Established in 1990 with a gift from Mrs. Henry J. Heinz II, the Heinz Architectural Center enhances appreciation and understanding of architecture and the built environment through exhibitions, lectures, charettes, symposia, and other forms of public engagement. The Heinz Architectural Center aims to be a welcoming and provocative space for issues pertaining to the built environment—reexamining history, investigating the present, and imagining possible futures. The museum’s collection of approximately 6,000 architecture-related objects continues to grow as a vital resource for scholarly research and public display in the Center’s evolving program.