National Building Museum Outreach Programs
I would like to contact parents about our free
outreach programs at the National Building Museum, open to
students 11 - 18 years old.
We have had several home-schooled students who have stumbled
across our programs, and their participation has been a great
experience for them, as well as bringing a neat perspective to
the program as a whole. Any assistance you can give would be
much appreciated. Below is a description of our outreach programs,
FYI
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From the Electronic Desk of
Stacie E. Lemmon
Asst. Coordinator of Outreach Programs
slemmon@nbm.org
National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
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(202)272-2448 ext. 3556 [v]
(202)376-3564 [fax direct]
(202)272-2564 [fax general]
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For the Design Apprenticeship Program, my counterpart, Julian,
is the new
contact person. Below is his information:
Julian Looney
Asst. Coordinator of Outreach Programs
National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-272-2448 ext. 3306
jlooney@nbm.org
CityVision
(1993 - Present)
Begins Tuesday, October 15, 2002
CityVision
is the Museum's flagship youth education program, introducing
many students to the Museum for the first time. The program is
held once a week for a full school day for 12-14 sessions during
both the fall and spring semester. Participants are expected
to attend every session and get extra credit in their civics
or social studies class for successfully completing the program.
This program serves between 60 and 70 kids each year.
Students work in small groups with volunteer professionals
and university students to identify a problem in the community
around their school and design a built-environment solution to
the problem. The Museum has established long-term partnerships
with five DC public schools in under-served communities.
Focus: Basic exposure to the concepts and products of design,
focusing on community development. The program culminates with
the students making a formal presentation in front of a panel
of design professionals and an audience of peers and family using
slides, scale models, maps, and measured drawings.
Structure: Local professionals get credits for community service
needed for professional registration, university students may
receive three credits for independent study. All volunteers get
Museum member benefits for participating. Volunteers attend every
other session.
Investigating
Where We Live (1995 - Present)
Investigating Where We Live is summer program where students
work in three to four teams with volunteer professionals and
university students to photo-document two local neighborhoods,
then design and build a Museum exhibit based on their photos.
This program serves between 20 - 25 kids each year. Participants
meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays for five weeks in July and August.
Students may use the program to fulfill community service
hours required to graduate from high school, and everyone gets
a free 35mm camera and film at the end of the program. Participants
retain rights to all their photos and all their negatives.
This program is open enrollment, with priority given to former
National Building Museum students. Students first learn to get
to know the communities and to take pictures, and then learn
about exhibit design and fabrication. This program is being piloted
in other cities, including Rockville, Maryland, and New York
City.
Focus: Using the camera to learn about basic issues of neighborhood
character, and how those issues show up in the built environment.
Students also learn the basics principles of exhibit design.
The program culminates in an exhibit opening and a month-long
display of the exhibit.
Structure: Local professionals get credits for community service
needed for professional registration, university students may
receive three credits for independent study or for a summer internship.
All volunteers get Museum member benefits for participating.
Professional volunteers attend every other session and interns
attend every session.
Design Apprenticeship
Program [DAP Squad] (2000 - Present)
Begins Tuesday, November 2, 2002
The Design Apprenticeship Program was created to provide direct
hands-on opportunities for youth in a variety of media. Students
work in small teams with volunteer professionals and university
students to design and construct small projects. This program
serves between 30 - 50 kids each year.
Projects are designed to fit into a few sessions (3 - 9),
and result in a built product. Some products are community interventions,
and are located on sites provided by community partners such
as the information kiosk at the Watha T. Daniel Library. Others
are small-scale projects such as designing and building light
fixtures. Each program is scheduled independently, if possible
on Saturdays. Participants are expected to attend every session
and get extra credit in their civics or social studies class
for successfully completing the program. Students may use the
program to fulfill community service hours required to graduate
from high school.
Focus: Students develop their design skills and test them
by building projects. The program is actually a series of short
projects.
Structure: Local professionals get credits for community service
needed for professional registration, university students may
receive three credits for independent study. All volunteers get
Museum member benefits for participating. Volunteers attend every
other session.
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