The L. Ron Hubbard House in Washington, DC is the original landmark location of the first Church of Scientology in the world. Here, the prolific American writer,...
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The L. Ron Hubbard House Museum
June 29, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
June 30, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
July 1, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
July 3, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
July 4, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
Free
Library of Congress National Book Festival
Come to the 12th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are honorary chairs for the event. The festival is free and open...
September 22, 2012 - September 23, 2012
Washington Nationals to Host Law Enforcement Appreciation Night
The Washington Nationals will take on the New York Mets as they host Law Enforcement Appreciation Night starting at 7:05 pm Tuesday evening, July 17, at Nationals Park in Washington, DC. This special...
July 17, 2012 - 7:05pm
The L. Ron Hubbard House Museum
The L. Ron Hubbard House in Washington, DC is the original landmark location of the first Church of Scientology in the world. Here, the prolific American writer,...
June 22, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
June 23, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
June 24, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
June 26, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
June 27, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
Free
Art at Mr. Henry's
Join the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop at Mr. Henry’s Restaurant’s Family Night on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at 6th and Pennsylvania Ave, SE. Kids of all ages can join a CHAW teaching artists for arts projects...
July 10, 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Nationals Baseball Family Day
The Washington Nationals baseball club teams up for the sixth straight year with the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery to pay tribute to America’s favorite pastime! Enjoy baseball-inspired craft...
July 21, 2012 - 11:30am - 2:00pm
Art-o-mat Swap Meet
The museum's Art-o-mat is a retrofitted cigarette machine that sells original artworks for five dollars. Art-o-mat artists will be on hand for a meet and greet, and to demonstrate the creation of their artpaks...
July 28, 2012 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Draw and Discover at Dusk!
Join us for an evening session of Draw & Discover. Get tips from guest teacher Emily Haines; then spend time sketching. Basic drawing supplies are provided, and a cash bar will be available. Open to all ages and levels of...
July 13, 2012 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Draw and Discover at Dusk!
Join us for an evening session of Draw & Discover. Get tips from guest teacher Emily Haines; then spend time sketching. Basic drawing supplies are provided, and a cash bar will be available. Open to all ages and levels of...
July 13, 2012 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Foggy Bottom and West End
Thomas Jefferson once suggested the U.S. Capitol be placed in this river front neighborhood located between Georgetown and the White House. Originally a little port town called Hamburg, Foggy Bottom was later site of two breweries, a gas...
June 16, 2012 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
$15
Portrait Story Days Benjamin Franklin
Young visitors may drop in to listen to a story about Franklin, one of American's most prominent statesman and inventors, and create a special piece of art that relates to Ben Franklin and his accomplishments...
June 30, 2012 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm
LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition
Anyone who has been to the National Building Museum, when asked to describe the building, will likely think of "bricks." Approximately 15,500,000 were used to construct the Museum's historic home.
Now, begin to think smaller...
July 3, 2010 - September 3, 2012
Juneteenth Family Day
Join the American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery, and Anacostia Community Museum to commemorate the abolition of slavery in the United States. Events include historical re-enactors, a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, storytelling...
June 16, 2012 - 11:30am - 3:00pm
The L. Ron Hubbard House Museum
The L. Ron Hubbard House in Washington, DC is the original landmark location of the first Church of Scientology in the world. Here, the prolific American writer, explorer...
June 15, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
June 16, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
June 17, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
June 19, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
June 20, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
Free
Flag Folding
(for all ages) Learn to fold a full-size replica of the 30x42-foot Star-Spangled Banner in Flag Hall. Get a sense of the true size of the flag that Francis Scott Key saw over Fort McHenry when he wrote our National Anthem.
June 14, 2012 - 2:30pm - 2:50pm
June 14, 2012 - June 30, 2012
Wash, Rinse, Wring, Repeat!: 19th-Century Laundry at Home
(for all ages) Learn what it was really like to do laundry before the invention of washing machines! Try your hand at washing, rinsing, wringing, and repeating as Americans did at home during the 19th century. After the program, visit Within...
June 14, 2012 - June 30, 2012
Historic Theater: Love on the Range
(for all ages) Join Nat Love, a cattle driver of the American West, before he sets out on the trail with the herd. Would you make a decent cowhand: reading brands, rounding up steers, fighting off rustlers, and delivering your longhorns on time...
June 1, 2012 - June 30, 2012
Historic Theater: Time Trial of John Brown
Visitors are invited to join the jury and deliberate on abolitionist John Brown’s contested legacy. Meet the man who committed his life to the ending slavery…and used violent tactics to do it. Visitors help to decide how history...
June 14, 2012 - 11:00am - 11:20am
Historic Theater: Meet Joseph Henry
Visitors are invited to meet Joseph Henry, the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. They will have the opportunity to learn about life at the Smithsonian during the Civil War and interact with the man who shaped this national...
June 14, 2012 - 12:00pm - 12:20pm
Join the Student Sit-Ins
Join the Student Sit-Ins
Tuesdays–Saturdays; 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 14; 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
(for all ages) Meet a Civil Rights activist in 1960, just after the Greensboro student sit...
June 14, 2012 - 1:30pm - 1:50pm
June 14, 2012 - 3:00pm - 3:20pm
June 14, 2012 - 4:30pm - 4:50pm
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