National Building Museum Annual Report 2004

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

refocusing of exhibition planning practices and a continued effort to partner with other museums and cultural organizations. The plan also outlines certain facilities improvements, including a renovation of our auditorium. The Museum leadership One of the great pleasures of being involved began a modest staff reorganization as part with the National Building Museum is the and parcel of these initiatives to elevate the reaction one is likely to get when mention- institution’s influence and status both in ing the institution to an acquaintance or a the design and construction industry and in stranger. So often, the other person’s eyes the museum world. will light up, followed by a hearty “I love The Museum’s unrestricted that place!” Then, the listener will likely income remained strong during the fiscal launch into a story about a favorite exhibi- year with contributions to The Corinthians tion, an especially enjoyable public pro- up four percent and membership income gram, or perhaps a fond memory of walking up eight percent over 2003. Earned income into the building for the first time. It is from education program fees grew by an clear not only that the Museum is well impressive 30 percent, and the Museum Carolyn S. Brody known, especially in the Washington area, Shop set another new record with more Photo by Diana Walker but also that our work has made a signifi- than $1.1 million in sales. For the first time, cant impression on many visitors from income from rental of the Great Hall to out- across the country and around the world. side organizations raised a net of more than The National Building Museum $1.2 million for the Museum’s operations. began its 2004 fiscal year with as full This report will give you some an agenda as ever. During the year, the sense of the exciting activities that the Museum opened 12 new exhibitions, contin- Museum undertook during the past fiscal ued to offer traveling exhibitions to other year, but it is no substitute for an actual institutions around the country, and pre- visit. If you have not come to see us in a sented more than one thousand education while, make some time and pay us a visit — programs to adults, children, and families. there is always something interesting to see In keeping with our recent track record, and do at the National Building Museum. press coverage of our activities was broad and frequent, reaching a potential audience Chase W. Rynd of more than 500 million households. Sincerely, Photo by Liz Roll Attendance continued to be strong, with a total of 375,022 visitors to the Museum from October 1, 2003 to September 30, 2004, plus an additional 598,020 “virtual” visitors to Carolyn Schwenker Brody View of the National Building Museum from the Judiciary our well regarded website. In short, it was Chair Square Metro Station. a busy and productive year as always. Photo by Michael Kingsley “Good architecture must tell a tale, be it of the mechanical forces involved, Also in 2004, the Museum com- or of the dramatic struggles of mankind.” pleted a strategic planning process that had begun the previous year, providing a new Chase W. Rynd —Francis Onderdonk and clear direction for the institution for Executive Director the years to come. The strategic plan adopt- ed by the Board of Trustees in June calls for the institution to strengthen its intellectual capital through various means, including a

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The roster of National Building Museum exhibitions for fiscal year 2004 addressed a broad range of topics from waterfront redevelopment to the art of architectural drawing. Several of the year’s exhibitions examined how certain common building materials—masonry, steel, and concrete—can be used to cre- Masonry Variations ate works of great beauty. Still others explored issues related to October 18, 2003–April 4, 2004 housing and community, reminding us that the buildings people Modernist master architect Louis I. Kahn Exhibitions call home reveal much about their personalities and aspirations. famously said that he asked a brick what it wanted to be, and that it replied “I want to be an arch.” Apparently, today’s bricks — and other masonry materials—are much more ambitious, as demonstrated in the Museum’s exhibition Masonry Variations. Four teams of talented archi- tects and skilled craftworkers collaborated to produce structures that challenged tra- ditional assumptions about stone, brick, terrazzo, and concrete block. The results were visually stunning. Chicago architect Jeanne Gang and stone mason Matthew Stokes Redabaugh defied the logic of stone to cre- ate a hanging, translucent curtain of mar- ble, composed of interlocking pieces that looked as if they were part of a huge, three- dimensional jigsaw puzzle. Houston archi- tect Carlos Jiménez, in cooperation with bricklayer J. Keith Behrens, decided that bricks need not be stationary, as one would assume, so the team created a giant puzzle- like work in which open squares of bricks pivoted freely. Los Angeles architect Julie Eizenberg and terrazzo worker Michael Menegazzi tackled terrazzo, but turned the material on its head by creating a sleek, undulating wave form, whose terrazzo finish surprisingly mutated from a smooth surface to a rough, textured “carpet.” Masonry Variations was made possible by the above / Installation by Finally, Winka Dubbeldam of New York, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Jeanne Gang and Matthew Stokes Redabaugh. Craftworkers (BAC) and the International Masonry working with concrete mason Robert Mion, Photo by Allan Sprecher Institute (IMI). Jr., designed a pair of sensuously organic LiTraCon®, or “Light Transmitting forms carved out of lightweight concrete Concrete,” from the exhibition Liquid Stone: New Architecture blocks, their shapes inspired by computer- in Concrete. rendered graphs of musical sounds. Photo by Brett Seamans “Brilliant. The most mundane of materials brought to life. I loved it.” The resulting works, which —David, New Orleans, LA, commenting on the exhibition Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete were featured on the CBS Sunday Morning television program, were notable not only for the sheer beauty, but also for their technical implications, demonstrating the exciting possibilities that emerge from a seamless integration of design, craft, and engineering. 2 3 EXHIBITIONS EXHIBITIONS

Rowhouse Redux: Stories of Home: Washington Architects Photographs by Bill Bamberger Renew City Living December 4, 2003–March 7, 2004 November 14, 2003–January 18, 2004 What makes a house a home? Rowhouses are like character actors— Photographer Bill Bamberger investigated they rarely get top billing in architectural this question in a project that took him to histories or guidebooks, but provide tex- four low-income communities across the ture that contributes to the identity of a United States. His pictures reveal the pride city. They may not be recognized individu- that emerges from furnishing and decorat- ally, but collectively, they are extremely ing one’s own house, and demonstrate the important components of the urban fabric. often far-reaching social and psychological With this in mind, the value of home ownership. Washington Chapter of the American Bamberger set up a mobile stu- Institute of Architects invited members to dio/gallery in San Antonio, which was the reconsider the rowhouse as a building type, site of one of the neighborhoods he pho- and to devise hypothetical designs for a tographed, and invited members of the local new structure that would preserve the best community to participate in the selection aspects of traditional rowhouses while and display of images. The gallery itself updating the form to accommodate expecta- thus became an integral element of the tions for modern living. Participants incor- families’ stories, as well as a vehicle for porated sustainable, or “green” design telling those stories. Bamberger’s work was strategies, while also tackling issues of part of a larger project called “This House is affordability, accessibility, and electronic Home: An Initiative to Advance Affordable conveniences. The results were presented Home Ownership in America,” organized by in Rowhouse Redux: Washington Architects the University of North Carolina at Chapel Renew City Living. Hill, and conducted in partnership with The Enterprise Foundation and the above / Christopher McDonald at home in Orchard Village, a com- This exhibition was sponsored by the National Building National Building Museum. A small catalog munity built by Chattanooga Museum and the Washington Chapter of the American documenting the full project was printed. Neighborhood Enterprise, 1994. Institute of Architects. Photo by Bill Bamberger

Principal sponsors of This House is Home were GE left / Mobile gallery. Mortgage and the Ford Foundation. Stories of Home: Photo © Gregory Snyder Photographs by Bill Bamberger was the culmination of this initiative and made possible in part by the addition- al support of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Homeownership Alliance, Inc., The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, The Enterprise Foundation, and the MMA Foundation, Inc.

above / Elevation of theoretical rowhouse design by Studio 27 Architecture. Image courtesy of the architects

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DC Builds: The Anacostia Waterfront January 17–June 6, 2004 The Potomac River is nearly synonymous with Washington, and yet the city’s founders virtually all assumed that the city’s other river—then called the Eastern Symphony in Steel: Branch but now known as the Anacostia— Ironworkers and the would be the more important of the two Walt Disney Concert Hall as a site for commercial development. Over the past several years, the January 31–November 28, 2004 Originally more easily navigable than the newly invigorated District of Columbia Despite the high level of computerization Potomac, the Anacostia was the site of the Office of Planning has made the rejuvena- and automation that we now take for country’s first major navy yard. It was not tion of the Anacostia waterfront one of its granted in design and construction, build- long, however, before the Anacostia began major priorities, while the Chesapeake Bay ings still must be put together by human to silt up, and as industrial enterprises Foundation has undertaken a campaign to beings, who use raw strength and finesse sprang up nearby, the water became clean up the river’s vast watershed as a to assemble disparate materials into works increasingly polluted. By the late 19th means of protecting the ecosystem of the of architecture. There is a heroic quality century, the river had fallen into disuse, Chesapeake Bay, into which those waters to this kind of work, as workers skillfully and soon this potentially valuable and ultimately flow. DC Builds: The Anacostia manipulate often gigantic building compo- beautiful natural resource had become a Waterfront was the first public exhibition nents into their ordained places—an civic embarrassment and a health hazard. to present the city’s ambitious plans for especially impressive feat in large or com- the redevelopment of the area. Featuring plex buildings. Photographer Gil Garcetti a huge, impressively detailed model, the recognized the daring character of this exhibition clearly conveyed the encourag- work when he first drove by the construc- Symphony in Steel: Ironworkers and the Walt Disney top left and above / Photographs ing prospects for turning the river into a tion site for the new Walt Disney Concert Concert Hall was made possible by the generous by Gil Garcetti of the Walt Disney major urban amenity, lined with vibrant Concert Hall Hall, designed by Frank Gehry. He was support of Ron Burkle and The Yucaipa Companies, neighborhoods and providing an array of impressed to see workers fearlessly moving and the International Association of Bridge, Structural, recreational opportunities. about the nascent structure, powerfully Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers. Additional support was received from ACS, Commerce yet gently guiding huge steel beams to DC Builds: The Anacostia Waterfront was made Construction, M.A. Mortenson Company, The Herrick create the extraordinary geometric forms possible by the generous support of the Government Corporation, Arden Realty, The Charles Schwab of the District of Columbia and the Summit Fund of that Gehry’s design entailed. Garcetti Corporate Foundation, Iron Workers Local No. 433, Washington. Additional funding was provided by the immediately began shooting images of Iverson Yoakum Papiano & Hatch, Neil Papiano, and Shamrock Holdings of California. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Pepco Holdings, Inc., these workers’ exploits, and ended up cre- and the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority. ating a compelling still-photo documen- tary of the building’s construction. The capstone of this initiative was a series of beautiful black-and-white photographs he took of the finished building. The National Building Museum’s exhibition included more than 100 of above / Visitors examine the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative Garcetti’s photographs. The exhibition was model. launched with a grand opening reception, Photo by Liz Roll featuring as keynote speaker former top right / Rendering of Kingman and Heritage Islands by Michael president Bill Clinton. McCann. Courtesy of DC Office of Planning

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Affordable Housing: Samuel Mockbee Designing an American Asset and the Rural Studio: February 28–August 8, 2004 Community Architecture Architects tend to believe that there May 22–September 6, 2004 are few problems that cannot be solved The late Samuel Mockbee was both a talent- through good design. This exhibition ed architect and a much-admired professor, demonstrated the strength of that view but his greatest legacy will surely be the with respect to affordable housing. Rural Studio, a program he developed at Refusing to accept the assumption that Auburn University to bring high-quality housing for low-income families will design to poor rural communities in inevitably be of low quality, talented archi- Alabama. Mockbee directed teams of stu- tects across the country are designing sin- dents, who designed and built extraordi- left / Frank Lloyd Wright, American System-Built Houses gle- and multi-family residences that are nary houses and other structures for the for the Richards Company, Model D101, 1915–17; The Museum attractive, use energy wisely, and con- people of Hale County, and in the process, of Modern Art, New York, David tribute to their communities. the teams advanced the understanding of Rockefeller, Jr. Fund, Ira Howard Levy Fund, and Jeffrey P. Klein The projects featured in the show unorthodox building materials and con- Purchase Fund. were diverse in terms of their geographic struction methods. The innovative program Photograph: Jon Cross and Erica Staton, Digital Design Collection Project, Luna area, the density of the surrounding con- Imaging. 2002 The Museum of Modern Art, helped earn Mockbee a MacArthur “Genius New York. © 2002 The Frank Lloyd Wright Envisioning Architecture: Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), text, financing strategies, and other fac- Grant” in 2000 and the American Institute New York tors. All of them were designed to fit com- Drawings from the Museum of Architects Gold Medal in 2004. of Modern Art, New York below / Bryant “Hay Bale” House, fortably into their neighborhoods, ensur- The exhibition of the Rural 1993–94; Mason’s Bend, Hale ing a strong sense of community. In many March 20–June 20, 2004 Studio’s work incorporated structures that County, AL. Photograph © Timothy Hursley cases, in fact, these projects reflect unusu- In architecture, drawing is primarily were highly unusual and unexpected in a ally high standards of design and may thought of as a means to an end, but in museum setting, including ones made of serve as models for future development many cases, the drawings themselves yarn and even of discarded carpet tiles. The regardless of cost concerns. can be remarkable as engaging and com- displays demonstrated the ingenuity and After Affordable Housing: resourcefulness that have been a hallmark above / College Park, Memphis, TN. The exhibition was made possible by the generous pelling works of art. This exhibition of Photo by Steve Hall © Hedrich Blessing Designing an American Asset closed at the support of the U.S. Department of Housing and works from the collection of the Museum of the program since its inception. The Urban Development; Nixon Peabody LLP; Related National Building Museum, a traveling bottom right / Guests at the of Modern Art revealed that many of the show also presented several paintings by opening reception for Affordable Capital Company, one of The Related Companies; version of the exhibition was developed Mockbee himself, reflecting yet another Housing: Designing an Bank of America; Century Housing Corporation; greatest architects are also skilled artists, American Asset. and is now touring major cities across the facet of the broad talent of a humble giant Fannie Mae Foundation; National Association of whose two-dimensional representations Photo by F.T. Eyre ® country. A catalogue featuring the projects Home Builders; National Association of Realtors ; of their designs have distinct value in in American architecture. Corcoran Jennison Companies; Council of Federal in the exhibition and related essays was their own right. Home Loan Banks; Horning Family Fund of the published by the Museum and ULI-The The National Building Museum’s presentation of this Community Foundation for the National Capital Including 190 works by architects Urban Land Institute, and is available exhibition was made possible by the Museum’s F. Stuart Region; Meridian Investments, Inc.; Newman & ranging from Frank Lloyd Wright to Zaha Fitzpatrick Memorial Exhibition Fund and the National through the Museum Shop. The exhibition ® Associates, Inc.; U.S. Environmental Protection Hadid, the exhibition served as a condensed Association of Realtors , Deedie and Rusty Rose, Agency; National Council of State Housing is also accompanied by a detailed website, and other generous donors. history of architectural representation dur- Agencies; National Housing Trust; National Leased accessible through www.nbm.org. Housing Association; Reznick Fedder Silverman; ing the 20th century. Visitors had the oppor- Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition; Bruner tunity to see first hand some of the iconic Foundation; Homes for America, Inc.; Housing and sketches, watercolors, carefully hand-con- Development Reporter; Institute for Responsible Housing Preservation; The John Stewart Company; structed perspectives, and sophisticated com- Katz & Korin, P.C.; Local Initiative Support puter renderings that captured the architec- Corporation; National Foundation for Affordable tural Zeitgeist of their era. The National Housing Solutions; National Housing Conference; Building Museum was the only North Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation and the NeighborWorks® System; and Southern California American venue for the display of this par- Housing Development Corporation. ticular collection of MoMA’s drawings.

The National Building Museum’s presentation of Envisioning Architecture: Drawings from the Museum of Modern Art, New York was made possible by Lt. Col. and Mrs. William Karl Konze, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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The culmination of Liquid Stone Virtual Exhibition was a section on “The Future of Concrete,” Building America featuring several astonishing new materi- als that have the potential to revolutionize Ongoing design and construction. These included The Museum’s online exhibition, Building Agilia, a self-consolidating concrete that America, launched in 2002, remains one remains extremely fluid during the pour- of the most elaborate Internet-based ing process but hardens to a material of Building Learners Gallery exhibitions yet produced by any museum, great strength and durability. Another employing innovative programming tech- During 2004, the Museum established a featured material was Ductal, which is, in niques that allow visitors to view video new, long-term Building Learners Gallery, effect, a self-reinforcing concrete that can clips and listen to audio recordings with- dedicated to presenting exhibitions related span great distances using extremely deli- out having to download custom programs. to its school, family, and outreach education cate structural members. Finally, the exhi- The website, which includes timelines programs, or featuring topics that engage bition displayed several prototypical forms of American building history in various families. The inaugural exhibition was of translucent concrete, including a prod- categories, is accessible directly at Origami as Architecture, which ran from uct called LiTraCon, which uses embedded www.building-america.org or through April 10 to 25, 2004, and which drew from Liquid Stone: fiber-optics to carry light from one side the Museum’s main site, www.nbm.org. New Architecture in Concrete to the other. the Museum's popular Festival of Origami Press coverage of this exhibition Architecture, held in conjunction with the June 19, 2004–January 29, 2006 ® Traveling Exhibitions was extensive and worldwide, and the National Cherry Blossom Festival . Few materials are so easily taken for grant- show was among the most popular in the The next exhibition in the space Traveling exhibitions are an important part ed as concrete, the ubiquitous substance Museum’s history. A companion website was Kids' View of the City, from May 23 of the Museum’s programming. In fiscal of sidewalks, roads, and other mundane to July 31, 2004, which included works by year 2004, the Museum’s exhibition Big & above left / A proud young offered detailed information about the participant in the Kids’ View structures. But this same material has a students from Washington's John Eaton Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in above / Proposed Museum featured projects, along with an elaborate of the City program. of the 21st Century, New York. long history as an essential element in Photo by Museum staff virtual tour of the exhibition itself. Elementary School, produced as part of the 21st Century appeared at the Chicago Rendering courtesy of Hariri & Hariri— innovative and beautiful works of archi- Architecture The Museum is currently working with a project based on the Museum's City by Architecture Foundation from May 25 to above / Model of a project by tecture. Liquid Stone: New Architecture Design program. September 12, 2004, and Picture This: Ken Yeang from Big & Green: above right / Proposed Mucem Princeton Architectural Press to produce a Toward Sustainable Architecture in Concrete presented nearly three dozen project, Marseille, France. book based on the exhibition and a related The third exhibition in Windows on the American Home was pre- for the 21st Century. Rendering courtesy of Rudy Ricciotti recently built or proposed projects in Courtesy of the architect symposium that was held at Princeton the Building Learners Gallery was sented at the Minnesota History Center from which the use of concrete is a critical University in October 2004. Investigating Where We Live, from August October 21, 2003 through October 24, 2004. aspect of their design. The exhibition also 13 to October 10, 2004, which was the final explored the fascinating interrelationships Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete was made project for students participating in the Collections between design and technology as possible by the generous support of Lafarge, the world Museum's annual program of the same The collections of the National Building expressed in these structures. leader in building materials. name. It teaches students to use photogra- Museum encompass a broad spectrum of In an installation designed phy as a means of documenting and items including photographs, original by the firm of Tod Williams Billie Tsien analyzing city neighborhoods with an drawings, and three-dimensional artifacts Architects, the exhibition examined cut- eye toward capturing architecture and such as material samples, tools, and rem- ting-edge concrete design through three the urban landscape. nants of demolished buildings. Highlights primary lenses: Structure, Surface, and include the photographic collections of the Sculptural Form. The featured projects Wurts Brothers and the Stewart Brothers, showed that this highly versatile material along with thousands of drawings from can assume virtually any shape, texture, or the Northwestern Terra Cotta Company. color, and can solve a variety of technical The collections support specific Museum challenges at the same time. The work pre- exhibitions, and are available to scholarly sented included buildings from all over the researchers by appointment. world, ranging from elegant single-family houses to opera houses to churches.

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PUBLIC PROGRAMS

Lectures, hands-on demonstrations, tours, and other educational activities allow the Museum to expand on topics addressed in its exhibitions and

to cover a wide range of other subjects. A record- Spotlight on Design setting 87,700 adults and children participated The Spotlight on Design lecture series is the in the National Building Museum’s education Museum’s most prominent ongoing educa- tional offering, drawing many of the world’s Education programs during fiscal year 2004. most influential architects and other design- ers to speak about their work. Fiscal year 2004 brought an especially diverse roster of speak- ers including Antoine Predock, Will Bruder, Peter Eisenman, Lindy Roy, and the team of Gisue and Mojgan Hariri, who are both sisters and co-principals of their architecture firm. Many speakers came from other countries, including Lord Richard Rogers of London and Enrique Norten from Mexico City.

The 2004 Spotlight on Design series was sponsored by Lafarge North America.

D.C. Builds The National Building Museum celebrates its connection to Washington through a lecture series called D.C. Builds, which addresses design, planning, and develop- ment issues in the capital and surrounding region. Programs this past year included a presentation by the Cultural Development

Corporation, which was created in 1998 to top / Central Indianapolis promote arts and culture in Washington, Waterfront, Capital City Landing, Indianapolis, IN, by Sasaki and a program about the future of Associates, whose work was presented in a Spotlight on Washington’s world-famous Metro system. Design lecture. Photo by Alan Ward D.C. Builds The lecture series for 2004 was supported above / Mooreland Camp Dining by Forest City Washington. Hall, Lake Kawagama, Canada, by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, from the Spotlight on Design series. Photo by James Dow

left / Image of the Anacostia River, Washington, DC. Courtesy of the DC Office of Planning above / A visitor admires a work of origami architecture. Photo by Museum staff “We always enjoy and enlighten our senses and creative energies when we visit the National Building Museum. Thanks. “

- A teacher from Garrison Elementary

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Other Lectures and Seminars Tours, Films, and Demonstrations Dozens of individual lectures throughout The Museum’s Construction Watch Tours the fiscal year addressed topics of interest provide opportunities for sneak previews to the general public and to design and of new buildings before they are finished. building professionals. Daniel Libeskind, In fiscal year 2004, tour participants visit- who won the competition for the redesign ed the Jefferson at Penn Quarter, a new of the former World Trade Center site in mixed-use condominium project; the addi- New York, spoke about his plan and the tion to the embassy of the Republic of Côte Family Programs political challenges it now faces. Artist and d’Ivoire; the Main Treasury Building, and Birthday Parties illustrator David Macaulay, known for his which is currently undergoing a complex Throughout the year, the Museum regularly delightful and witty drawings of buildings, renovation; and the newly expanded presented many different programs for captivated the audience with the stories Studio Theater on 14th Street, NW. There families, including informal, weekend behind his latest book on mosques. was even a boat tour of the Anacostia workshops, birthday parties, and several Architectural historian Anatole Senkevitch River, highlighting plans for the redevelop- large festivals and family days. In February gave a presentation in which he compared ment of its waterfront. 2004, for instance, at a popular workshop and contrasted Washington, DC and the old The Museum organized a special called Crazy Construction for Kids!, young- Russian imperial capital of St. Petersburg. screening of the Academy Award®-nominated sters had a chance to play Frank Gehry by Special seminars included a documentary My Architect, followed by a creating models out of shiny “building” panel discussion examining how Japanese question-and-answer session with one of the materials. Lunchtime Lecture Series architects so beautifully and skillfully film’s producers. As part of Washington’s On a November 2003 Sunday marry traditional forms and materials Environmental Film Festival, the Museum The Museum also offered a regular series afternoon at a large family program titled with modern technologies. The Museum presented a movie that also addressed of noontime lectures on Smart Growth, Building Big with Kapla®, the National also convened a discussion session on the the restoration of the Anacostia Riverfront, presented in association with the U.S. Building Museum made it into the legacy of the late Samuel Mockbee, founder as well as an engaging film called A Con- Environmental Protection Agency and the Guinness Book of World Records when a of the influential Rural Studio at Auburn structive Madness, which chronicles the Smart Growth Network, and a series called team constructed the tallest-ever freestand- University, which has brought high-quality evolution of Frank Gehry’s design for an Building for the 21st Century, sponsored by ing tower of Kapla blocks, reaching a total design to some of the nation’s poorest com- unrealized, 40,000-square-foot, $82 million top left / Model of the proposed the U.S. Department of Energy. Topics cov- height of 51 feet, four inches. The tower Peter B. Lewis residence, by munities. In conjunction with the major house for Peter B. Lewis. Other film pro- ered in these programs included rooftop was built using only the four-inch-long Frank Gehry, from the film A exhibition on the same topic, a symposium grams during the year included a presenta- Constructive Madness. landscaping, which can help to insulate blocks, without glue or mechanical fasten- called Affordable Housing: Good Design tion of several of the ground-breaking works buildings and control stormwater run-off; ing devices of any kind. While the experts top / Kevin O’Connor, left, and Makes Good Living drew a national audi- by Charles and Ray Eames. Norm Abram from the This Old walkable communities; and the role of the were at work on the record-breaking tower, House television show sign ence of 125 people to share ideas with key Visitors to the Museum may autographs at the 2004 Festival developer/entrepreneur in creating sus- visiting children designed their own struc- leaders in the housing industry. This event enjoy regularly scheduled demonstrations of the Building Arts. tainable communities. tures using sets of the same blocks. Photo by F.T. Eyre was made possible by support from the of various building principles. These popu- In fiscal year 2004, families above / Participants in one U.S. Department of Housing and Urban lar programs include Arches & Trusses: The celebrated more than 50 birthday parties, of the Museum’s educational Development; Nixon Peabody LLP; Related Tension Builds, which explains the forces more than triple the previous year, at the birthday party programs share top / A lecture in the Museum’s their projects. Great Hall. Capital Company, a CharterMac Company; at work in very common structural forms. Museum. These events offer entertaining, Photo by Museum staff Photo by F.T. Eyre and other generous sponsors. The Bridging the Gap demonstration cart educational experiences, with special gifts above / Weathering Steel enables viewers to gain a quick under- for the birthday child. House, Toronto, Canada, by standing of how bridges work, and to learn Shim-Sutcliffe Architects. During the year, the Museum Photo by James Dow what bridge types are most appropriate organized and presented more large-scale, for differing circumstances. day-long festivals than ever before. These six events are described below.

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Careers in Construction Expo School and Summer Programs On April 29, some 1,300 junior and senior The Museum conducts hundreds of pro- high school students from a four-state area grams each year for elementary and mid- came to the Museum to learn about career dle school students. Participants may opportunities in the building trades. They build a small house in the Great Hall, con- engaged in hands-on activities ranging struct a geodesic dome, or plan a city on a Masonry Mania! from capentry, to masonry, to computer giant map. These curriculum-based pro- As a complement to the Masonry Variations assisted drafting. This was the third such grams develop youngsters’ skills of obser- exhibition, the Museum held a special event co-sponsored by the Associated vation, analysis, and problem-solving. An hands-on festival in October 2003 where Builders and Contractors, Inc. and Future overriding goal is to demonstrate to stu- kids and adults alike had the opportunity Force Now. dents that they can play substantial, posi- to get some grout under their fingernails tive roles in determining the future of the when they tried their hands at bricklaying, Concrete Carnival built world. Participating teachers receive tile design, and masonry restoration. comprehensive resource packets including The opening of the exhibition Liquid Afterwards, participants could watch some pre- and post-visit classroom activities, Stone: New Architecture in Concrete pro- soon-to-be professionals do their best work, bibliographies, and other resource lists. vided the occasion for a June weekend of as the International Union of Bricklayers During the 2003-04 academic year, the activities incorporating the Concrete and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) conducted the Museum offered a record-setting 704 Carnival, which included hands-on oppor- final stage of its International Apprentice school programs, which drew almost tunities to mix, pour, and mold concrete Contest in the Museum’s Great Hall. The 21,000 students and chaperones, more into a variety of shapes. In cooperation festival was made possible by the BAC and than one-quarter of whom were from with the American Society of Civil the International Masonry Institute. District of Columbia public schools. Engineers and Master Builders, the During the summer months the Museum also hosted the famed annual Zoom™ into Engineering Museum offered camp groups from the met- Concrete Canoe Competition, in which Family Festival ropolitan area enjoyable opportunities to engineering students from colleges across learn about the built environment. In fiscal February 21, 2004 marked a milestone in the country build and race canoes made year 2004 the summer program created four the Museum’s history, when 8,596 people of, yes, concrete. The display of the stu- new programs and revised earlier programs. attended the Zoom™ into Engineering dents’ works demonstrated that this This resulted in a doubling of the number of festival, the largest attendance ever for a common material has some surprising participants and programs—2,800 children single Museum event. The Great Hall was properties. Lafarge provided additional and chaperones in 96 programs. abuzz from opening to closing with fami- support for this family event. lies eager to learn how engineers turn School Programs received generous support from their ideas into reality. Visitors had a Festival of the Building Arts The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The chance to make “slime,” build and test Clark Charitable Foundation, Clark-Winchcole paper bridges, and watch a robotics compe- A perennial favorite at the National Foundation, Bender Foundation, Inc., and Construction top / A boy uses tiles and foam to Building Museum, the 2004 Festival of the Industry Round Table. create a “masonry” sculpture at the tition. The event was sponsored by The Masonry Mania! family festival. National Engineers Week Foundation with Building Arts drew 6,037 people, including Photo by F.T. Eyre additional support from BE&K. a record 767 scouts. As usual, parents and above / Students in the Concrete other adults enjoyed the activities as much Canoe Competition test their entry as children did. A highlight was the partici- in a flotation tank. Festival of Origami Architecture Photo by F.T. Eyre pation of Kevin O’Connor and master car- Scouts left / A new summer youth pro- In April the Museum took part in the penter Norm Abram from the popular This gram called My House, My Home. Cub, boy, and girl scouts can fulfill many Photo by F.T. Eyre National Cherry Blossom Festival® by Old House® television program, who offered requirements for activity badges by partici- presenting the Festival of Origami advice on those pesky home improvement top / A school group raising pating in different Museum programs. On the roof during the Be a Builder Architecture. Nearly 3,500 children and challenges. The event was presented by The program. late afternoons and weekends in fiscal year Photo by F.T. Eyre adults took part in hands-on paper-folding Associated General Contractors of America 2004, the Museum offered 103 programs to activities and watched Japanese masters and This Old House Ventures, Inc., the offi- above / Scouts learn from a more than 2,400 scouts, the highest num- master craftsman at a Museum create impressive works of origami architec- cial sponsor of family festivals at the ber ever. festival. ture at large scale. The Japanese ambassador National Building Museum. Photo by F.T. Eyre to the United States, His Excellence Ryozo Kato, served as honorary chair of the event.

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CityVision CityVision uses urban planning as a vehicle for encouraging at-risk middle school stu- dents to think creatively about their commu- nities. Each semester during 13 all-day work- shops at the Museum and tours of neighbor- hoods, approximately 35 students from six public, inner-city middle and junior high schools in the District of Columbia identify and propose solutions to urban problems. At the end of each semester they present their solutions before a large audience of students, The Henry C. Turner Prize teachers, administrators, and family mem- for Innovation in bers. At the fall 2003 final presentation, DC Construction Technology Councilmember Harold Brazil spoke and pre- The 2004 Turner Prize, recognizing out- sented the Museum with an honorary resolu- standing contributions to the advancement tion from the District recognizing excellence of construction technology, was awarded to in serving DC youth. Mayor Anthony Charles A. DeBenedittis, senior managing Williams was the featured speaker at the Design Apprenticeship Program director of design and construction at spring 2004 final presentation program. Several years ago, the Museum introduced Tishman Speyer Properties. Over his 50- a new initiative through which junior year career, Mr. DeBenedittis has been and senior high school students could instrumental in a number of management both design and build items such as pieces and construction innovations that have of furniture or kiosks. The Design facilitated the construction of large build- above / Norbert Young (left), Apprenticeship Program, informally ings. He was the third recipient of the Museum trustee and chair of known as the DAP Squad, nurtures a the Turner Prize Jury, Charles prize, following civil engineer Leslie DeBenedittis (center), and spectrum of skills from conceptual think- Irwin Cantor, Tishman Speyer Robertson and architect I.M. Pei. The ing to project coordination. The theme for Properties, participate in a $25,000 cash prize is supported by an panel discussion following the fall 2003 was “Building Blocks,” inspired presentation of the 2004 Turner endowment generously provided by the by the Masonry Variations exhibition, Prize to Mr. DeBenedittis on Turner Construction Company, and is September 27, 2004. while in the spring of 2004, the students Photo by F.T. Eyre named after the company's founder. explored the design of affordable housing left / Chase Rynd, Museum in conjunction with the Museum’s exhibi- executive director; Norbert Young, trustee and chair of tion on the same topic. the Turner Prize Jury; Carolyn Brody, Museum chair; Charles DeBenedittis; and Jerry Speyer, Outreach Programs received generous support from president of Tishman Speyer the William Randolph Hearst Foundations, Freddie Properties. Mac/Freddie Mac Foundation, The Morris and Photo by F.T. Eyre Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Fannie Mae Foundation bottom left / Charles DeBenedittis Fund of the Community Foundation for the National at the Hearst Headquarters top / A team of CityVision Capital Region, D.C. Commission on the Arts and students created an elevation Investigating Where We Live building in New York City. Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts, Photo courtesy of Tishman Speyer of the building they proposed. Properties Photo by Museum staff The Investigating Where We Live program The McGraw-Hill Companies, Mead Family Foundation, teaches teenagers to use photography as a The Beech Street Foundation, The Clark Charitable above / Participants touring and Foundation, Inc., Clark-Winchcole Foundation, documenting a District neighbor- tool for recording and analyzing their city, hood as part of the Investigating and in doing so, to develop a keener under- the MARPAT Foundation, Hearst Endowment Where We Live program. for CityVision, HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF Photo by Museum staff standing of the built environment. In WASHINGTON, D.C., and Susan L. Klaus. 2004, participating students explored the above right / Alexander Riley, participant in a DAP Squad Washington neighborhoods of Columbia program, builds a model out of toothpicks and chewing gum. Heights, Eckington, and the Southwest Photo by Museum staff Waterfront. At the end of the intensive summer program, the participants designed and prepared an exhibition of their work, which was displayed in the Museum’s new Building Learners Gallery.

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Museum Shop Widely regarded as the best store of its kind in Washington, the National Building Visitor Services Museum Shop is stocked with engaging books on a wide variety of topics, beauti- fully designed tools, housewares, and per- sonal items, and a range of toys that chal- lenge children’s imaginations. The shop carries special items that relate to specific exhibitions, while maintaining a core of standard material that draws regular shop- pers time and time again. For those unable to visit the shop in person, many items are available online through the Museum web- site at www.nbm.org. High Noon Café above / The Museum Shop. Photo by Museum staff The Museum’s small café, operated by the Website and NBM Online local High Noon chain, is a popular place The Museum’s website is an important for a snack, for lunch, or just a cup of complement to on-site activities, allowing coffee between visits to exhibitions. those who are distant from Washington to Patrons enjoy their food and drinks at get at least a taste of our exhibitions and tables set up in the Museum’s Great Hall. programs. During 2004, the Museum added a page complementing the exhibition Liquid Volunteers and Interns Stone: New Architecture in Concrete, which The National Building Museum is fortunate provides not only detailed information to have many dedicated volunteers who about the projects featured in the exhibi- assist with critical tasks. During fiscal year tion, but also an elaborate virtual tour of the 2004, volunteer docents led 14,372 people on galleries, giving viewers an excellent impres- tours of exhibitions and the building itself. sion of the actual installation. Another Other volunteers staffed the information detailed page was added in conjunction desk and registration tables for lectures, with the exhibition Affordable Housing: assisted in the Museum Shop, and conduct- Designing an American Asset. The website ed demonstrations for such programs as was also used with rapidly growing frequen- Bridging the Gap, in which visitors learn cy by visitors who registered online for about the principles of bridge construction. Museum education programs and events. The Volunteer Advisory Board serves as a The Museum produces an elec- liaison between the volunteer corps and the tronic newsletter called NBM Online, Museum staff and assists in arranging spe- above / Docent Hillary Rubin which keeps subscribers up to date on leads a tour of the Museum. “Learning about the history of your museum was like learning about the cial volunteer enrichment activities. Photo by Museum staff public programs, exhibition openings, new history of building over the past century.” Interns provided assistance in the products in the Museum Shop, and other major Museum departments, supporting news. NBM Online is currently distributed -A tour participant curators with exhibition research, helping to more than 14,000 people each month. with membership and marketing cam- paigns, and assisting in the organization of education programs. A total of 165 volun- teers and interns provided more than 12,421 hours of service during the fiscal year.

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The National Building Museum is a private, nonprofit institution, and therefore relies on contributions from corporations, individuals, associations, and foundations to fund its exhibitions and programs. The majority of the

Museum’s annual revenue is derived from such contri- Membership Restricted Funding butions, which totaled $3,839,377 in fiscal year 2004. The Museum has more than 4,900 mem- Most exhibitions, many education activi- The Museum’s board and staff are very grateful to all bers, who are vital to the institution’s suc- ties, and endowed prizes at the Museum cess. Members receive a variety of benefits, are supported by contributions given Development those who support the institution. ranging from discounts in the Museum’s expressly for those projects. Such restricted popular shop, to special invitations to pri- funding is an important complement to vate exhibition openings. Individual mem- the operating funds that cover most day-to- bers who contribute $100 or more annually day programming. In fiscal year 2004, the comprise a special category known as The Museum secured $649,269 in restricted Builders, whose extra commitment makes funding, a reduction over last year due to a number of Museum activities possible. the decrease in the number of exhibitions Businesses may join as members of The planned for future years. Professional Circle, which entitles their employees to many individual benefits, in Estate Giving addition to the recognition afforded the Planned and estate gifts enable the contributing firm. Museum’s members and friends to create a legacy. Several long-time friends of the The Corinthians Museum have informed us of advance gifts Major donors who give $1,000 or more in from their estates, and we welcome the unrestricted funds each year are known as opportunity to discuss planned giving The Corinthians. Their support comprises options with others. a critical component of the institution’s operating budget. Corinthians enjoy many special opportunities, including invitations to private receptions with prominent speak- ers and larger discounts in the Museum Shop. During fiscal year 2004, Corinthians attended exclusive receptions and dinners for Lord Richard Rogers, Paul Goldberger, and Bernard Tschumi, among others.

The Honor Award In 2004, the Museum honored the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) for its role in ensuring high-quality design, construction, and management in above / Guests at the 2004 Honor federal facilities throughout the country. above / Executive Director Chase Award Gala fill the Great Hall. Through initiatives such as its Design Rynd (left) and Museum Chair Photo by F.T. Eyre Carolyn Brody present the 2004 and Construction Excellence Programs, Honor Award to Stephen A. Perry, administrator of the US General the GSA has done much to restore citizens’ Services Administration. faith in their government’s ability to set Photo by F.T. Eyre standards that private industry might emulate. The gala raised nearly $840,000 for the Museum’s education and exhibi- tion programs.

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The following donors made gifts or pledges of $100 or more during the 2004 fiscal year (October 1, 2003, through September 30, 2004). While space limitations do not permit listing gifts of less than this amount, the Museum extends its Contributors sincere thanks to all donors.

*Includes payment on a pledge made in a $10,000–$24,999 National Football League Institute of Museum and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Eckert, III previous fiscal year Ai Nixon Peabody LLP* Library Services Ellerbe Becket, Inc. Iverson Yoakum Papiano & Hatch $100,000 and above American Society of Portland Cement Association Envision Design PLLC Landscape Architects The Related Companies, LP Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Cynthia R. and Charles G. Field Fannie Mae Foundation Fund Associated Builders and Susan L. Klaus of The Community Foundation Deedie and Rusty Rose Barbara and Herbert Franklin Contractors, Inc. for the National Capital Region Charles E. Smith Commercial Kling Future Force Now The Beech Street Foundation William Randolph Hearst Realty, a division of Lee and Associates Inc. The Gallup Organization Foundations Bender Foundation, Inc. Vornado Realty Trust The MARPAT Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gewirz Lafarge/Lafarge North America David L. Brunner and Robert A.M. Stern Architects Edward J. Mathias GGA.Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Inc. Rhonda Butler This Old House Ventures, Inc. McKissack & McKissack Gilbane Building Company Turner Construction Company Cafritz Company The Tower Companies National Association of Real Michael Graves, FAIA U.S. Commission of Fine David M. Childs, Skidmore, Trade Center Management Estate Investment Trusts Arts/National Capital Arts Owings & Merrill LLP Hargrove, Inc. Trammell Crow Company J. Ned Inc./Nederlander and Cultural Affairs Program Christie's America Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern, U.S. Department of Energy, TREMCO Roofing and James and Theodore Pedas Inc. Clark Charitable Foundation, Inc. Building Maintenance Division Family Foundation Office of Energy Efficiency HKS, Inc. and Walter P. Moore and Renewable Energy* The Clark Construction ULI-the Urban Land Institute Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Group, Inc. HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF U.S. Department of Housing Walker & Dunlop/ The Peterson Family Foundation Clark-Winchcole Foundation WASHINGTON, D.C. and Urban Development* Greenpark Financial ProOrbis LLC Cushman & Wakefield of The IDI Group Companies $50,000 — $99,999 Greater Washington, Inc. $5,000 — $9,999 The Real Estate Roundtable, Inc. Iron Workers Local No. 433 American Express Company The Dallas Foundation The American Institute of David M. Schwarz/ Jones Lang LaSalle Americas Architectural Services Inc. Carolyn and Kenneth D. Brody Leo A Daly Architects The Kane Company STUDIOS Architecture Ronald Burkle and the James G. Davis American Planning Association Katz & Korin Tishman Realty & Construction Yucaipa Companies Construction Corporation American Society of Joseph R. Loring & Associates, District Department of D.C. Commission on the Arts & Civil Engineers U.S. Environmental Inc. Protection Agency Transportation Humanities and the National Andersen Corporation Terrence M. McDermott Endowment for the Arts Washington Chapter of the Freddie Mac/Freddie Mac Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Miller & Long Co., Inc. Foundation Dick Corporation Armstrong, III American Institute of Architects Weidlinger Associates National Engineers Week International Masonry Institute* The Walt Disney Company Aspen Systems Corporation Foundation International Union of Bricklayers Figg Engineering Group Deborah Berke & Partners $2,500 — $4,999 National Health Museum and Allied Craftworkers* Architects LLP Gensler Architecture, Design Frank Anton National Leased Housing Lt. Col. and and Planning Worldwide Beyer Blinder Belle Association Mrs. William Karl Konze Architects & Planners LLP Associated Builders and Global Encasement, Inc. Contractors, Inc. — Metro Nextel National Endowment for the Arts* Bloomberg Mike Goodrich Washington Chapter Occasions Caterers Otis Elevator Company* Centex Construction Company Government Properties Trust, Inc. Associated Builders and Pepco Energy Services, Inc. United Technologies Corporation* Grunley Construction Co., Inc. Construction Industry Contractors, Inc.— Virginia Round Table Chapter Perkins & Will $25,000 — $49,999 Delon Hampton, Ph.D., P.E./ Powell Goldstein Delon Hampton Associates Charles A. DeBenedittis Shalom Baranes Associates, P.C. The Associated General Gilbert E. DeLorme, BDO Seidman, LLP Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Contractors of America HNTB Esq./Greenstein The Louis Berger Group/ Nancy and Richard Rosan The Homeownership Alliance, Inc. DeLorme & Luchs Autodesk, Inc.* Hill International Joint Venture RTKL Associates, Inc. Horning Brothers Design Cuisine The Morris and Gwendolyn BFC Partners Chase W. Rynd Cafritz Foundation Jacobs Facilities District of Columbia Water Boston Properties, Inc. Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., Inc. Chevy Chase Bank The JBG Companies and Sewer Authority W.E. Bowers & Associates Shamrock Holdings of California Joanne D. Corzine Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates The Max and Victoria Business Software Alliance Shaw Pittman LLP Forest City Enterprises Louis Dreyfus Property Group Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. above / The Greenwich Academy, Cafritz Interests Skanska USA Building, Inc. Charitable Foundation, Inc. Eugene A. Ludwig Lois and Richard England Greenwich, CT, 2003, by International Association of David C. Evans/Reed Smith LLP Cannon Design Spaulding & Slye Colliers Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Major League Baseball Bridge, Structural, Ornamental The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund CBRE Federal Government St Marys Cement Inc. Courtesy of Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill and Reinforcing Iron Workers* MCI Services Group Gensler Family Foundation The Staubach Company-NE “The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own Frederick A. Kober Mead Family Foundation* Consolidated Hellmuth, Obata + Syska Hennessy Group The McGraw-Hill Companies/ Microsoft Corporation Engineering Services Kassabaum, PC Thelen Reid & Priest LLP we have no soul of our own civilization.” McGraw-Hill Construction National Association of D.C. Sports and Hensel Phelps Construction Co. United Arts Organization of Will Miller and Lynne Maguire Home Builders Entertainment Commission Hines Greater Washington M. A. Mortenson Company NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Design-Build Institute of America —Frank Lloyd Wright OF REALTORS ® * HITT Contracting Inc. Virginia Baseball Club, LLC Sharon and Jim Todd Mr. and Mrs. Roy Disney Leonard A. Zax, Esq. National Capital Planning Holland & Knight The Richard H. Driehaus Commission Robert W. Holleyman, II Foundation Zimmer Gunsul Frasca National Endowment for the Humanities*

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$1,000 — 2,499 KGD (Kishimoto.Gordon. Tompkins Builders Letitia Baldrige Colton Brown William T. Cook Jill Dowling and Collin Green Leonard Forkas, Jr. Annie and Michael Hanson Interface Multimedia Akridge Dalaya PC) Torti Gallas and Partners Erv Bales William Browning Cooke Skidmore Consulting Joyce and Mortimer L. Downey, III Daniel Foster and Melissa Kramer Roz and Alan M. Hantman Nancy Riddle Iversen Group All Stage & Sound, Inc. George Klein, Park Tower Group Truland Foundation Alan Balfour Marney Bruce Michael Downie and Sarajane Foster Terry Hardy and Peg Whalen Joanne B. Jackson David E. Cooper Randall Gross The American Institute of A. Eugene Kohn, FAIA, RIBA, JIA Emily and Antoine van Agtmael Rita Balian Vic Bryant Florence B. Fowlkes Rita Hare and Bernice Deren Hugh Newell Jacobsen, FAIA Jerome M. Cooper John Dryden Architecture Students KPS Group, Inc. James van Sweden Thomas M. Ballentine Davis A. Buckley, AIA Fox & Fowle Architects, PC Ann and John Hargrove David Jameson Kent Cooper Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. Ray Anderson and John Wells Robert C. Larson Virginia Business Interiors Karla Barber The Buffalo News Barbara Francisco Suzanne Harness and Raymond Rich Jensen and Beth Goodrich Jacqueline H. Corbett Michael H. Ducody Kogan Anonymous lee)sallee & company, inc. Wagner Roofing Company Paul H. Barkley, FAIA Tom Buffkin and Kelven Book Kenneth Franco John M. Johansen CoreNet Global, Inc. Malinda and Keith Duke Beth and Brent Harris ARCOM Lehman-Smith + McLeish PLLC Washington Woodworking Co., Linna M. Barnes and Edward D. Burger Enoch D. Frankhouser Elizabeth and Dennis Jones Mr. and Mrs. Donald Coupard Jo Ann Duplechin Patricia Harrison Arena Stage Marc E. Leland LLC Christian J. Mixter Richard T. Busch Molly M. Frantz Roberta Jones Mary and Eugene Covert Jane S. Durch Don Hartline Mr. and Mrs. Laurence J. Aurbach Rafael V. Lopez and Linda I. Marks Judy and Pete Welch Gino J. Baroni John A. Butch Velma Viets Frazier Mr. and Mrs. William J. Jones Covington & Burling Samuel S. Dyer Michael Manning Hartman, AIA Diane Cox Basheer Lowe Enterprises Community Beverly A. Willis, FAIA Barwood Transportation Lanty K. Butchko Phyllis Freedman Paul Jorgensen Communities, Inc. Development Claire and Warren Cox George Cameron Eaton, AIA Hartman-Cox Architects Neal L. Wood William B. Bassett California State Polytechnic Shirlee and Howard Friedenberg Andrew Joskow Barbara Boggs Associates Inc. Linda B. and Jonathan S. Lyons Susan Bathory and Donald Lane University David Cox, FAIA Pamela S. Ecker Christophe Fromboluti, AIA Melanie L. Hartwig-Davis, AIA and Joy Developers, LLC Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Barbara M. Macknick Lance E. Davis Ellen Beasley George W. Calomiris, AIA Kay Cox Mary Jane Edwards Kurt Frye B. Franklin Kahn James C. Cleveland Henry Meigs II $100 — $999 Donald Havelka Beery Rio Architects & Interiors Jim Calvert, MD CPR Multimedia Solutions Conrad Egan Yoshiaki Furusawa David N. Kamlin Cleveland Browns Patrice R. and Herbert S. Miller Ava Abramowitz and Neil Ronald Hayes Rackham Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Belcher, Jr. Marcia Camarda Ralph H. Craft Jennifer A. Eggleston Susan and Thomas Gage Robert A. Kanak, II, CSS, AIA Kathryn and Kent Colton Mortgage Bankers Association Suzanne M. Hazard Daniel Abrams Bell Group, Inc. Cameron & Company Anne Sprunt and Steven Ehrlich Patrick Gallagher and Jeanine Quaglia Custom Design Concepts Daniel H. Mudd Drury B. Crawley Josephine D. Hearld Mary Ellen and Gary Abrecht Merithew Benington Claire and Thomas Cardella EHT Traceries Inc. Francis E. Gardiner, Jr. Ruth and Herschel Kanter Architecture Diana R. and Charles A. Nathan Cresa Partners Herbert J. Held Mary Achatz Ralph Bennett Jan D. Carline Ronald Eichner Eileen and Richard Garson Alan E. Karchmer and Day & Zimmermann National Concrete Stephen M. Cumbie Jay Hellman Sandra Benedum B.J. and Clark Adams Edwin Berk William Carroll Laura Einstein and Gauthier, Alvarado & Associates DBI Architects Masonry Association Janet and David Curtis Helene Madonick S.C. Herman Raymond J. Kaskey, FAIA Katherine Adams Sally Berk and Joseph Cartwright John T. Geary, Jr. Dewberry National Electrical Sanders H. Berk, M.D. Cynthia and Michael Cusick Joan Eisenstodt and Joel Levy John A. Herron David Kassing Contractors Association AEW Capital Management Stephen H. Case Robert J. Geniesse, Esq. Ambassador and William L. Bernhard Brad Dailey Julie Eizenberg Joseph Hertzler Gale D. Kaufmann Mrs. Robert W. Duemling National Plastering Industry/ Donald Albrecht Christina S. Casgar B. Clayton Gentry Thomas Biery Judy Daniel Shelly and Gerald Elliott Douglas A. Heydon Kay Management Co. EDAW, Inc. Joint Apprenticeship Trust Fund John B. Albright Cass & Associates Architects, PC Kathryn Gest Maygene, Stephen, Edward Susan and A. Edward Elmendorf Daniel W. Hicks M.D. Elizabeth and John D. Keegan National Society of Edith S. Bingham Louise Alden Cassity Mark D. Ein Joseph W. Alexander and Leah Daniels Erma and Philip Gibber Professional Engineers Carolyn and Ben Bird Louise H. and Harold E. Engle Mary Higgins and Jay Townsend Keizai Koho Center-US Office Einhorn Yaffee Prescott John R.M. Alger Robyn and Mark Chachula Jere R. Gibber and Melanie and Fred Dann Jim Epstein Gil Hill and Carol P. Galaty Joanne M. Kelly National Trust for Historic Jim Bischoff Deborah Chalfie and J.G. Harrington Equis Corporation Preservation Alliance Capital Management LP Gloria Davis Thomas A. Bish Cerinda Loschinkohl Mae Dean Erb Troy Jennene and Hill Lumber Company Krista and Karl Kendall Flack + Kurtz Consulting Kay and Robert Oshel Carolyn Alper Susan M. Davis Engineers Amy Bishton Morris J. Chalick, M.D. Sheila Etzkorn Charles A. Gibbs Karin Hillhouse Jeffrey F. Kenney, AIA Ove Arup & Partners Consulting American Planning Association — Greg Dawson and Amy Van Allen Foundation of the American National Capital Area Chapter Blackburn Architects, PC Cheryl and Matthew Chalifoux Richard F. Evans Christine Gill Albert P. Hinckley John T. Kerwin Engineers, PC Peter de Bretteville Subcontractors Association Teresa Anderson Liz Blankespoor Carl Chapman Fabry Associates Architects Evan Gilman Toshiro Hirota Arthur H. Keyes, Jr. Parsons Brinckerhoff M. DeBlasio, Inc. Georgetown Restoration, Inc. Tove Anderson Nancy and Don Bliss Jana Charters and Roy A. Stacy David Fairchild Gerard Giovaniello Mr. and Mrs. John Hirschmann Kikkerland Design, Inc. Ted and Lea, Jim and Andrea O. Dean Joseph Giattina, Jr., FAIA Wanda Pedas Melissa Andrews Blueline Design Chernikoff and Company Faison & Associates Shawn C. Glerum Hoachlander Davis Lloyd Kinch Steve Deggendorf and Photography, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Cesar Pelli & Associates Peter U. Andrews, AIA Tersh Boasberg, Esq. CHJ3 Architecture, Inc. Mathea Falco Global Lighting Esther King and John Page Glosserman Dennis McClellan Lara Hodgson Project Management Services, Anonymous Eleanor and Richard Bochner Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon L. Church Judith and David Falk Ellen Gold Caroline Klam Gould Property Company Sara Nomellini Delgado, AIA Neal Evan Hodgson Inc. Mahlon Apgar, IV Bohlin, Cywinski, Jackson John Clark Marilyn Farley Ellen Hahn and Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Kling Greenebaum & Rose Associates Lisa Delplace and Chris McGahey Raymond D. Grabb Juanita Holler-Mildenberg Pulte Home Corporation Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Apple, Jr. Lewis Bolan William Clark Douglas A. Faulkner and Stephen W. Koenig, AIA Gruzen Samton Architects, Susan and Bernard G. Dennis, Jr. Carolyn F. Gray Grandesign Studio, Inc. Cheryl Hollins Quite a Stir in Catering! Apple Electrical Services, Inc. Analouise C. Bolten D. Sherman Clark Sue A. Kohler Planners & Interior Designers Design 1 Paul S. Feira Denise Graveline Martin Holmer LLP Rathgeber/Goss Associates David S. Arnold BOMA International Rose Marie Clemandot Michael Kolakowski Frank C. Devlin, Jr. and Cheryl Brian Feit and Phil Melemed Allan Greenberg, Architect LLC Jeanette M. Honsa Guardsmark, LLC Julie K. Rayfield John Arroyo Henry H. Booth William F. Clinger, Jr. Brown Janine and Brian D. Kraft Judy Scott Feldman Louise W. and Thomas H. Greene William L. Hopkins and Gulick Group, Inc. Rippeteau Architects, P.C. Agnes Artemel Pam and Jay Bothwell Howard K. Cohen Helen C. Dickens Katharine Kravetz Frances Ferguson Grimm + Parker Architects Richard B. Anderson Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Moshe Safdie and Associates Joseph Asin Sara Ann Bounds Paula M. and Frances H. Cohen Lisa Dickey Carol H. and Robert D. Krinsky Theodore M. Fields Stephen J. Gripkey Hord Coplan Macht, Inc. Hanley-Wood, LLC Ann Satterthwaite, AICP Charles H. Atherton, FAIA Simon Bourgin Ray Colbert Jill Dixon Michelle Krocker Amy S. Finch, AIA and Debbie and Bob Groberg Horizon Builders Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Settles Associates Atlantic Valet, Inc. Bowie-Gridley Architects, PLLC Estella S. Cole Eric Dobson Mike T. Krzykowski Leigh Williams Carol and Miles Groves Gregory M. Hoss Herman Miller Inc. Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson & Robert Axelrod and Christy Wise Jody and Charles Boynton Cole Prevost William Doggett Architects David Kuehn Abbott Christine E. Fisher Frank Gurley Mary Ann C. Huey Hillier Architecture Ayers Saint Gross Inc. Susan Haas and Steve Bralove Barbara Collier The Donohoe Companies, Inc. John P. Kyle Barbara Spangenberg Grace S. and Philip A. Fleming John Hager and Ron Geatz J. Ford Huffman Michael L. Horst Mary and William I. Bacchus Carol Brandt Elizabeth Colorado and Robert F. Dorsey and Wayne LaBar Sundt Construction, Inc. Whit Fletcher Bruce Haglund Elise Hughes Breckenridge Design Group Justin Logsdon Lynne M. McGrail Lacy Ltd. Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown Bachner Communications Edmund J. Flynn & Co. Gregory K. Hunt, FAIA Thornton-Tomasetti Group, Inc. Gianne Conard, AIA Dorsky Hodgson + Partners Gloria S. Hamilton Japan Society, Inc. Kathy and Bob Baer Sue L. Bremner Anita T. Lager Nancy McElroy Folger Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Hance, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hunter Brennan + Company Architects Jerome Conlon Christopher Dorval Charles E. Lamb, FAIA Mary Roberta Jones Baines Construction Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ford, II Hyde Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James M. Brenza Joyce Connolly George C. Lancaster Just So Charitable Foundation Anne-Marie Bairstow and Danielle Forget and Chris Shield Takeshi Inaba Caroline Cook S. Kann Sons Company Cliff Majersik Jeffrey C. Landis, AIA and Elizabeth and Catherine and W.T. Ingold Julia Monk-Landis, AIA, AISD Foundation Susan C. Bairstow Christopher Forinash

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John Lang and Debra Olson Liz McGrath Philip D. Muse, AIA Susan Piedmont-Palladino Timothy Robson Stefanie Zeldin Sigal and Dwayne J. Sye Lois Walker Memorial Gifts CPR Multimedia Solutions Robert K. Sigal Susan and Stephen Langley Charles A. McLaughlin National Council of Architectural and Douglas Palladino Alicia Rodriguez and TAF, Inc. Stanley B. Wall Design Cuisine P. Dawn Sikkema In memory of Ira Kessler M.K. Lanzillotta, AIA and Lily and Bob McLean Registration Boards Peter G. Piness David McCurdy Carolyn Tager Deborah Wallower District of Columbia Association Robert Silman Associates, PC Diana S. Donaldson of Land Surveyors Lee Becker, FAIA Randolph McManus Sakura Namioka Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Ann and Vincent Rogers Chikako Takahashi Walsh Construction Foundation Scott David Simonsgaard Gary Fry Thomas Eichbaum, FAIA John K. Lapiana Marilyn and Charles McMillon The National Academies J. Rogers Architecture, Inc. Jack Taylor Melissa Warren Plants Alive! Inc. SKA Consulting Structural Susan and David Gradwohl Eight Brothers, Inc. Feliz Lapinski McCain McMurray National Association of Women Simon Friedman Rones Jean Taylor Sarah and Luke Wassum in Construction Mrs. Bland Platt Engineers Diane and Norman Halpern Gensler Architecture, Design Alison and Peter Lattu Gillian McPhee The Roosevelt Island Julie K. Taylor AIA Watkins Hamilton Ross Architects National Center for Preservation P M Services Company Historical Society George C. Skarmeas AIA Barbara and Morrell Heald and Planning Worldwide Mary E. Lawrence and Peter Buck Derek Meares Keene Taylor James V. Waugh and Technology and Training SKB Architecture & Design Amy Heller and Bart Weisman Green Sandwich Technologies Deborah Lawson Robert Poogach Joyce Root Kate Meenan-Waugh Ralph Mechur Architects NBBJ Architects Les Taylor Jillian Hanbury Poole Rodney Ross William O. Slayman WDG Architecture, PLLC Irene Leiwant Greenstein, DeLorme & Luchs Beryle and Dan Lednicer Marilyn and James W. Meek Doris C. Teplitz Walter Neale Bernard Slosberg and Liberty Property Limited Michael Jantzen Rebecca Ledsky Heidi Pope Blair Ruble John W. Webb AIA Joan Meixner David L. Nelson Mary S. Chor Alfred Tetrault Partnership Martin H. Poretsky Frederick A. Russell Patty and Robert Webb Master Builders, Inc. Wanchul Lee Associates Frederic Melby, AIA Bernard Tetreault Gregory M. Nelson and Edward J. Slosky Karen and John Pelino McGraw-Hill Construction Harold Leich Andrew Potts Christopher Ryan Katherine Wolf and Patricia Mellen Jennifer Nye James Aubrey Smailes Texas Tech University Library Helen and Norman Perttula Gregory Powe, AIA Michael Ryan R. Beverly Webb National Engineers Week Barbara B. and Richard Leighton J. William Melsop Jeff Nelson Lauren P. and Stuart Davis Thayer Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Small Katy and Scott Weidenfeller Merril Sands Foundation Irene Leiwant Thorn L. Pozen Edward J. Rynne, Jr. Melwood Horticultural Training Priscilla Nelson Barbara R. Smith Mary Meigs Thorne Elinor and James Schatz National Ready Mixed Concrete Pamela J. and John E. Prevar Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Salinger Margaret T. and Ted Weidlein Darrell Lemke and Center Susan K. Nelson Sandra Tillisch Association Corinne Smith Mr. and Mrs. Eric Weinmann Schnader Attorneys at Law Mary Ellen Trautman Diana C. Mendes and Arnold J. Prima, Jr., FAIA Stephen M. Salny Richard B. Nettler Mr. and Mrs. Dean Smith Nestor Tirado Claire and Stanley Sherman Natural Edge Donald H. Leppla and Mark Bassett Property Capital LLC Barbara M. and Harry L. Sanders Robert A. Weinstein and New Jersey Institute of Kathryn G. and Timothy K. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Alexander C. Judith M. Capen Sally and David Stashower Occasions Caterers Eric D. Jackson Metcalf Federal Relations Providence Associates, Inc. Janet and Thorndike Saville, Jr. Technology Tomlinson The Pennsylvania State University Nancy Leuba M.C.R. Smith Jon Weintraub Harold Stern Metropolitan Architects New York Building Congress, Inc. Rhonda Pruss and Donald Bill Sawicki Michael Towbes P.K. Smith Marvin F. Weissberg Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wasserstrom Portland Cement Association Richard H. Levy & Planners Messer David J. Saylor The New York Community Trust Jessica and Henry Townsend RTKL Associates, Inc. Eleanor and Roger K. Lewis, FAIA Mr. and Mrs. Otello Meucci Marcia F. Rachy Mr. and Mrs. Ralph S. Smith Gareth Wells and Janet Ziffer Stewart Weintraub New York Institute of Technology Lawrence Scarpa, AIA Trace Inc. Smith Management Wells Woodworking L.M. Scofield Company Peter Liebowitz Theresa A. Meyer and Bob Ranck John T. Radelet Frances Way Schafer Peter Newlin, FAIA Construction, Inc. Edward J. Trenn Specialties, Inc. In memory of Jeffrey Wilde Shapiro & Duncan Frederick Lindstrom John S. Milgram Eden W. Rafshoon James A. Scheeler, FAIA Geraldine Nicholson Smith, Thomas & Smith, Inc. Tricon Construction, Inc. Dean Westman and Brenda M. Derby Snap Shops Photo Tim Lomax David Miller and M. Scott Bowling David Ralston Rogert O. Schickedantz Lisa and David Nicks Jennifer and Marlon Smoker Carol Truppi Andrea Putscher Nancy Van Meter Richard Longstreth David L. Miller Patricia Ralston Honorary Gifts Jack Nobles Arthur Schmidt Elizabeth Tucker WHA Architecture Sorg & Associates, PC Thomas Balsley, FASLA Virginia Railway Express Ann Looper Mr. and Mrs. David P. Miller Reader & Swartz Architects PC Peter Schmidt, AIA Alice Norris Fredda S. Sparks Jo Tulkoff Diane and Stan Whatley in honor of Gene Kohn Wagner Roofing Company Sharon B. and James W. Lowe Ewing H. Miller, FAIA and Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Redden Steven Schmidt Jane W. and Frederick North Jeff B. Speck Davis Turner Gerry Widdicombe Columbus Regional Hospital Washington Metropolitan Area Karen and Jake Lowe Donna Ari Wally Reed Jr. and Adrienne Schmitz Anthony Wilder Design/Build Foundation in honor of Transit Authority George H. Miller Thomas E. O'Brien Mary Ellen Taylor Madeline and William Speer Laura Turner Ann Lowry Schneidereith & Sons, Inc. Robert A.M. Stern Paul O'Leary Ginny Spevak Albert Twanmo and Tina and John Wilkinson Washington Woodworking Co., Alison Luchs Iris Miller, ASLA Will Regan Robin Schoen Linda Reinisch Peter E.M. Willard Barbara S. Kemp in honor of LLC Robert Miller OPUS 3, Ltd. Ellie Reichlin F.N. Spiess Kelly Lukins and Kenneth Propp Leonard A. Zax Will Wittig Robert K. Oaks Zachary Schrag Robert D. Uher Allan H. Williams Robert L. Miller, FAIA and Emerson G. and Lawrence Spinelli Carl H. Lavin in honor of David Macauley Harry K. Schwartz Kristen and Christopher Ullmann Victoria C. Choy Linda and Rob Obenreder Dolores G. Reinsch Foundation Richard L. Sprott Eva Williams Carter Lavin J. Amanda Machen Susan W. Schwartz University of Florida J.C. and Neil Milner Tony Ogden Phillip K. Reiss Cecile Srodes Michael Willoughby & Associates Carolyn M. Mackenzie Belinda and John Sciandra University of New Mexico Matching Gifts William Minor Nathaniel Ogle and Teresa F. Remein Friedrich St. Florian Kerie R. Wilson Caroline B. Macomber Carol Ann Siciliano Alan D. Sclater URS Corporation Fannie Mae Foundation David Missert Reserve Officers Association Stanley Martin Commercial, Inc. Doryan L. Winkelman and Richard Maeder Oscar J. Olson, Jr. of the United States L.M. Scofield Company US Business Interiors, Inc. Melanie Ferrara The Ford Foundation Mitchell/Giurgola Architects LLP George Stavropoulos Howard P. Maginniss, AIA Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Ordway Susan A. Retz, AIA and John Scorcia U.S. General Services Christine Wirkkala GannettMatch Mitsui & Co. (USA) Inc. Steelcase Inc. Myra Malkin Charles Lovett Administration Laura Wirkkala IBM Corporation Richard Moe Martha and Mark Orling Colleen and Evans Sealander Joan Steigelman Joseph Valerio Manhattan Construction Co. Randall Ott Mahmoud Riad Brett Seamans Roger A. Wissman The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. G. Martin Moeller, Jr. John Steigerwald Michael S. Marcotte Barry Rice Architects PLLC Leo Vallo Group Edward C. Wood and Richard The New York Times Company Tina and Neal Mollen Henry Otto Margaret A. Seaver Marjorie L. Stein Henry Van Dyke, V Rossi Foundation Stephanie and Ken Marcus G.F. Oudens, FAIA Ann Kendall Richards Jim Sebastian Michael Monette Jeffrey Steinman and Jody Falco David D. Marquardt, AIA Daniel S. Ridge Deborah and Hall Van Vlack Edmund J. Worthy, Jr. The Washington Post Ann K. Morales Joe Palca and Kathy Hudson Marianne Segura Matching Gifts Program Tim Stephens Joseph Ventrone Robert M. Wulff Karen Marquis Tom Parker Hans Riecke Donald P. Seibert Kris Morris Scott Sterl, AIA Mark J. Maves, AIA Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rigelsky Tom Ventulett, FAIA Marion E. Yeck Donors of Goods Terry and M. Hamilton Morton Jr., Susan and David Parry Sandra and David Sellers Stevens & Vitanza AIA Venturi, Scott Brown & Alex Yellin and Sheila Billingsley and Services Taddy McAllister AIA Nicholas Pasanella Norman Ristin Josh Selstrom Anne J. Stone Associates Ann Yerger and Chris Lidy Aitoh Company Mr. and Mrs. Allan McClain John E. Moyer, AIA Stephen M. Pattin Rixey-Rixey Architects Michelle R. and Todd Sender JoAnn Storey Michele Ruddy Vernon Caren L. Yglesias ANA/All Nippon Airways David McColloch Richard J. Moylan Peak Corporation Clifford A. Roberts Gilaine and Larry Shindelman Cornelia J. Strawser Versaci Neumann & Partners Annette and Colin Young C. Michael Arnold Joseph McCoy Murillo/Malnati Group Clarence W. Pearson, Jr., AIA Kym and Jenns Robertson Gretchen A. Shoemaker Studio for Civil Architecture Video Takes Robert J. Yudell, FAIA Blacksmiths' Guild of the John McCullough John A. Murray Karen and John Pelino Bernard Robinson Daniel K. Shogren and Jennifer L. Hugo Subotovsky Architects LLC Sharon and Donald Vitz Joanne and Robert Zich Potomac Celia McEnaney Jonathan Penndorf Rise Jack Sullivan, ASLA Estera F. Votaw Michael Zisk Clark Concrete Contractors Kristie and Carden C. McGehee Perfect Settings John Shorb Landscaping and Euclid Patti Swain Susan and Melvin Wahlberg Robert Zuraski Mary and Michael McGill Ruth R. Philbrick Lynne K. Siemers Joan and Tom Swift Christopher W. Walker Counter Production Dorn C. McGrath, Jr. Mary Sies and Christopher Stark Jonathan Zurer

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Financial Report

The Museum's total revenue for fiscal year FY ’04 Sources of 2004 was $7,344,093, a 6.5% decrease over Support and Revenue 2003. The decrease was largely the result of a reduction in funds raised for future exhibitions, corresponding a strategic Other Earned Income 10% decision to reduce the number of exhibi- tions presented annually. Contributed revenue and services, which included Museum Shop Sales 15% both restricted and unrestricted gifts and Contributed accounted for about half of the museum's Revenue total revenue, totaled $3,839,377. Earned and Great Hall Events 22% Services income from the Museum Shop, Great Hall 52% rentals, and other sources totaled $3,504,716. The Museum's total expenses for fiscal year 2004 were $8,801,331. The vast majority of these expenses went directly toward exhibitions, educational activities, and other programming. The difference FY ’04 Expenses between total income and total expenses resulted in a deficit, primarily due to the expenditure of funds raised in previous Great Hall Events 4% years toward expenses for current exhibi- tions and programs. General & Administrative 8% The National Building Museum Fundraising 11% is a nonprofit, educational institution. This financial report is based on an inde- Museum Shop 10% pendently audited financial statement. For a copy of the complete financial statement, Programming please write the Museum at 401 F Street 67% NW, Washington, D.C. 20001, or call 202.272.2448. above / Aerial view of the National Building Museum with the Capitol Dome in the background. The National Building Museum makes all financial Photo by F.T. Eyre records available to its outside auditors and attests to their accuracy and completeness. Additionally, the Museum attests that it maintains adequate internal accounting controls and that it adopts sound accounting policies.

Chase W. Rynd, President National Building Museum

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2004 Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended September 30, 2004 (with comparative totals for 2003)

2003 Temporarily Permanently 2004 (as restated) Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Total

REVENUE Contributions and Grants 2,150,697 649,269 - 2,799,966 3,758,399 Great Hall Events 1,621,076 - - 1,621,076 1,283,200 Museum Shop Sales 1,136,280 - - 1,136,280 1,038,165 Contributed Services 702,112 - - 702,112 641,085 Membership 268,283 - - 268,283 247,471 Education Program Fees 259,057 - - 259,057 199,625 Other 233,340 - - 233,340 213,251 Investment Return 137,940 111,858 5,165 254,963 415,166 Contribution Box 69,016 - - 69,016 57,213 Net Assets Released from Restrictions 2,325,195 (2,325,195) - - - Note to Audited Financial Statements: Total Revenue 8,902,996 (1,564,068) 5,165 7,344,093 7,853,575 Prior Period Adjustment

In prior years, the Museum recorded all cash EXPENSES collections related to the Great Hall events Program Services as revenue at the time of collection because Exhibitions 3,058,176 - - 3,058,176 2,811,151 the terms of the rental agreement contract Education & Public Programs 1,594,119 - - 1,594,119 1,419,792 are that all monies, once received, are non- Publications & Public Affairs 1,058,650 - - 1,058,650 807,499 refundable. However, a reinterpretation of Museum Shop 907,218 - - 907,218 837,147 the rental agreement contract does not allow Great Hall Events 367,709 - - 367,709 289,810 for revenue recognition until the event takes Collections 163,593 - - 163,593 136,583 place, because, while the money is non- refundable to the renter, the Museum does TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES 7,149,465 - - 7,149,465 6,301,982 retain the option to cancel the event. As a result, the earning cycle is not complete. The Supporting Services unrestricted net assets of the Museum as of General & Administration 697,752 - - 697,752 772,978 September 30, 2002 have been adjusted to Fundraising 851,500 - - 851,500 870,723 record the cumulative effect of recognizing Membership 102,614 - - 102,614 102,320 the Great Hall event revenue properly. TOTAL SUPPORTING SERVICES 1,651,866 - - 1,651,866 1,746,021

TOTAL EXPENSES 8,801,331 - - 8,801,331 8,048,003

Increase (Decrease) in net assets 101,665 (1,564,068) 5,165 (1,457,238) (194,428)

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

Temporarily Permanently 2004 Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total

Net Assets, September 30, 2002, as previously reported 912,121 2,541,903 1,290,253 4,744,277 above / View of the Museum’s Prior Period Adjustment (275,000) - - (275,000) Great Hall. Photo by F.T. Eyre Net Assets, September 30, 2002, as restated 637,121 2,541,903 1,290,253 4,469,277 Change in Net Assets 46,716 (241,144) - (194,428) Transfers - 650,253 (650,253) -

Net Assets, September 30, 2003 683,837 2,951,012 640,000 4,274,849 Change in Net Assets, 101,665 (1,564,068) 5,165 (1,457,238)

Net Assets, September 30, 2004 785,502 1,386,944 645,165 2,817,611

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VOLUNTEERS

Fiscal Year 2004 Volunteers

Museum Shop Volunteers Marilyn Reis Museum Docents Nadine Simon Tiago Borges Roslyn Samuelson Louis Allahut Ralph Smith Gino DiNardo Dannielle Sandler Bernice Baer Eric Snellings William Eby * Rick Schneider Thomas Ballentine Robert Somers Mary Finkenbinder Gail Stenger Jordan Benderly Kim Toufectis Joseph Glassman Kathy Stewart Frank Boucher Carole Toulousy-Michel The Museum thanks all those who Judi Goldberg Maria Timm Marian Bradford Lisa Walkup * donated their time and services to Ellyn Goldkind Emily Van Agtmael Robyn Chachula Jim Woods Judith Hecht Meghan Van Dam Frank Chalmers the National Building Museum in Cart Demonstrators Lana Hirsch Steve Zorn * Paul Christy Matt Bester fiscal year 2004. Badonna Hurowitz * Nicole Warren Frankie Clogston William Eby * Ghislaine Jackson Catherine Lee Elizabeth David Dan Emberly *Volunteer Advisory Board member Tiffany Kaneko William Eby * Amy Haas Radine Legum Information Desk Helen Eichhorn Volunteers Tina Maisto Lea McGovern Daniel Emberley Ben Axelroad Kelly Malloy Harriet Reiss Eileen Emmet Susan Bairstow* Chad Phelan Madeline Revkin Richard Evans * Thomas Ballentine Leonard Shapiro* Bill Sawicki Pamela Feltus * Jordan Benderly Wendy Smith Robert Scott Jim Fordham Sandra Byrne Kim Toufectis Wendy Stuart Ann Gilbert Robyn Chachula Carole Toulousy-Michel Bobby Gladstein Emeritus Volunteers Ruth Crump Lisa Walkup* James Golden Pat Goldstein Elizabeth David Deborah Wallower Matthew Grimm William Hopper Brenda Derby Ilona Gyorffy David Moore Staff Volunteers Sarah Ferguson John Hanley E.M.J. Pauyo Joyce Arsnow Mary Finkenbinder Tomi Harman Edmund Peterson Susan Bairstow Jim Fordham James Heegeman Judith Richey Anna Bentley Alan Friedman Mary Anne Hoffman Heather Bradley Mark Gavin Dudley Ives Interns Tiago Borges Alice Harris * Ellen Jacknain Kate Bowers Scott Clowney James Heegeman David Jaffe Kristen Brittingham Bob Craycraft Dudley Ives Joseph Keiger Jordan Colbert Gene Eisman Eleanor Chambers-Jackson Dorothy Kirby Tia Goodson Richard Evans Rose Marie Kirwin Yvonne Lamy Jessica Green F.T. Eyre Lori Krauss Julien LeBourgeois Hina Hameed Arlene Fetizanan Yvonne Lamy * Sally Liff Laura Horton Marcy Gessel Sherman Landau Margaret Luke Angela Konin Bobby Gladstein Beryle Lednicer Tina Maisto Jassamyn Lewis Alice Harris * Eric Lutz Jerry Maready Lisa Lorang Judy Hecht Nancy Marion Debran McClean Jessica McClurg Cheryl Hollins Ellen Marsh Mark McGovern Janice Nicol Brooks Huston Norman Metzger Anne-Cécile Cathy Schlembach top / 2004 Volunteer Appreciation Louise Johnson Richard Nagelhout Mercier-Villermet Michael Stuart Dinner. Lisa Karasiewicz Matthew Parker Norman Metzger Minna Suh Photo by Michael Randel Emily Kirk Roslyn Samuelson Richard Nagelhout Jordan Taylor Anne Lange Janice Schuler Fred North Joanna Yu above / Assisting visitors at the Dan Lednicer Paula Shelton Information Desk. Anne Novak Daniel Williamson Garthleen Thomas* Photo by Vanessa Jones Catherine Lee John Peterson Ryan Winfield Sally Liff Barbara Thomson Carol Potter Holly Werner-Thomas Margaret Luke William Toth Marilyn Reis Bronwyn Massey James Woods Hillary Rubin Jim McCormick Steve Zorn Roslyn Samuelson Lea McGovern John Schuler John Blake Murphy Harvey Segal Ivan Pang Seymour Selig Zarna Patel Jerome Shapiro Alexis Peck Leonard Shapiro*

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