Washington Welcomes Watergate Museum
• February 4, 2026

Lessons from history are relevant today, quips the passionate—and perhaps idealistic—Keith Krum. If he succeeds in this venture, Washington may gain one more museum to preserve that—The Watergate Museum. Of […]

At Tudor Place: New Executive Director, New Exhibition
• January 28, 2026

What’s new at Georgetown’s Tudor Place? The exhibition “Founding Fortunes: The Estate Sale of Martha Washington,” opening on Tuesday, Feb. 10, and Executive Director Mary-Frances Wain, who started this month. […]

The Washington Winter Show: American Design at 250
• January 15, 2026

By Zoe Shields Hung in a gilt frame, an oversized gouache on paper depicts the early hills of Washington. Scene-flanking trees give to the wind and the sky is a […]

Through Sunday Only at the NGA: ‘Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985’
• January 5, 2026

By Ryan Allen The countdown has begun – only three days left to catch the National Gallery of Art’s impressive “Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985” exhibition. The show […]

At the Renwick: ‘State Fairs: Growing American Craft’
• December 23, 2025

There are about 250 objects in “State Fairs: Growing American Craft,” on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery through Sept. 7, 2026. But that’s if you only […]

Kreeger Director Helen Chason’s View From Foxhall Road
• December 22, 2025

At The Georgetowner’s Dec. 18 Cultural Leadership Breakfast, held at 1310 Kitchen and Bar, Kreeger Museum Director Helen Chason explained how the founders built an exceptional collection of some 250 […]

Tawny Chatmon’s Portraits Take Center Stage at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
• December 8, 2025

By Mia Pech The National Museum of Women in the Arts is currently showing the work of acclaimed artist Tawny Chatmon this fall in a solo exhibition named “Tawny Chatmon: […]

Next Month at the Hirshhorn: New (and New-ish) Music
• November 13, 2025

“The 20th Century Consort probably needs to consider changing its name to something like the 21st Century Consort,” wrote Joan Reinthaler in 2004 in the Washington Post. With a single […]

Scully Prize Laureate Speaks at Building Museum
• October 30, 2025

“The world we design matters,” said National Building Museum President and Executive Director Aileen Fuchs, welcoming attendees to the 2025 Vincent Scully Prize ceremony, held in the museum’s Great Hall […]

Culture Capital 
• October 7, 2025

 67 Arts Leaders and Counting: The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series  “To me, this is the most challenging time to be making theater in the country. It’s the absolutely best […]