Free Events: Museums
Check here for free museum after-hours events, films, music, talks and tours in the DC Metro area.
69 performances · 38 ongoing events
Performances
Architecture Tour
Dumbarton OaksOct. 26 & Nov. 9
Portrait Discovery Kits
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryOct. 26 – Nov. 30
Art AfterWords: A Book Discussion
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryTue. Nov 19
Curator Tour – The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today
Smithsonian National Portrait GallerySun. Oct 27
Día de los Muertos
Smithsonian National Portrait GallerySat. Nov 2
In Focus: Chief Joseph
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThu. Nov 7
Morning with the Girl Scouts
Smithsonian National Portrait GallerySat. Nov 23
Portrait InSight
Smithsonian National Portrait GallerySat. Nov 16
Portrait Signs
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryOct. 24 – Nov. 23
Portraiture 101
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryTue. Nov 5
Young Portrait Explorers: Frida Kahlo
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryMon. Oct 28
Young Portrait Explorers: American Indian Heritage Month
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryNov. 18 & 25
See Me at the Portrait Gallery
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryTue. Nov 12
Women of Color: The Power of Protest Ain’t I A Woman: Activism, Legacy and Our Quest for Justice
Nan Tucker McEvoy AuditoriumThu. Nov 14
Cultural Capital: Mujeres de Cine—Journey to a Mother’s Room
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Nov 6
Free Community Day: November
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Nov 3
Free Community Day: December
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Dec 1
Gallery Talk: Judy Chicago—The End
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Oct 23
Gallery Talk: Live Dangerously
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Oct 30
Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Nov 6
Gallery Talk: Judy Chicago—The End
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Nov 13
Gallery Talk: Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Nov 20
Gallery Talk: Live Dangerously
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Nov 27
Gallery Talk: Judy Chicago—The End
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Dec 4
Gallery Talk: Live Dangerously
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Dec 11
Gallery Talk: Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Dec 18
Gallery Talk: Live Dangerously
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Jan 8, 2020
Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Jan 15, 2020
Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Jan 22, 2020
Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Jan 29, 2020
Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Feb 19, 2020
Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Feb 26, 2020
Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Feb 12, 2020
Tour: Fierce Women 2.0
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Nov 3
Tour: Fierce Women 2.0
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Dec 1
Young Learners Program: Read for the Record 2019
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThu. Nov 7
Young Learners Tour: Spotting Shapes and Looking for Lines
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSat. Dec 14
Young Learners Tour: Color-Full Fun
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSat. Feb 15, 2020
Washington in the 2000’s
Smithsonian Anacostia Community MuseumThu. Nov 7
Veterans Day: Generations of Service Tours
Tudor Place Historic House and GardenSun. Nov 10
Free Community Day: January
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Jan 1, 2020
Tour: Fierce Women 2.0
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Jan 5, 2020
Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare
National ArchivesSat. Oct 26
The Property of the Nation: George Washington’s Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President
Anderson House & The American Revolution InstituteTue. Nov 5
Contemporary Ensemble
Anderson House & The American Revolution InstituteSun. Nov 10
Holiday Vocals
Anderson House & The American Revolution InstituteSun. Dec 8
Gallery Talk - Roman, Coptic, Byzantine, Islamic: Defining Community in Medieval Egypt
Dumbarton OaksSat. Nov 2
French Marquis, Yorktown Victor, Spanish Grandee: Claude-Anne de Rouvoy, marquis de Saint-Simon
Anderson House & The American Revolution InstituteThu. Oct 24
Lunch Bite - A Pensioner of the Revolution
Anderson House & The American Revolution InstituteFri. Nov 15
Lunch Bite - Nisbet Balfour’s Letter Book of 1781
Anderson House & The American Revolution InstituteFri. Dec 13
American Veterans through Two Centuries
Anderson House & The American Revolution InstituteMon. Nov 11
The Insular Worlds of Byzantium
Dumbarton Oaks Fellowship HouseFri. Nov 15
Dark World
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterSat. Nov 16
Fair is foul & foul is fair
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterSat. Nov 9
Late Fall Opening Reception
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterSat. Nov 9
ARCADIA Closing Party
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterSat. Dec 14
Citizen Lane Film Screening
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterWed. Dec 11
Free Parking: Christine Neill
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterThu. Dec 5
JRA Distinguished Artist Series: Rebecca Hutchinson
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterSun. Nov 17
Conversation Circles
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryNov. 1 – 29
Conversation Circles
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryOct. 25 – Nov. 29
Drawn to Figures: How to Draw Feet
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryNov. 13 & 16
Drawn to Figures: How to Draw Hands
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryNov. 6 & 9
Open Studio
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryNov. 1 – 29
Portrait Story Days: American Indian Heritage Month - Pocahontas
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryNov. 2 & 3
Portrait Story Days: American Indian Heritage Month - Sequoyah
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryNov. 9 & 10
Portrait Story Days: American Indian Heritage Month - Sitting Bull
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryNov. 23 & 24
Portrait Story Days: American Indian Heritage Month - Zitkala-Ša
Smithsonian National Portrait GallerySat. Nov 30
Strike a Prose: Write from Your Soul (cross-genre)
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryFri. Oct 25
Ongoing Events
Anderson House
Anderson House & The American Revolution InstituteThru Dec. 31
New York Ave Sculpture Project
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThru Sep. 20, 2020
Portraits of the World: Korea Exhibition
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru Nov. 17
Americans
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Dec. 31, 2022
Nation to Nation
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Dec. 31, 2021
Our Universes
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Sep. 30, 2020
Return to a Native Place
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Jan. 1, 2022
The Great Inka Road
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Jun. 1, 2020
Gallery Tours
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Dec. 31
The Architecture of the Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare LibraryThru Jan. 5, 2020
Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru Jan. 5, 2020
In Mid-Sentence
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru Mar. 29, 2020
One Life: Marian Anderson
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru May. 17, 2020
Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote
National ArchivesThru Jan. 3, 2021
Revolutionary Reflections: French Memories of the War for America
Anderson House & The American Revolution InstituteThru Oct. 27
Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote
Library of CongressThru Sep. 1, 2020
Section 14: The Other Palm Springs
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Jan. 1, 2020
Right to the City @Shaw Neighborhood Library
Shaw Neighborhood LibraryThru Apr. 20, 2020
Right to the City @Mt Pleasant Library
Mt Pleasant LibraryThru Apr. 20, 2020
Right to the City @Anacostia Neighborhood Library
Anacostia Neighborhood LibraryThru Apr. 20, 2020
Right to the City @Woodridge Neighborhood Library
Woodridge Neighborhood LibraryThru Apr. 20, 2020
Miniature Shakespeare Books from the Harner Collection
Folger Shakespeare LibraryThru Dec. 31
Moves Like Walter: New Curators Open the Corcoran Legacy Collection
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterThru Dec. 15
Topographies of Life: Pam Rogers, Lynn Sures, Mel Watkin
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterThru Dec. 15
America’s First Veterans
Anderson House & The American Revolution InstituteNov. 8, 2019 – Apr. 5, 2020
Women of Progress: Early Camera Portraits
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru May. 31, 2020
Storied Women of the Civil War Era
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru May. 8, 2022
Recent Acquisitions
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru Nov. 3
Day of the Dead Festival
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianNov. 1 – 3
Installation of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1784
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Apr. 15, 2020
None Swifter Than These: 100 Years of Diplomatic Couriers
Smithsonian National Postal MuseumThru Jan. 26, 2020
Comic Art: 120 Years of Panels and Pages
Library of CongressThru Sep. 12, 2020
Ornament: Fragments of Byzantine Fashion
Dumbarton OaksThru Jan. 5, 2020
ARCADIA: The Clyde’s Murals by William Woodward
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterNov. 9 – Dec. 15
Christine Neill: Observations from the Valley Floor
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterNov. 9 – Dec. 15
Dark World: Photographs by Frank Hallam Day
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterNov. 9 – Dec. 15
Michal Heiman's Radical Link: A New Community of Women, 1855-2020
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterNov. 9 – Dec. 15
Fair is foul & foul is fair
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterNov. 9 – Dec. 15
