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American Architectural Foundation Octagon Museum

Website

1799 New York Ave. NW
Washington, DC
United States

phone: 202-626-7571
fax: 202-626-7420

Contact: Sherry Birk (Director), Mari Nakahara

Collections

Focus: national, international, local. Consists of: individual drawings and complete archives of architectural drawings; documents/correspondence; models; building fragments (depending on size); photographs, vintage and newly commissioned as relates to projects; slides. Strengths: 19th and 20th century architectural records, primarily visual; rapidly growing collection. Accessible through inventories. Drawings cannot be reproduced. Institution has a conservation laboratory.

Exhibitions

Organizes exhibitions. Has permanent exhibition in that it is a house museum with period rooms. Exhibitions travel.

Publications

Catalogues and other publications.