National Building Museum - Outreach Programs

The National Building Museum, as seen from the 4th floor, continues to impress.

Education programs at the Museum run throughout the year. In fact there doesn't seem to be a day in the calendar when groups of students aren't booked in.
Teens and young adults, 12 to 18, are catered for through outreach programs, specifically for students from the Washington, D.C. metro area. These in-depth, multi-week education programs teach middle and high school students to use the built environment as a classroom for developing skills in critical and creative thinking, problem solving, analysis, evaluation, and teamwork.

The Museum currently offers three programs, CityVision  a semester-long program, Investigating Where We Live (IWWL) a four-week summer program and the Design Apprenticeship Program (DAP) which builds upon the two other outreach programs.

I've been able to observe a current CityVision program which began three weeks ago and runs through until May. A group of 30, Yr 7 students from the same school meet once a week at the Museum to take part. Students had to apply through their schools to attend and all seem enthusiastic participants.

The group is led by Museum education staff and Museum volunteers.