International Confederation of Architectural Museums
Encyclopedia
The International Confederation of Architectural Museums (ICAM) is an organisation of architectural museums, centres and collections
, dedicated to fostering links between all those interested in promoting the better understanding of architecture
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Collection (museum)
A museum is distinguished by a collection of often unique objects that forms the core of its activities for exhibitions, education, research, etc. This differentiates it from an archive or library, where the contents may be more paper-based, replaceable and less exhibition oriented...
, dedicated to fostering links between all those interested in promoting the better understanding of architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
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Members in The United States
- Avery Architectural and Fine Arts LibraryAvery Architectural and Fine Arts LibraryThe Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library is one of twenty-five libraries in the Columbia University Library System and is located in Avery Hall on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University in the City of New York. It is the largest architecture library in the world...
, Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the... - Chicago Architecture FoundationChicago Architecture FoundationThe Chicago Architecture Foundation is a nonprofit group in Chicago, Illinois, USA, dedicated to increasing the public's understanding of architecture and design...
- Fallingwater Museum
- Harvard Design School
- MoMAMomaMoma may refer to:* Moma , an owlet moth genus* Moma Airport, a Russian public airport* Moma District, Nampula, Mozambique* Moma River, a right tributary of the Indigirka River* Google Moma, the Google corporate intranet...
The Museum of Modern Art - The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
- he Getty Research Institute
- The Heinz Architectural Center Carnegie Museum of Art
- The Library of Congress
- The MIT Museum
- The Wolfsonian–Florida International University
- University Art Museum, UCSB
- University of CaliforniaUniversity of CaliforniaThe University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, Berkeley Environmental Design Archives - University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PennsylvaniaThe University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
- Virginia Foundation for Architecture
- Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
- A+D Museum: Los AngelesA+D Museum: Los AngelesA+D Museum, also known as Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, is a museum for architecture and design in Los Angeles, California. It is located on Wilshire Boulevard in Museum Row in the Miracle Mile district, next to the Peterson Automotive Museum.- History :A+D Museum was co-founded by...
- Richard Meier & Partners Architects Model Museum