G.W. wants to build museum on campus

The George Washington University wants to build a new museum in between two buildings and on what is currently a rose garden connecting 21st Street to the campus quad. The GW Museum would feature the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection as well as provide a new home for The Textile Museum now located in two historic buildings on S Street in Kalorama.

After a zoning hearing last week, a university official said she anticipated the project would get preliminary approval by the commission at its next hearing scheduled for May 14. In the meantime, the second-largest land owner in the District is addressing some technical issues regarding the loading zones on 21st and G streets.