Thursday, April 25, 2024
Event Action SelectTimeEventVenue
9:30 a.m.Little Critters: Nature PlayNational Zoo
10:15 a.m.Mother Earth & MeS. Dillon Ripley Center
11 a.m.Science on a SphereNatural History Museum
11:30 a.m.Sketch Break
11:30 a.m.In Search of Denisovans in the Altai Mountains
11:30 a.m.Mother Earth & MeS. Dillon Ripley Center
Featured Event
 Shenandoah Conservatory Studio Big Band celebrates the legacy of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhon
April 25, 12 p.m.
American History Museum

The concert will feature the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.  The Shenandoah Conservatory Studio Big Band was founded in the late 1950s as one of the first collegiate jazz ensembles in th…

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 Let's Talk African American Gardens: Garden Wonderlands with Leslie Bennett-Creating Life Changing Outdoor Spaces for Beauty, Harvest, Meaning and Joy
April 25, 12 p.m.

In this informative webinar, we’ll hear from garden designer and writer, Leslie Bennett, about her approach toward designing life-changing home landscapes. We’ll explore her belief that gardens can be…

1 p.m.Oysters, Scallops, and Mussels, Oh My!Natural History Museum
5:30 p.m.Sold Out: Handi-hourRenwick Gallery
6:30 p.m.Drawing Light and How the Masters Did It In Color
6:30 p.m.The Old Man and the Sea
6:45 p.m.Thinking About the Unthinkable: Planning for Nuclear Conflict in the Early Cold-War Era
Friday, April 26, 2024
7:30 a.m.Two of Virginia’s Historic Gardens: Oak Spring and Blandy Experimental Farm
10:15 a.m.Mother Earth & MeS. Dillon Ripley Center
11 a.m.Ocean Explorer Theater SpotlightNatural History Museum
11:30 a.m.Mother Earth & MeS. Dillon Ripley Center
Featured Event
 Curator’s Tour: Revolutions
April 26, 12 p.m.
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden

Hirshhorn curator Marina Isgro will walk visitors through the exhibition Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960, which marks the Museum’s fiftieth-anniversary year and surveys one o…

12 p.m.Butterflies and Moths: Winged Wonders
12 p.m.Notre-Dame de Paris
12 p.m.Meditation and Mindfulness
12:15 p.m.Art Bites Gallery TalkRenwick Gallery
1 p.m."Feltrigami": Exploring Folded Felt
Featured Event
 NY | At the Movies: Hey Viktor!
April 26, 7 p.m.
American Indian Museum NY

Twenty years removed from childhood fame as Little Viktor in 1998’s indie hit Smoke Signals, Cody Lightning (Cree) has been forced to move home to his reserve in northern Alberta. He still believes…

Saturday, April 27, 2024
9:30 a.m.Little Critters: Nature PlayNational Zoo
10 a.m.Freshfarm ACM FarmstandAnacostia Community Museum
10 a.m.Growing Community: Early Plantings and How to Plan for Success… and FailureAnacostia Community Museum
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 Art Cart: Cherry Blossoms You Can Wear
April 27, 10 a.m.
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden

In celebration of cherry blossoms, join us for a spring-inspired Art Cart. We’ll take a close look at artist Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Two Circles, supply nature-inspired books and materials, and make our ow…

10 a.m.Writing Workshop Inspired by Portraits of Performers
10 a.m.Queens, Crowns, and Conflicts: The Royal Ambitions of Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots
10:30 a.m.Storytime: “Raigón Puertorriqueño: La diáspora puertorriqueña introducida para niños”American History Museum
Featured Event
 Film Screening & Discussion:   Printmaking Legacy Project® BLACK PRINTMAKERS of WASHINGTON D.C. Percy B. Martin & Michael B. Platt
April 27, 11 a.m.
Anacostia Community Museum

Please join us for a film screening of Printmaking Legacy Project® BLACK PRINTMAKERS of WASHINGTON, D.C. Percy B. Martin & Michael B. Platt, which documents DC’s rich history of Black owned printmakin…

11:30 a.m.Family FunArthur M. Sackler Gallery
12 p.m.Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change: Small Business Pop-UpFreer Gallery of Art
12 p.m.Weekend Workshops
1:30 p.m.Storytime: “The Interesting and Exciting Vacation Plan of Mailys”American History Museum
3:30 p.m.Storytime: "Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice"American History Museum
7:30 p.m.The Axelrod String Quartet: Stradivarius and Amati (Saturday series)American History Museum
Sunday, April 28, 2024
7:30 a.m.Chincoteague and Assateague
12 p.m.Weekend Workshops
4 p.m.Glacier: A Climate Change Ballet
6:30 p.m.The Axelrod String Quartet: Stradivarius and Amati (Sunday series)American History Museum
Monday, April 29, 2024
10 a.m.Composition
11 a.m.Ocean Topics Cart ChatNatural History Museum
11:30 a.m.Portrait Gallery Kids
6:30 p.m.Gel Plate Journey Part I
6:30 p.m.The Bauhaus: A Brief History
7 p.m.To Be Is To Be Anxious
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
9:30 a.m.Little Critters: Nature PlayNational Zoo
10:30 a.m.Play Date at NMNH: Colorful CoralsNatural History Museum
11 a.m.Explore More! in STEM: Having Fun with FrequenciesAfrican American History and Culture Museum
12 p.m.Meditation and Mindfulness
2 p.m.Coral Reef Tank TalkNatural History Museum
6:30 p.m.Hieronymus Bosch: Heaven and Hell
6:30 p.m.Steinbeck and the Arthurian Saga
6:45 p.m.The Human Disease: How We Create Pandemics
7 p.m.McClellan and the Seven Days Battles
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
10 a.m.Storytime: A Trip to the HirshhornHirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
11 a.m.Explore More! in STEM: Having Fun with FrequenciesAfrican American History and Culture Museum
Featured Event
 Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice Gallery Talk
May 1, 5:30 p.m.
American Art Museum

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Join senior curator Virginia Mecklenburg for a highlights tour of SAAM's exhibition Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice. Painted in the mid-1940s, these images honor the…

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 Innovative Lives: Doug DeAngelis
May 1, 6 p.m.
American History Museum

In conjunction with the recently opened exhibition “Change Your Game/Cambia tu juego,” the museum’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation will present a conversation with Doug DeAn…

6:30 p.m.The Photo Essay
6:45 p.m.A Journey through Ancient China
6:45 p.m.Lincoln: The Months Before Sumter with Author Erik LarsonNatural History Museum
Featured Event
 Book to Screen: Viet Thanh Nguyen on Adapting The Sympathizer
May 1, 7:30 p.m.
Freer Gallery of Art

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Join author Viet Thanh Nguyen for a discussion about adapting his Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, The Sympathizer, for the screen. Through clips from the series and readings from the novel,…

Thursday, May 2, 2024
9:30 a.m.Little Critters: Nature PlayNational Zoo
11 a.m.Drawn to Figures
1 p.m.Color Theory and Chroma-psychology
6:30 p.m.Macro Photography
6:30 p.m.Making Democracy Count: Math’s Influential Role in Voting and Representation
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