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National Air and Space Museum · Independence Avenue at Sixth Street SW, seen from the Mall

8The Building

Gyo Obata's 1976 museum of four marble blocks joined by glass bays, renovated from 2018 with a new stone facade and reopened in stages.

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The National Mall Building
The National Mall Building
Gyo Obata of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum (original building); Quinn Evans (renovation), 1972 to 1976; renovated 2018 to 2026
Independence Avenue at Sixth Street SW; entrances on the Mall side and Jefferson Drive