In-Person American Voices and Visions: Modern and Contemporary Art Open House
• August 16, 2023

Join SAAM’s curatorial and conservation staff for a series of gallery talks exploring the newly reimagined and reinstalled modern and contemporary art galleries, as well as a look at our […]

Weekend Roundup, Aug. 3 – 6
• August 3, 2023

We’re now officially in the dog days of summer! Despite August being a traditionally slow month in town, there’s plenty to do this weekend. Enjoy live music downtown to end […]

Weekend Roundup, July 20 – 23
• July 20, 2023

Happy almost weekend! As always, the city is full of things to do, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s annual “Arcade” event, a debut of fun plays at Arena Stage […]

New Phillips Director Inspired by Duncan 
• June 26, 2023

A guiding principle of art critic Duncan Phillips, founder of the Phillips Collection, was to acquire a “unit” of work by important late 19th– and 20th-century painters, notably Paul Cézanne, […]

In-Person Pride Family Day
• May 24, 2023

Celebrate with your chosen family at SAAM’s Pride Family Day in the Kogod Courtyard and march to the beat of DC’s Different Drummers. Then dance to the sounds of Afro-Brazilian […]

In-Person Beyond the Studio Workshop: Digital Sketching with Carlos Carmonamedina
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Join artist Carlos Carmonamedina of DC is my City for a live-sketching workshop using your personal iPad and digital graphics apps such as ProCreate, Adobe Fresco, and MediBang. After a […]

In-Person Take 5: Jazz at SAAM with Sarah Elizabeth Charles
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Celebrate a uniquely American art form with Take 5: Jazz at SAAM, a series of free, live performances in SAAM’s airy Kogod Courtyard. This month features Sarah Elizabeth Charles, a […]

In-Person Caring for Our Treasures: Family Time with the Hampton Throne
• April 24, 2023

Join us for a family friendly look at James Hampton’s Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly with Lunder Conservation Fellow Objects Conservator Katya Zinsli. Explore […]

In-Person SAAM Fellows Lectures
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Wednesday, May 17-Friday, May 19, 2023 1 – 5pm EDT (daily) Join the 2022–2023 class of Smithsonian American Art Museum research fellows as they present new scholarship on a range […]

In-Person Take 5! Jazz at SAAM with Max Light
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Join us for the return of our popular “Take 5! Jazz at SAAM” program. Beat the heat and relax in the Kogod Courtyard. Kicking off our program series is Washington, […]