The design recognizes the extensive collection

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Landscape architecture firm Reed Hilderbrand and Trahan Architects have announced that the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts has approved a new concept design for the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum at the U.S. National Arboretum, Washington, D.C.

of the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum, which includes some of the finest trees and viewing stones from across the globe. Located within the U.S. National Arboretum’s core, the museum is conceived as an immersive and cohesive garden experience, intended to evoke awe and wonder while also drawing connections to the larger arboretum landscape.

Funded through a gift to the National Bonsai Foundation (NBF), which rcs data provides financial support to the museum, this concept design organizes the museum’s program around a central court which orients the visitor to a network of paths that lead to the four exhibitions, expanded classroom, and administrative services. The exhibitions, conceived as gardens rather than buildings, blur their boundaries with the larger, surrounding garden to offer continuing revelation of surprise and discovery.