Volunteers needed as D.C.’s indoor ‘beach’ moves to Dupont

People play at "The Beach", an interactive architectural installation inside the National Building Museum in Washington, Friday, July 17, 2015. The Beach, which spans the length of the museum's Great Hall, was created in partnership with Snarkitecture, and covers 10,000 square feet and includes an 聯ocean聰 of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) — People play at The BEACH, an interactive architectural installation inside the National Building Museum in Washington, Friday, July 17, 2015. The BEACH, which spans the length of the museum’s Great Hall, was created in partnership with Snarkitecture, and covers 10,000 square feet and includes an 聯ocean聰 of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Emma Keyes, left, and Ciara Jacobs, right, toss plastic balls at "The Beach", an interactive architectural installation inside the National Building Museum in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. The Beach, which spans the length of the museum's Great Hall, was created in partnership with Snarkitecture, and covers 10,000 square feet and includes an 聯ocean聰 of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) — Emma Keyes, left, and Ciara Jacobs, right, toss plastic balls at The BEACH, an interactive architectural installation inside the National Building Museum in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. The BEACH, which spans the length of the museum’s Great Hall, was created in partnership with Snarkitecture, and covers 10,000 square feet and includes an 聯ocean聰 of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Visitors enjoy "The Beach", an interactive architectural installation inside the National Building Museum in Washington, Friday, July 17, 2015. The Beach, which spans the length of the museum's Great Hall, was created in partnership with Snarkitecture, and covers 10,000 square feet and includes an 聯ocean聰 of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) — Visitors enjoy The BEACH, an interactive architectural installation inside the National Building Museum in Washington, Friday, July 17, 2015. The BEACH, which spans the length of the museum’s Great Hall, was created in partnership with Snarkitecture, and covers 10,000 square feet and includes an 聯ocean聰 of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Girls submerge in the ocean at "The Beach", an interactive architectural installation inside the National Building Museum in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. The Beach, which spans the length of the museum's Great Hall, was created in partnership with Snarkitecture, and covers 10,000 square feet and includes an 聯ocean聰 of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) — Girls submerge in the ocean at The BEACH, an interactive architectural installation inside the National Building Museum in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. The BEACH, which spans the length of the museum’s Great Hall, was created in partnership with Snarkitecture, and covers 10,000 square feet and includes an 聯ocean聰 of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Children and adults play at "The Beach", an interactive architectural installation inside the National Building Museum in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. The Beach, which spans the length of the museum's Great Hall, was created in partnership with Snarkitecture, and covers 10,000 square feet and includes an 聯ocean聰 of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) — Children and adults play at The BEACH, an interactive architectural installation inside the National Building Museum in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. The BEACH, which spans the length of the museum’s Great Hall, was created in partnership with Snarkitecture, and covers 10,000 square feet and includes an 聯ocean聰 of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Children play at "The Beach", an interactive architectural installation inside the National Building Museum in Washington, Friday, July 17, 2015. The Beach, which spans the length of the museum's Great Hall, was created in partnership with Snarkitecture, and covers 10,000 square feet and includes an 聯ocean聰 of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) — Children play at The BEACH, an interactive architectural installation inside the National Building Museum in Washington, Friday, July 17, 2015. The BEACH, which spans the length of the museum’s Great Hall, was created in partnership with Snarkitecture, and covers 10,000 square feet and includes an 聯ocean聰 of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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WASHINGTON 鈥� D.C.鈥檚 indoor 鈥渙cean鈥� is moving to a new home next week, and a District arts collective is looking for volunteers to help with the process.

The BEACH, a large-scale art installation at the National Building Museum, will be repurposed by for a second installation and a design contest. But before that can happen, the 10,000 square-foot installation, filled with more than聽650,000 plastic balls, has to be moved.

Would you like to help?

Dupont Underground is looking for volunteers to help pack up the balls, load them onto trucks, and unload them into the underground art space.

The collective has set up an where volunteers can reserve tickets (they鈥檙e free) as a way of signing up for shifts.

If ticket 鈥渟ales鈥� are anything to go by, this daunting task is pretty popular: The final task 鈥� pouring the balls into the space 鈥� has already “sold” out. A few other shifts have as well, so if you鈥檙e interested in volunteering, sign up now.

Those looking to volunteer should read event descriptions carefully before signing up. The boxes of balls will be moved 鈥渃onveyor belt-style鈥� into the underground space, according to the event page. There鈥檚 no conveyor belt down there, but the sheer strength of 25 volunteers passing boxes hand-to-hand should do the trick.

If you鈥檝e never heard of Dupont Underground, it may be because the arts collective is actually underground. Dupont Underground is turning the abandoned trolley station under Dupont Circle into a space for art, design, performances and pop-up shops from聽creative types in the area.

To recycle the BEACH balls, Dupont Underground is organizing a design competition to accompany an installation at the art space.

Representatives from the National Building Museum, Dupont Underground and the D.C. art scene will serve as judges for the contest.

Chase Rynd, president and executive director of the National Building Museum, said in a about the partnership that the BEACH balls will not go to waste.

鈥淔rom the beginning of this unique installation, we looked for ways to ensure that the building materials would be either reused for educational and creative purposes, or recycled.鈥�

Created by the architecture collective , The BEACH鈥檚鈥渙cean鈥� has attracted more than聽120,000 visitors since it opened on July 4.

The BEACH will close on Monday, Sept. 7, and volunteers will begin packing balls that afternoon. Unfortunately, tickets to the installation are no longer available, but those who missed the original installation should stay tuned for Dupont Underground鈥檚 reincarnation.