The National Building Museum turned 40 last year, but rather than slowing down, the Washington, D.C., institution has kicked into high gear as it reopens with a new executive director and a stronger emphasis on critical issues facing the construction industry today.
Aileen Fuchs has been named NBM’s president and executive director, replacing Brent Glass, director emeritus of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, who guided the NBM on an interim basis through the difficult pandemic times since last summer.