President Lincoln’s Cottage will offer special private tours during the inaugural season in response to the tremendous interest in Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Obama inauguration and the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth in 2009.

Exhibition - Quilts for Obama: Celebrating the Inauguration of Our 44th President
Sunday, January 11, 2009 - Sunday, February 1, 2009
Location: The Historical Society of Washington, DC

Come view Quilts for Obama! This provocative exhibition offers visual silent testimonies of joy and joins DC's celebration of "Yes we can."

Exhibition - Inaugural Inspiration: Art About Inspiration and Hope
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - Saturday, February 7, 2009
Location: Zenith Gallery

Get inspired by this exhibit of paintings, sculpture, and giclèe prints of President-Elect Obama, along with jewelry and other items by Zenith Gallery artists Robert Freeman, Drew Ernst, Robert C. Jackson, Colin Winterbottom, Stephen Hansen and many more.

Exhibition - Visions of Change: Youth Celebrate the City of Washington, DC and the Inauguration
Thursday, January 15, 2009 - Friday, February 13, 2009
Location: WVSA ARTs connection

WVSA’s ARTiculate Gallery and Employment Training Program is joining the crowds to celebrate an exciting time in our history. The ARTiculate Gallery is currently displaying artworks that celebrate Washington, DC and the Presidential Inauguration.

Exhibition Tour: America's Presidents
Friday, January 16, 2009 - Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Location: National Portrait Gallery

Tour the America's Presidents exhibition. The nation's only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House, this exhibition lies at the heart of NPG's mission to tell the American story through the individuals who have shaped it.

Theater: Next to Normal Inauguration Special
Friday, January 16, 2009 - Sunday, January 18, 2009
Location: Arena Stage

Friday, January 16 - Sunday, January 18, Arena Stage is offering inauguration attendees a 20 percent discount on tickets to the hit musical Next to Normal.

Walking Tour: Presidential Neighborhood
Friday, January 16, 2009 - Sunday, January 18, 2009
11 am - 1 pm
Location: Lafayette Square

Come get familiar with the real estate that surrounds the home of our newly elected President and family. A stroll through this presidential neighborhood includes the stately Decatur House, Dolly Madison's home, Blair House, and more!

Lecture - Lunch Bite Object Chat: Presidential and Inaugural Memorabilia
Friday, January 16, 2009
12:30 pm
Location: The Society of the Cincinnati at Anderson House

Curator Emily Schulz will present presidential and inaugural memorabilia from George Washington to William H. Taft, including a letter from Washington to William Thornton, architect of the U.S. Capitol, about construction in the federal city, and more.

Photo Workshop: FDR, Washington, and Jefferson Memorials at Night
Friday, January 16, 2009
5 - 7:30 pm
Location: Tidal Basin

Kicking off a week of Presidential Inaugural specials, Washington Photo Safari offers this opportunity to practice your nighttime photography skills with a professional photographer at the Tidal Basin.

Dance: Entangled
Friday, January 16, 2009 - Saturday, January 17, 2009
8 pm
Location: The Lansburgh Theatre

Kick off inaugural week with DC's own CityDance Ensemble! Hailed as "Washington's preeminent modern dance company" (The Washington Times), CityDance presents Entangled - a concert highlighting the company's signature power, passion, and purpose.

I Danced Inaugural Weekend
Saturday, January 17, 2009 - Monday, January 19, 2009
Location: Joy of Motion Dance Center

Step into the inaugural week with a spirit of change! During inauguration weekend, Joy of Motion Dance Center will offer first-time adult students any drop-in class they choose for $10. Take this opportunity to get in motion and start something new!

Tour: DC's Other Historic Hill
Saturday, January 17, 2009 - Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Location: Tudor Place Historic House and Garden

On your way to Capitol Hill this inauguration weekend, stop by Georgetown's "Golden House on the Hill". Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, will be open to celebrate the Inauguration of our new President!

Family: View the Inauguration from the National Museum of Crime & Punishment
Saturday, January 17, 2009 - Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Location: National Museum of Crime & Punishment

For a different look at the inauguration, try viewing it from inside the America’s Most Wanted studio at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment!

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum Introduces Obama!
Saturday, January 17, 2009 - Saturday, January 24, 2009
Location: Madame Tussauds Washington, DC

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum will introduce its newest figure just in time for the inauguration. Barack Obama will join other life-size lookalikes of Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Reagan, Nixon, Clinton, and Bush. All are available for photo ops!

Exhibition: Gilbert Stuart's Portraits of U.S. Presidents
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Location: National Gallery of Art

In time for the inauguration of the president of the United States, the Gallery has installed the Gibbs-Coolidge Set of Presidential Portraits by American artist Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828).

Author Lecture and Book Signing - Obama: The Historic Campaign in Pictures
Saturday, January 17, 2009
11 am
Location: Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum

Join Deborah Willis and Kevin Merida, authors of Obama: The Historic Campaign in Pictures, for a reading, and book sale and signing.

Family - Out of Many: A Multi-cultural Festival of Music, Dance, and Story
Saturday, January 17, 2009
11 am
Location: National Museum of the American Indian

NMAI will commemorate the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama with a three-day festival of music, dance, and story featuring a variety of cultural traditions from all over the world. Today, enjoy storytelling with Gayle Ross, music and dance of Hawai‘i, and more!

Family: Inauguration Celebration
Saturday, January 17, 2009
11 am - 1 pm
Location: National Postal Museum

Have a ball on inauguration weekend with presidential activities for the family. Become “stamp collector in chief” and design a presidential stamp!

Lecture: The History of Presidential Inaugural Addresses
Saturday, January 17, 2009
12 noon, and 2, 4, and 6 pm
Location: Sylvan Theater

The National Mall and Memorial Parks is proud to offer special interpretive programs about the history of Presidential inaugural addresses. Come to the Sylvan Theater to learn more about these historic addresses and the men who gave them.

Music - Happenings at the Harman Inauguration Concert: Brass on the Potomac
Saturday, January 17, 2009
12 noon
Location: Sidney Harman Hall

The Shakespeare Theatre Company will celebrate the inauguration with a performance of its Happenings at the Harman series featuring patriotic selections performed by Brass of the Potomac.

Inauguration-themed Tours
Saturday, January 17, 2009 - Sunday, January 18, 2009
12:30, 2, and 4 pm
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum

Inaugural-themed tours include SAAM's exhibition, The Honor of Your Company Is Requested: President Lincoln's Inaugural Ball, as well as other items from the collection that relate to inaugurations past.

Photo Workshop: Presidential Photography at the Renovated National Museum of American History
Saturday, January 17, 2009
2:30 - 4:30 pm
Location: National Museum of American History

Just in time for the 2009 Presidential Inaugural, the National Museum of American History has reopened its doors and refurbished its exhibits after two years of extensive renovation. Here is your opportunity to learn how to do low-light photography in museums!

Music and Book Launch - Happy Birthday Mr. Lincoln: An Inaugural Celebration
Saturday, January 17, 2009
7 pm
Location: Pen Arts Building

The National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW) hosts its third in a series of pre-Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration events with the launch of its book Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln: a commemorative collage.

Exhibition - From Slavery to Freedom: A Tribute to Obama
Sunday, January 18, 2009 - Saturday, January 31, 2009
Location: Parish Gallery

Parish Gallery is pleased to present a special exhibition of two Chicago-based artists, Joyce Owens and Robert Sengstacke.

The Flea Market at Eastern Market
Sunday, January 18, 2009
10 am - 5 pm
Location: Eastern Market
 
Contributing to the continuation of more than a century of curbside selling outside Eastern Market, the Flea Market at Eastern Market operates every Sunday at this historic Capitol Hill landmark. Today, a wide range of 2009 inauguration memorabilia will be for sale!

Family - Out of Many: A Multi-cultural Festival of Music, Dance, and Story
Sunday, January 18, 2009
10:30 am
Location: National Museum of the American Indian

NMAI will commemorate the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama with a three-day festival of music, dance, and story featuring a variety of cultural traditions from all over the world. Today, enjoy Spanish-language choir Coral Cantigas, traditional Tlingit dance, and more!

Special Inaugural Weekend Tour: Spies in the Shadow of the White House
Sunday, January 18, 2009
1 pm
Location: Lafayette Square

Stroll through Lafayette Square, the “President's Park,” and learn tales of intrigue and espionage from America's darkest hours, while you view preparations for the January 20th Inaugural of America's first African-American President.

Lincoln 2.0 Inaugural Ball
Sunday, January 18, 2009
8 pm
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum

Prepare for the final countdown to Inauguration Day and the kick off of a four-month tribute to President Abraham Lincoln by toasting Barack Obama - or "Lincoln 2.0" - in the actual location where Abraham Lincoln himself was feted in 1865.

Presidential Photography Workshop at Tussauds Wax Museum
Monday, January 19, 2009
10 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Madame Tussauds Wax Museum

The venue for this safari is the very cool: Mme. Tussauds Wax Museum, where Thomas Jefferson is joined by life-size lookalikes of Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Reagan, Johnson, Nixon, Clinton, Bush, and - just in time! - Obama!

Family - Out of Many: A Multi-cultural Festival of Music, Dance, and Story
Sunday, January 19, 2009
10:30 am
Location: National Museum of the American Indian

NMAI will commemorate the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama with a three-day festival of music, dance, and story featuring a variety of cultural traditions from all over the world. Today, enjoy contemporary dance of India, contemporary Mohawk music with Dawn Avery, and more!

Lecture: Thomas Jefferson's 1801 and 1805 Inaugurations
Monday, January 19, 2009
11 am and 3 pm
Location: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Plaza

Visit the Thomas Jefferson Memorial at National Mall and Memorial Parks to learn about Thomas Jefferson’s 1801 and 1805 Inaugurations. The Louisiana Purchase and the Embargo Act will be just two of the topics discussed during each of these programs.

Reading - Intersections Downtown: A Poetry and Dialogue Series
Monday, January 19, 2009
6 - 9 pm
Location: Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives

This special inaugural event will feature poets from Cave Canem, a national community of emerging and established poets committed to the discovery and cultivation of new voices in African American poetry.

MLK and 44th Presidential Inauguration EcoTour Dinner
Monday, January 19, 2009
7 - 10 pm
Location: Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum

Over a "green diet" dinner, discuss the relationship between the environment and Social Justice and how that progression might change with a new administration. Also, view a special presentation on "African American Celebrations" by Anthony Gualtiieri.

Anderson House Inaugural Eve Ball
Monday, January 19, 2009
8 - 11 pm
Location: The Society of the Cincinnati at Anderson House

In 1909, Larz and Isabel Anderson hosted and Inaugural Ball for President William Howard Taft. Join Anderson House for a ball commermorating the 100th anniversary of that event! Music will be provided by the Glenn Pearson Orchestra.

Exhibition: Presidents in Waiting
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - Sunday, January 3, 2010
Location: National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery exhibition on the vice presidency will focus on these men, almost one-third of America's presidents, and how they - upon the death or resignation of an incumbent or by winning election on their own - became presidents.

Free Admission at the Koshland Science Museum
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Time: 10 am - 6 pm
Location: Marian Koshland Science Museum

Check out an exhibit on one of Obama's top priorities - global warming - and take advantage of free admission all day on January 20.

Broadcast: Presidential Inauguration Swearing-in Ceremony and Parade
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
11:30 am
Location: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

The National Archives will be televising the Inaugural swearing-in ceremony and parade live in the William G. McGowan Theater.

Author Lecture and Book Signing - Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
1 pm
Location: National Museum of American History

Get a fresh look at Obama's 18-month-long campaign from the Old State Capitol in Springfield to Election Night 2008 when Deborah Willis discusses her new book Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs, featuring 150 color images.

Music: Alex Hassan
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
6 pm
Location: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

This musician, one of the leading authorities on novelty piano, immerses audiences in the musical styles and arrangements of the ’20s and ’30s.

Music: Lincoln Theatre Inagural Celebration Concert
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
7 pm
Location: Lincoln Theatre

Don't miss an inaugural celebration Lincoln Theatre-style! Hear the powerful voice of Maysa and the exciting rhythms of Spur of the Moment. Come have fun, have a toast in this elegant showplace, and bring in the new day!

Social Event: 2009 Florida Inaugural Celebration
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
7 pm - 12 midnight
Location: National Museum of the American Indian

In conjunction with the Presidential inaugural festivities, a bipartisan reception for "friends of Florida" will be held at the National Museum of the American Indian. The Florida Congressional Delegation will serve as the evening's honorees.

Social Event: Inaugural Ball at Parish Gallery
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
8:30 pm
Location: Parish Gallery

Spend your inaugural evening in an art gallery in the heart of Georgetown. The Inaugural Ball at Parish Gallery will feature music by The Lenny Thomas Trio, a cocktail hour, and buffet with open bar catered by Sea Catch restaurant. 

Social Event: The Hill Ball
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
8:30 pm
Location: Atlas Performing Arts Center

Not to be outdone by festivities elsewhere in the city, the Capitol Hill Community Foundation is offering a "Hill Ball" to celebrate the inauguration of our 44th President. This promises to be a wonderful non-partisan party!

Photo Workshop: Monuments and Memorials
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
9:45 am - 5:15 pm
Location: Citywide

Learn how to take great pictures before you go on that expensive trip! Join this workshop in which Paris-trained architectural photographer E. David Luria takes you to the most popular monuments and historic buildings in Washington - including the White House!

Family - A Spiritual Home for the Nation: Presidents and Washington National Cathedral
Thursday, January 22, 2009 - Monday, February 16, 2009
Location: Washington National Cathedral

Washington National Cathedral invites visitors to continue the celebration of the inauguration at the nation’s church. Light a candle and leave your message of hope, view photos of presidential visits, and offer your prayer of hope, renewal, and reconciliation.

Lecture - Lunch and Learn: Presidential Stories
Thursday, January 22, 2009
12 noon - 1 pm
Location: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington and Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum

Bring a lunch and join JHSGW archivist Wendy Turman for a presentation of presidential highlights from the archives. Learn little-known stories about the historic relationships between U.S. presidents and the Washington Jewish community.

Photo Workshop: Presidential and War Memorials at Night
Friday, January 23, 2009
5 - 7:30 pm
Location: National Mall

Bring your sturdy tripod and mittens on this cold winter night to capture DC's most famous nighttime view down the Reflecting Pool from the Lincoln Memorial, along with close-up photographs of the illuminated Lincoln statue and other dramatic memorials.

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