The VIP program empowers a diverse community of volunteers to contribute their skills and knowledge through rewarding, engaging, and mutually beneficial experiences in support of the shared mission of the National Park Service and the Trust for the National Mall to restore and enhance the beauty, usefulness and sustainability of the National Mall.
Read MoreThe Trust organizes hands-on group volunteer opportunities with the National Park Service to help beautify the National Mall, particularly in advance of critical visitor months.
Read MoreA partnership between the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Trust for the National Mall, and the National Park Service, alongside civic partner Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), The Tidal Basin Ideas Lab is an urgent call to action to address the pressing need for critical repairs and improvements, including a crumbling sea wall and daily flooding, taking into consideration environment, culture and visitor experience. The project marks a critical juncture for the landscape of the nation’s capital, envisioning and reshaping a deeply symbolic and beloved public space that communicates the history, values, and aspirations of the country.
Read MoreBy Micheal E. Ruane, Washington Post
“New stables have been on the Park Service wish list for 10 years, officials said. But it was not until the project caught the eye of the Trust for the National Mall, the Mall’s nonprofit fundraising partner, that it took off…”
Read MoreThe Trust for the National Mall is spearheading the creation of a new U.S. Park Police Horse Stables and Education Center on the National Mall as part of the long-term plan to restore, enrich, and preserve “America’s Front Yard.” Located between the Martin Luther King, Jr. and Lincoln Memorials, this new destination will transform visitors' experience, create an interactive education center with areas to observe horses, improve facilities used by the mounted patrols, and increase public safety and accessibility in the surrounding area.
Read MoreThe Trust for the National Mall, The National Cherry Blossom Festival and the National Park Service are thrilled to announce the introduction of the #BloomCam, to allow people to virtually monitor DC’s famous budding cherry blossom trees along the Tidal Basin in real time as they bloom.
Read MoreThe U.S. Park Police Horse Mounted Unit is one of the oldest police equestrian units in the United States. The Trust for the National Mall led this milestone project to create a new Education Center to welcome the public and a state-of-the-art sustainable home for the horses and officers of the Mounted Unit on the National Mall.
Read MoreDesigned pro bono by Wolfgang Oehme in 1983, this small garden (350 x 60 feet) occupies a prominent place on the National Mall.
Read MoreThe first phase of our three-year National Treasure initiative with the National Trust for Historic Preservation will be to design, host, and share results from an Ideas Lab presented by American Express—a forum for generating a bold, ambitious, and integrated vision for the Tidal Basin.
Read MoreThe Washington Monument Grounds at Sylvan Theater have been re-imagined as part of the Trust’s national juried competition to create an elegant gateway to the Monument and creates a transformed setting for our nation's most visible center stage.
Read MoreFollowing the grand reopening of the restored and relocated Lockkeeper’s House in fall of 2018, Phase 2 will address the rehabilitation of the lake and Signers Island at Constitution Gardens and the interior exhibits at the Lockkeeper’s House. Once fully restored, this under-utilized 36 acres of space will become a vibrant urban park with concessions and visitor amenities and will be a showcase for environmental sustainability.
Read MoreAs the oldest free-standing, man-made stone structure standing outdoors in D.C., the lantern takes its place among the many natural and cultural treasures on the National Mall.
Read MoreIn partnership with the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service, and the generous support of Osram Sylvania and Pepco, the Trust for the National Mall has restore and upgraded the 174 historic bronze street lamps designed by Frederick Law Olmsted that line the Mall.
Read MoreDid you know the National Recycling on the Mall program recycles more than 200 tons of materials per year?
Read MoreThe Trust for the National Mall, in collaboration with the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, has added nearly 50 additional World War II veterans’ stories to the Trust’s award-winning World War II Memorial mobile app.
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