Build Day

Calling all budding architects: Let’s build! Take a tour of the Enchanted City, a showcase designed and built entirely by elementary school artists in partnership with District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) Arts, Boolean Girl, and George Washington University Fab Lab. 

Find our city in the historic Smithsonian Arts + Industries Building (AIB; next door to the Museum) from 11 AM–4:30 PM. Find hands-on activities for builders and makers of all ages in Hirshhorn Art School, on the Lower Level of the Museum.

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE ARTS + INDUSTRIES BUILDING? 

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE HIRSHHORN? 

Want to explore architecture before or after this event? Try these activities in the classroom or at home! 

Meet the Hirshhorn

A World in a Box

Design to Build

Think inside the Box 

Bun(dt)shaft Cake-Off: Bake a Mini Hirshhorn