Free Events: Museums
37 performances · 42 ongoing events
Performances
Handel and Hamilton for the Holidays
Montpelier Arts Center
Indoor Recess: Arts & Crafts Hour for Adults
Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Portrait Story Days: Jean-Michel Basquiat
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Gallery Talk: Ambreen Butt
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Dec 19
Thursdays at Noon: Overlooked
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThu. Dec 20
Open Studio: Palette Knife
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryFri. Dec 21
Portrait Story Days: Andy Warhol
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryDec. 22 & 23
Portrait Discovery Kits
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru Dec. 30
Portrait Story Days: Jacob Lawrence
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryDec. 29 & 30
Gallery Talk: Rodarte
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Jan 2, 2019
Open Rehearsal: New York Opera Society The Evolution of Fools: From Jesters to Buffoons
National Gallery of ArtSat. Jan 5, 2019
Free Community Day: January
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Jan 6, 2019
Tour: Fierce Women 2.0
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Jan 6, 2019
Woodshock
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Jan 6, 2019
Gallery Talk: Rodarte
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Jan 9, 2019
Gallery Talk: Rodarte
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Jan 16, 2019
Gallery Talk: Ambreen Butt
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Jan 23, 2019
Winter Opening Reception at the AU Museum
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterSat. Jan 26, 2019
Gallery Talk: Rodarte
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Jan 30, 2019
Free Community Day: February
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Feb 3, 2019
Tour: Fierce Women 2.0
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Feb 3, 2019
Gallery Talk: Rodarte
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Feb 6, 2019
Concert: SO Percussion The Keyboard Re-imagined
National Gallery of ArtSun. Feb 10, 2019
Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Feb 13, 2019
Free Parking: Michael B. Platt + Carol A. Beane
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterThu. Feb 21, 2019
Curtis Opera Theatre Vocal Quartet
National Gallery of ArtSun. Feb 24, 2019
Nancy at Ninety Gallery Talk
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterSat. Mar 2, 2019
JRA Distinguished Artist Lecture with Tim Harding
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterSun. Mar 10, 2019
After Hours: Evenings at the Edge
National Gallery of ArtThu. Mar 14, 2019
Hi Score! Introducing a Game to its Music
Library of CongressFri. Apr 5, 2019
Haimovitz–Iyer Duo
National Gallery of ArtSun. Apr 7, 2019
After Hours: Evenings at the Edge
National Gallery of ArtThu. Apr 11, 2019
Shakespeare's Birthday
Folger TheatreSun. Apr 14, 2019
The Legacy of the New Dance Group
Library of CongressFri. Apr 19, 2019
After Hours: Evenings at the Edge
National Gallery of ArtThu. May 9, 2019
Gallery Talk: Women Abstractionists
National Gallery of ArtMon. Jun 17, 2019
Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
National Gallery of ArtThu. Jul 11, 2019
Ongoing Events
Corot: Women
National Gallery of ArtThru Dec. 31
Mapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood
Library of CongressThru Jan. 1, 2019
Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I
Library of CongressThru Jan. 1, 2019
National Geographic: Exploration Starts Here
National GeographicThru Jan. 1, 2019
UnSeen: Our Past in a New Light, Ken Gonzales-Day and Titus Kaphar
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru Jan. 6, 2019
Your Community, Your Story: Celebrating Five Decades Of The Anacostia Community Museum, 1967-2017
Smithsonian Anacostia Community MuseumThru Jan. 6, 2019
Remembering Vietnam
National ArchivesThru Jan. 6, 2019
Sense of Humor
National Gallery of ArtThru Jan. 6, 2019
Churchill's Shakespeare
Folger Shakespeare LibraryThru Jan. 6, 2019
Rachel Whiteread
National Gallery of ArtThru Jan. 13, 2019
The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy
National Gallery of ArtThru Jan. 20, 2019
Bridging the Americas: Community and Belonging from Panama to Washington, DC
Smithsonian Anacostia Community MuseumThru Jan. 31, 2019
Gordon Parks: The New Tide, 1940-1950
National Gallery of ArtThru Feb. 18, 2019
ACM 50th Anniversary Program: Block Watch
Smithsonian Anacostia Community MuseumThru Feb. 28, 2019
Juggling the Middle Ages
Dumbarton OaksThru Feb. 28, 2019
Alexander Hamilton: Soldier, Secretary, Icon
Smithsonian National Postal MuseumThru Mar. 3, 2019
Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru Mar. 10, 2019
Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project
National Gallery of ArtThru Mar. 17, 2019
Jiří Kolář (1912-2002): Forms of Visual Poetry - From the Collection of Museum Kampa, Prague
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterJan. 26 – Mar. 17, 2019
Michael B. Platt + Carol A. Beane: Influences and Connections
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterJan. 26 – Mar. 17, 2019
Nancy at Ninety: A Retrospective of Form and Color
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterJan. 26 – Mar. 17, 2019
The Gifts of Tony Podesta
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterJan. 26 – Mar. 17, 2019
The Gifts of Tony Podesta Gallery Talk
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterJan. 26 – Mar. 17, 2019
A Revolution in Arms: Weapons in the War for Independence
Anderson House – The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the CincinnatiThru Mar. 24, 2019
First Chefs: Fame and Foodways from Britain to the Americas
Folger Shakespeare LibraryJan. 19 – Mar. 31, 2019
Lincoln's Contemporaries
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru May. 19, 2019
Champions
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru May. 19, 2019
One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru May. 19, 2019
Drawing in Tintoretto’s Venice
National Gallery of ArtMar. 10 – May. 26, 2019
Venetian Prints in the Time of Tintoretto
National Gallery of ArtMar. 10 – May. 26, 2019
Daguerreotypes: Five Decades of Collecting
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru Jun. 2, 2019
Baseball Americana
Library of CongressThru Jun. 29, 2019
Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice
National Gallery of ArtMar. 10 – Jul. 9, 2019
Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru Aug. 18, 2019
Portraits of the World: Korea Exhibition
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru Nov. 17, 2019
A Right to the City
Smithsonian Anacostia Community MuseumThru Apr. 20, 2020
The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Jun. 1, 2020
New York Ave Sculpture Project
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThru Sep. 20, 2020
Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Sep. 30, 2020
Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Dec. 31, 2021
Return to a Native Place: Algonquian Peoples of the Chesapeake
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Jan. 1, 2022
Americans
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Dec. 31, 2022
