Museums - A Photo Thread - Page 32

geomorph · #**621** Posted **Apr 28, 2024, 8:50 PM**

Museum: National Museum of Women in the Arts
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Waddy B. Wood (original Masonic Temple)
Completed: 1908 (as Masonic Temple), 1987 (as museum)

All photos taken by geomorph in 2023.

geomorph · #**622** Posted **May 1, 2024, 10:48 PM**

Museum: National Building Museum
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Montgomery C. Meigs
Completed: 1887 (as Pension Building), 1985 (as museum)

All photos taken by geomorph in 2023.

geomorph · #**623** Posted **May 3, 2024, 10:11 PM**

Museum: Museum of the Bible
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: A. P. Clark, Jr. (original building), SmithGroup (museum)
Completed: 1922 (as Washington Terminal Refrigerating and Warehousing Co.), 2017 (as museum)

All photos taken by geomorph in 2023.

geomorph · #**624** Posted **May 5, 2024, 9:25 PM**

Museum: Planet Word
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Adolf Cluss (original Franklin School), Beyer Blinder Belle (museum)
Completed: 1869 (as Franklin School), 2020 (as museum)

All photos taken by geomorph in 2023.

geomorph · #**625** Posted **May 7, 2024, 11:34 PM**

Museum: Rubell Museum
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: ? (original Francis L. Cardozo Elementary School), Beyer Blinder Belle (museum)
Completed: 1906 (as Francis L. Cardozo Elementary School), 2022 (as museum)

All photos taken by geomorph in 2023.

geomorph · #**626** Posted **May 9, 2024, 8:21 PM**

Museum: The Phillips Collection
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Hornblower and Marshall (original Phillips House), Wyeth and King (Goh Annex), Cox Graae + Spack (Sant Building)
Completed: 1897 (original Phillips House), 1960 (Goh Annex), 2006 (Sant Building)

All photos taken by geomorph in 2023.

geomorph · #**627** Posted **May 12, 2024, 12:43 AM**

Museum: Hillwood Estate, Museum, and Gardens
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: ? (original house), Alexander McIlvaine (renovation)
Completed: 1926 (as Abremont, a private house), 1957 (as Hillwood)

All photos taken by geomorph in 2023.

geomorph · #**628** Posted **May 13, 2024, 10:54 PM**

Museum: Adirondack Building at Hillwood Estate, Museum, and Gardens
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: ?
Completed: 1983

All photos taken by geomorph in 2023.

geomorph · #**629** Posted **May 16, 2024, 12:47 AM**

Museum: Dumbarton Oaks
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: ? (original private house), many (additions and enlargements)
Completed: circa 1801 (original private house), many additions and enlargements from that period until 2008, 1940 (conversion to a research institute open to the public)

All photos taken by geomorph in 2023.

geomorph · #**630** Posted **May 18, 2024, 11:55 PM**

Museum: Pre-Columbian Art Pavilion at Dumbarton Oaks
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Phillip Johnson
Completed: 1963

All photos taken by geomorph in 2023.

geomorph · #**631** Posted **May 21, 2024, 3:39 AM**

Museum: George Mason's Gunston Hall
Location: Lorton, Virginia
Architect: William Buckland (historic house), ? (visitor center)
Completed: 1759 (historic house), ? (visitor center)

All photos taken by geomorph in 2023.

geomorph · #**632** Posted **May 23, 2024, 10:41 PM**

Museum: Art Museum of the Americas
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Paul Cret
Completed: 1912 (as residence of the OAS Secretary General), 1976 (as museum)

All photos taken by geomorph in 2023.

Double L · #**633** Posted **May 24, 2024, 1:47 AM**

Geomorph done created one of the best documentation pieces of museums that you are going to find! This thread is a museum of museums.

geomorph · #**634** Posted **May 24, 2024, 9:30 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Double L

Geomorph done created one of the best documentation pieces of museums that you are going to find! This thread is a museum of museums.

Thank you for the compliment, when I started this thread years ago I never thought it would stretch to this many pages!

geomorph · #**635** Posted **May 26, 2024, 10:35 PM**

Museum: The Ocean Institute
Location: Dana Point, California
Architect: Bauer Architects
Completed: 2002

All photos taken by geomorph in 2016.

geomorph · #**636** Posted **May 28, 2024, 10:26 PM**

Museum: Children's Discovery Center at Los Angeles Zoo
Location: Los Angeles, California
Architect: NBBJ
Completed: 2005

All photos taken by geomorph in 2015.

Double L · #**637** Posted **May 30, 2024, 1:03 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by geomorph

Thank you for the compliment, when I started this thread years ago I never thought it would stretch to this many pages!

You’re welcome for the compliment, when I started reading this thread years ago, I never thought it would stretch to this many pages!

geomorph · #**638** Posted **May 31, 2024, 9:58 PM**

Exhibit In Focus:

Museum: NatureQuest in Fernbank Museum
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

For previous coverage of this museum, see post #397 https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...&postcount=397 of this thread.

All photos taken by geomorph in 2020.

geomorph · #**639** Posted **Jun 2, 2024, 9:05 PM**

Exhibit In Focus:

Museum: Cabinet of Curiosities in Houston Museum of Natural Science
Location: Houston, Texas

For previous coverage of this museum, see post #456 https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...&postcount=456 and #457 https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...&postcount=457 of this thread.

All photos taken by geomorph in 2021.

geomorph · #**640** Posted **Jun 4, 2024, 9:31 PM**

Exhibit In Focus:

Museum: Discovering Life Hall in Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Location: Dallas, Texas

For previous coverage of this museum, see post #102 https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...&postcount=102 of this thread.

All photos taken by geomorph in 2013.