Free Events: Museums
Check here for free museum after-hours events, films, music, talks and tours in the DC Metro area.
42 performances · 45 ongoing events
Performances
Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
National Gallery of ArtThu. Jul 11
Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C.
DCPL Deanwood LibrarySat. Jul 6
Exiled, America's Deported Veterans
Mt Pleasant LibraryFri. Oct 4
Portrait Party for Young Learners
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSat. Aug 17
Artist Talk with Shani Shih
Woodridge Neighborhood LibrarySat. Aug 10
National Park Service Escape Room!
National ArchivesJul. 24 & Aug. 7
The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret: George Washington, Slavery, and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon
Anderson House – The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the CincinnatiTue. Jun 25
Lunch Bite – The 1786 Published Edition of the Marquis de Chastellux’s Account of His Travels
Anderson House – The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the CincinnatiFri. Jul 19
Lunch Bite – A Collection of Images Illustrating the Art of War in the 18th Century
Anderson House – The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the CincinnatiFri. Aug 16
Gallery Talk: Keith Morrison
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterThu. Jul 11
Parking: DMV Printmaking
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterThu. Jun 27
Curator's Talk: Barry Farm/Hillsdale
Anacostia Neighborhood LibraryMon. Jul 1
Curator Talk: Ten Strong: Women of Barry Farm/Hillsdale
Anacostia Neighborhood LibraryMon. Aug 5
Curator's Talk: Civil Rights Activism and the Barry Farm/Hillsdale Community
Anacostia Neighborhood LibraryMon. Sep 9
Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Jun 26
LGBTQ+ themed Story Time
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
REMIX: K-Style
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThu. Jun 27
Gallery Talk: Ursula von Rydingsvard
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Jul 3
Free Community Day: August
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Aug 4
Free Community Day: July
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Jul 7
Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Jul 24
Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Aug 7
Gallery Talk: More is More: Multiples
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Jul 10
Gallery Talk: More is More: Multiples
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Jul 17
Gallery Talk: More is More: Multiples
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Jul 31
Tour: Fierce Women 2.0
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Aug 4
Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Aug 28
Gallery Talk: More is More: Multiples
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Aug 14
Gallery Talk: New York Ave Sculpture Project
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Aug 21
Tour: Portrait Party for Young Learners
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSat. Aug 17
DC Art Book Fair
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Jul 7
Written in Knots: Curator Tour
Dumbarton OaksJul. 5 – Aug. 16
Architecture Tour
Dumbarton OaksJun. 28 – Nov. 1
REMIX: Express Yourself(ie)
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThu. Jul 25
Portrait Story Days: Dizzy Gillespie
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryJun. 28 & Jul. 27
Art AfterWords: A Book Discussion
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryTue. Jul 16
Portrait Story Days: Marian Anderson
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryJul. 20 & 21
Towards a More Inclusive Women’s Military History
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThu. Jul 18
Curator Tour: Women of Progress: Early Camera Portraits
Smithsonian National Portrait GallerySun. Jul 14
Fall Plant Sale and Picnic
Tudor Place Historic House and GardenSun. Sep 29
Open Studio Fridays
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryJun. 28 – Aug. 9
Rights and Responsibilities Learning Lab
National ArchivesThu. Jul 25
Ongoing Events
Baseball Americana
Library of CongressThru Jul. 27
Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice
National Gallery of ArtThru Jul. 9
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: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Sep. 30, 2020
Return to a Native Place: Algonquian Peoples of the Chesapeake
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Jan. 1, 2022
The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Jun. 1, 2020
Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru Aug. 18
Gallery Tours
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Dec. 31
The Architecture of the Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare LibraryThru Jan. 5, 2020
Oliver Lee Jackson: Recent Paintings
National Gallery of ArtThru Sep. 15
The American Pre-Raphaelites: Radical Realists
National Gallery of ArtThru Jul. 21
A Century of Lunar Photographs from the 1850s to Apollo 11
National Gallery of ArtJul. 14, 2019 – Jan. 5, 2020
The Life of Animals in Japanese Art
National Gallery of ArtThru Jul. 28
Andrea del Verrocchio: Sculptor-Painter of Renaissance Florence
National Gallery of ArtSep. 15, 2019 – Jan. 12, 2020
Alonso Berruguete: First Sculptor of Renaissance Spain
National Gallery of ArtOct. 13, 2019 – Feb. 17, 2020
Beautiful Blooms: Flowering Plants on Stamps
Smithsonian National Postal MuseumThru Jul. 14
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 GalleryJun. 28, 2019 – May. 17, 2020
Squire Broel
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterThru Aug. 11
Forward Press: 21st Century Printmaking
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterThru Aug. 11
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 Institute of the Society of the CincinnatiThru Oct. 27
Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote
Library of CongressThru Sep. 1, 2020
Whitman Bicentennial Display
Library of CongressThru Aug. 15
Remembering Our Veterans:
Howard UniversityThru Aug. 31
Art in Action: Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times
Library of CongressThru Aug. 17
La Cascada by Luzinterruptus
Former Residence of the Ambassadors of SpainThru Sep. 27
John Lennon: The Green Album
Smithsonian National Postal MuseumThru Jul. 7
Section 14: The Other Palm Springs, California
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Jan. 1, 2020
Being Here as ME- New Media Art Exhibition of Women Artists from Taiwan
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterThru Aug. 11
Crossing Boundaries & Breaking Borders: DMV Printmaking
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterThru Aug. 11
Maia Cruz Palileo
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterThru Aug. 11
Passages: Keith Morrison, 1999-2019
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterThru Aug. 11
Plans to Prosper You: Reflections of Black Resistance and Resilience in Montgomery County’s Potomac River Valley
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterThru Aug. 11
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
Water: The Mirror of Life
Former Residence of the Ambassadors of SpainThru Sep. 27
Royal Philatelic Society London’s 150th Anniversary
Smithsonian National Postal MuseumOct. 18 – 19
Miniature Shakespeare Books from the Harner Collection
Folger Shakespeare LibraryThru Dec. 31
