Cellphones + Point & Shoot: Digitizing with What You Have With Leah Jones 
• March 6, 2021

Cellphones + Point & Shoot: Digitizing with What You Have With Leah Jones Saturday, March 13; 12 p.m.–1 p.m.  Leah Jones, photographer at the NMAAHC, will teach participants how to digitize family papers and […]

NMAAHC Kids: Joyful Fridays 
•

NMAAHC Kids: Joyful Fridays Fridays in March; 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.  Joyful Fridays welcome children every Friday in March to create art that celebrates black joy, history and culture. This special program is inspired […]

2021 NHD at NMAAHC E-Review Clinic  
•

2021 NHD at NMAAHC E-Review Clinic  Wednesday, March 3–Wednesday, March 17 The museum offers a support session for students working on a National History Day project. The project review sessions will help students determine topic […]

Making African America Symposium: A Virtual Symposium on Immigration and the Changing Dynamics of Blackness 
•

Making African America Symposium: A Virtual Symposium on Immigration and the Changing Dynamics of Blackness Fridays and Saturdays only, March 5–March 20: times vary by session This symposium brings together scholars, journalists, activists, curators, filmmakers and […]

Meditation Mondays at the NMAAHC
•

Meditation Mondays Mondays March 15 and March 29; 12:30 p.m.–1:15 p.m. In this virtual program, participants will contemplate the journey of black Americans toward liberation through meditation. During the 45-minute […]

National Museum of African American History & Culture Virtual Symposium: Making African America
• February 26, 2021

More Than 40 Panelists Include Haitian American Novelist Edwidge Danticat, Multimedia Journalist Felice León, Dominican American Poet and Bestselling Author Elizabeth Acevedo and Award-winning Filmmaker Julie Dash From “Dreamers” and […]

Weekly Arts Round Up, January 14, 2021
• January 14, 2021

The Phillips Collection will present an online wire workshop and the Smithsonian American Art Museum will host a virtual conversation on Chicanx graphic arts and activism.

DC Artswatch: NBM, Mosaic, Ken Cen, Studio Conservatory, Hirshhorn
• December 10, 2020

The National Building Museum, housed in the mammoth 1887 Pension Building at 401 F St. NW, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this week with a number of free online programs.

Weekly Arts Round Up, October 15, 2020
• October 15, 2020

The 2020 Smithsonian Food History Weekend and a panel tomorrow on the legacy of John Lewis will take place online. In person, you can visit the Kreeger Museum and, soon, Planet Word.

Weekly Arts Round Up, September 17, 2020
• September 17, 2020

More Smithsonian museums reopen tomorrow. From the comfort of your couch, stream Japanese films, hear from Helen Hunt and view treasures from sunken cities of ancient Egypt.