Profs & Pints: Understanding Racial Capitalism

August 26, 2021

Profs and Pints presents: “Understanding Racial Capitalism,” with Olufemi Taiwo, assistant professor of philosophy at Georgetown University and scholar of Black political movements. [Under current District of Columbia regulations attendees […]

Alma Woodsey Thomas: Beneath the Surface at the National Museum of Women in the Arts

July 23, 2021

Wednesday, December 8, 1­–1:45 p.m.  Join a colorful conversation with Gwen Manthey, paintings conservator at Smithsonian American Art Museum, on the Smithsonian’s research into Alma Woodsey Thomas’s artistic process. Learn about […]

Brews and Views at the National Museum of Women in the Arts


Thursdays, October 21, November 18, December 16; 5:30–6:30 p.m. Celeste Beatty, founder of the Harlem Brewing Company, hosts a monthly happy hour to highlight topics in beer making, the restaurant industry, art, politics, […]

Innovative Lives: Sarah Will and Mike Schultz

May 8, 2021

May 12; 4 p.m. Free registration: invention.si.edu/events Sarah Will, Paralympic skier and accessibility advocate and Mike Schultz, inventor of the Moto Knee and Versa Foot, will come together to talk with NMAH […]

Gay is Good: Frank Kameny and the Fight for LGBTQ Rights

April 16, 2021

Thursday, April 22 at 7:30 pm Frank Kameny spent five decades in DC as a civil rights activist and politician, including serving on Mayor Walter Washington’s inaugural Commission on Human […]