3D print the National Museum of American History
A free, printable model of the National Museum of American History, a large stepped block, with the lawns, paths and roads around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the National Museum of American History
This history museum stands in Washington, D.C., on the National Mall at the corner of 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. A part of the Smithsonian Institution, it collects, preserves and shows American heritage across military, scientific, cultural, political and social history, and the original Star-Spangled Banner is among the objects displayed.
It opened in 1964 under the name Museum of History and Technology, and it was among the last structures designed by the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White. A renaming in 1980 gave it the name National Museum of American History, meant to reflect a mission of collecting, caring for, studying and interpreting objects tied to the experience of the American people. Before the museum, two temporary war buildings from 1942 occupied the site.
A renovation costing $85 million kept the museum closed between September 5, 2006, and November 21, 2008. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill handled the architecture and interior design, adding a five-story sky-lit atrium and a grand staircase between the first and second floors. Each wing across the three exhibition floors has a landmark object as its anchor, such as the John Bull locomotive or the Greensboro, North Carolina lunch counter. At the National Mall entrance, the 7.3 m (24 ft) abstract sculpture Infinity was dedicated in 1967.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 8 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 9 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 12 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Rooftop blocks and steps
- The flat roof is stepped and carries small blocks. Print friendly adapts the smallest ones to the print scale; Full detail keeps them, which suits a larger print.
- Shallow wall panel lines
- The long walls carry shallow panel lines. A bigger print size keeps them visible, and layers of 0.12 to 0.16 mm keep the lines crisp.
- One piece with the ground
- The National Museum of American History is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The National Museum of American History takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The National Museum of American History is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a National Museum of American History STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The National Museum of American History grows with the print: about 8 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
