

By Rachel Small.

Corbis

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Vizcaya, Miami, Florida. Architect: F. Burrall Hoffman. Built: 1916.

Model by Studios Eichbaum + Arnold, 2010. Photo by Museum staff.

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Installation photo showing some of the life-size, touchable wall sections from House & Home.

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Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia. Built by Thomas Jefferson, 1769-1826.

Model by Studios Eichbaum + Arnold, 2008. Photo by Museum staff.

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Flatpak House, Callicoon, New York. Architect: Lazor Office.

Ariel Efron, Local Projects.

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Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania. Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright. Built: 1935.

Model by Studios Eichbaum + Arnold, 2010. Photo by Museum staff.

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Julia Brooks’ Wedding, Washington, D.C., 1947.

Photo by Addison N. Scurlock; Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Family barbecue in Lakewood Plaza suburban development, Long Beach, California,ca. 1950. Architect: Chris Choate with designer Cliff May.

Photo by Maynard L. Parker; The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

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Carson House, Eureka, California, 1960. Architect: Samuel Newsom. Built: 1884-1886.

Photo by Jack E. Boucher; Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey.