Native Cinema Showcase Online 2025
• December 4, 2025

Watch short films that feature Indigenous stories and perspectives from across the Western Hemisphere. The museum’s Native Cinema Showcase is an annual celebration of the best in Native film. This […]

Native Art Market
•

Make your holiday shopping special and support Indigenous artists. Visitors will have the unique opportunity to purchase traditional and contemporary handcrafted artworks, including beadwork, jewelry, paintings, photography, pottery, and sculpture. […]

“Water’s Edge” Exhibition Opening
• October 9, 2025

Join the National Museum of the American Indian to celebrate the opening of the exhibition “Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe”. Visitors are invited to experience the first major […]

Weaving Family Threads
• April 9, 2025

Weaving Family Threads Saturday and Sunday, April 5–6, 10 AM–5 PM Visit the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian to see the first-ever retrospective of Diné fiber artist DY […]

Living Earth Festival: Protecting the Elements
•

Living Earth Festival: Protecting the Elements Saturday and Sunday, April 26–27, 10 AM–5 PM Oversight of protecting the earth’s natural resources and expansive habitats and ecosystems are taken seriously by […]

Weekend Roundup, Oct. 24-27
• October 23, 2024

We round out October this week with Graham Nash at Wolf Trap, celebrating Dia de los Muertos at the National Museum of the American Indian and of course some Halloween-centric […]

Weekend Roundup: February 15-19
• February 15, 2024

Happy weekend! There’s lots to check out around town, including a book talk with renowned designer B. Michael, free admission at Mount Vernon (Monday is Presidents Day after all!), and […]

10 Arts Institutions, and Great Wedding Venues 
•

When we set out to marry (please excuse the pun) our weddings and spring arts preview issues, we knew we had to include a roundup of great art institutions in […]

‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Screens at National Museum of the American Indian
• January 29, 2024

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, along with Apple Films, hosted a screening of the 10-time Academy Award-nominated film “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Costumes from the film […]

Weekend Roundup, Oct. 26 – 29
• October 26, 2023

Happy Halloween weekend! Scary amounts of fun are to be had (Georgetown Heritage Ghost Cruise anyone?) and Day of the Dead celebrations with the National Museum of the American Indian. […]