This interactive show is hosted by three great museums! The Smithsonian Institution’s Discovery Theater, the National Building Museum, and the National Children’s Museum.  Our friend Builder Bill shows you how it’s done—with pulleys, levers, and all sorts of cool machines—and kids celebrate Engineering Week in hands-on demonstrations with docents from the National Building Museum after the show.  Tour the beautiful Building Museum, sign up for future free morning sessions at the museum, and hear about the brand new Children’s Museum, opening 2013 at the National Harbor.  This original program was created just for Discovery Theater audiences to inspire the ‘DYI’ excitement in us all.

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 “Discover Engineering Family Day” at the National Building Museum

The National Building Museum and the National Engineers Week Foundation invite you to debunk the myths of engineering and discover how professional engineers turn an idea into reality. Celebrate National Engineers Week by participating in this free, hands-on and fun-filled Family Day on February 20, 2010.  This is a FREE, drop-in program. $5 donation suggested.  Appropriate for children ages 5 to 13 with adult supervision. Registration is not required.

For more information please visit nbm.org or eweekdcfamilyday.org

A Closer Look - About our Partners

National Children’s Museum
Scheduled to open in 2013, the National Children’s Museum (NCM) will be a world-class cultural and educational center dedicated to engaging children and empowering them to make a difference. The mission of NCM is to inspire children to care about and improve the world. Through its interactive exhibits, online community (www.ncm.museum), and unique national programs and partnerships, NCM is transforming the concept of a traditional museum by becoming a catalyst and forum for a national movement to inspire and empower kids to speak up, take action, and get engaged in their communities. Through 2013, NCM is operating as a Museum without Walls, participating in a variety of community events and working with other arts and cultural organizations to develop creative partnerships that benefit kids and families. This spring, NCM opened the Launch Zone, a 2,700 square-foot space at National Harbor where kids and families can prototype and test exhibit and program concepts. For more information, visit www.ncm.museum.

National Building Museum
The National Building Museum is America’s leading cultural institution dedicated to exploring and celebrating architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning. Housed in the former U.S. Pension Building, a historic landmark completed in 1887 and widely recognized as a masterpiece of engineering and design, the Museum offers rotating exhibitions and varied education programs for all audiences. Since its founding in 1980, the Museum has become a vital forum for exchanging ideas and information about such topical issues as landmark preservation, urban revitalization, sustainable and affordable design, and suburban growth. The Museum is located at 401 F Street NW, Washington, D.C. Admission is free. At this location there is a café and a museum shop. For more information about the museum please call: 202.272.2448 or visit http://nbm.org/.  

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