Arts and Industries Building

Arts & Industries Building is located at 900 Jefferson Dr Sw, Washington, DC. This location is in the Washington Mall neighborhood. This business specializes in Tourist Attractions.

After its opening in 1881, President Garfield partied down at the Smithsonian’s Arts And Industries Building for his Inauguration Ball. You may not be able to visit the inside of this Victorian style masterpiece (it’s closed for renovations), but you can admire its truly awesome exterior. Designed by Cluss and Schulze, the Arts and Industries Building is the second oldest of the Smithsonian’s...

The building is closed for an extensive renovation. Completed in 1881 as the first U.S. National Museum, this red-brick and sandstone structure was the first Smithsonian museum on the Mall. President Garfield's Inaugural Ball took place here. (It looks quite similar to the Castle, so don't be confused; from the Mall, the Arts and Industries Building is the one on the left.) From 1976 to the...

Located beside the Smithsonian Castle , Arts and Industries Building contains artifacts from the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and provides a wonderful view into daily life a century ago. This is also the home of the African-American Museum Project, with continuously changing exhibits of African-American life and the Smithsonian Discovery Theater . Children will love the...

The Arts and Industries Building has a special role among Smithsonian buildings—as the original home of the National Museum. Designed in a High Victorian style by the Washington architectural firm of Cluss and Schulze, it opened in 1881 in time for the inaugural ball of President James A. Garfield. The building's exhibition halls are currently closed in preparation for renovation.