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A 19th-Century Magic Lantern Designed to Quell Patients’ Delusions

by Allison Meier June 8, 2017June 8, 2017

In the mid-19th century, Philadelphia physician Thomas Story Kirkbride incorporated magic lantern slides into his “moral treatment” regimen at the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane.

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A World Tour Through a Collection of Paper Architectural Models

by Allison Meier May 30, 2017

The National Building Museum’s recently acquired collection of 4,500 paper models shows an interpretation of the world in miniature, from black-and-white shtetls to nuclear power plants.

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Studying the Design of a 19th-Century Mental Asylum

by Allison Meier May 11, 2017

An exhibition at the National Building Museum explores St. Elizabeths in Washington, DC, and the history of mental health architecture in the United States.

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Finding Refuge at a Ball-Pit Beach Inside a Museum

by Margaret Carrigan September 1, 2015September 1, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC — If that video of pro surfer Mick Fanning’s near shark attack kept you out of the water this summer, you can still get some fin-free beach time in before Labor Day at the National Building Museum.

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No Longer the Parsley to the Roast: Landscape Architect Dan Kiley’s Legacy

by Allison Meier February 14, 2014February 16, 2014

Few major architects have centennial exhibitions highlighting how some of their works are “dying quiet deaths,” but that is part of the legacy of Dan Kiley.

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