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• Anacostia Community Museum

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  Anacostia Community Museum

  A dynamic, community-oriented exploration of the cultural expressions and social experience of African Americans awaits visitors of the Anacostia Community Museum.

  Exhibits:

  • Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia - 11/10/2008 - Ongoing
  • Solos: Tulou/Affordable Housing for China (new title) - 10/03/2008 - 04/05/2009
  • Jubilee: African American Celebration - 12/07/2008 - 09/20/2009
  Film

  10:30 AM We Shall Overcome: The Song that Moved the Nation
  Lecture

  7-9:30 PM Latinos and Civil Rights: Changing Face of America
  Family

  11 AM-1 PM Renewing America's Promise
  Family

  10 AM-5 PM Renewing America's Promise
  Family

  10 AM-5 PM Renewing America's Promise

• Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

  Together, the Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art form the national museum of Asian art for the United States.

  Exhibits:

  • Sculpture: Monkeys Grasping for the Moon - - Ongoing
  • Sculpture of South and Southeast Asia - 11/26/1992 - Ongoing
  • Contemporary Japanese Porcelain - - Ongoing
  • The Arts of China - 11/18/1990 - Ongoing
  • Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia - 04/01/2007 - Ongoing
  • Seascapes: Tryon & Sugimoto - 07/12/2008 - 01/25/2009
  • Perspectives: S-Curve by Anish Kapoor - 11/22/2008 - 07/19/2009
  • Moving Perspectives: Lida Abdul and Dinh Q Le - 12/06/2008 - 03/01/2009

• Arts and Industries Building

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  Arts and Industries Building

  The Arts and Industries Building has a special role among Smithsonian buildings as the original home of the National Museum.

• Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

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  Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

  Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution is the only museum in the nation devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design.

• Discovery Theater

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  Discovery Theater

  Live Performances for Young Audiences in Washington, DC

  Family

  10:15 AM & 11:30 AM Wild Zappers ***Cancelled***

• Freer Gallery of Art

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  Freer Gallery of Art

  The Freer holds one of the finest collections of Asian art and the greatest collection of work by the American artist James McNeill Whistler in the Western world.

  Exhibits:

  • Vietnamese Ceramics from the Red River Delta - 07/09/2005 - Ongoing
  • The Religious Art of Japan (rotating) - 12/21/2002 - Ongoing
  • The Peacock Room - - Ongoing
  • Korean Ceramics - 03/01/1997 - Ongoing
  • Japanese Screens (rotating) - 05/09/1993 - Ongoing
  • Charles Lang Freer and Egypt - 06/13/1998 - Ongoing
  • Black & White: Chinese Ceramics from the 10th-14th Centuries - 12/18/2004 - Ongoing
  • Arts of the Islamic World - 05/03/1998 - Ongoing
  • Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas - 10/16/2004 - Ongoing
  • Ancient Chinese Pottery and Bronze - 03/07/1997 - Ongoing
  • Surface Beauty: American Art and Freer's Aesthetic Vision - 02/23/2008 - Ongoing
  • Guests of the Hills: Travelers and Recluses in Chinese Landscape Painting - 08/23/2008 - 02/22/2009
  • Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact - 02/23/2008 - Ongoing
  • Golden Seams: The Japanese Art of Mending Ceramics - 11/08/2008 - 05/10/2009
  • Winslow Homer: Four Views of Nature - 11/24/2008 - 05/25/2009
  • Moonlight and Clouds: Silver and Gold in the Arts of Japan - 11/08/2008 - 05/10/2009
  • House Proud: Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Interiors from the Thaw Collection - 08/12/2008 - 01/25/2009
  • Curators Select: Recent Acquisitions, 2003-2008 - 09/12/2008 - 03/01/2009
  • Wall Stories: Children's Wallpaper and Books - 10/03/2008 - 04/05/2009
  Performance

  7:30 PM Kim Duk Soo & Samulnori
  Film

  7 PM Iranian Film Festival 2009: Three Women
  Family

  2 PM Down by the Sea Shore
  Family

  10 AM-5:30 PM Renewing America's Promise: Celebrate Asia in America
  Family

  2 PM Down by the Sea Shore
  Film

  2 PM Iranian Film Festival 2009: Three Women
  Family

  10 AM-5:30 PM Renewing America's Promise: Celebrate Asia in America

• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

  • FOOD: Outdoor Cafe

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  Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

  The eye-catching architecture of the Hirshhorn sets it apart from the other museums on the National Mall. The Hirshhorn is an arresting, elevated hollow cylinder that is 82 feet high and 231 feet in diameter.

  Exhibits:

  • Directions -- Terence Gower, Public Spirit: The Hirshhorn Project - 11/05/2008 - 03/22/2009
  • Strange Bodies: Figurative Works from the Hirshhorn Collection - 12/11/2008 - 11/08/2009
  • Black Box: Ori Gersht - 12/22/2008 - 04/12/2009
  Family

  10 AM-5:30 PM Renewing America's Promise: Yoko Ono's Wish Tree
  Lecture

  12:30 PM Strange Bodies
  Family

  10 AM-5:30 PM Renewing America's Promise: Yoko Ono's Wish Tree
  Family

  10 AM-5:30 PM Renewing America's Promise: Yoko Ono's Wish Tree
  Family

  10 AM-5:30 PM Renewing America's Promise: Yoko Ono's Wish Tree

• National Air and Space Museum

  • FOOD: Boston
  • FOOD: Donato's Pizza
  • FOOD: Market Mezza Cafe
  • FOOD: McDonald's
  • FOOD: Outdoor Kiosk

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  National Air and Space Museum

  Since the building opened in 1976, the National Air and Space Museum has been the most-visited museum in the world, and a must-see for visitors to Washington, DC.

  Exhibits:

  • America by Air - 11/17/2007 - Ongoing
  • The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age - 10/11/2003 - Ongoing
  • World War II Aviation - 07/01/1976 - Ongoing
  • Space Race - 05/16/1997 - Ongoing
  • Sea-Air Operations - 07/01/1976 - Ongoing
  • Pioneers of Flight, Barron Hilton - 07/01/1976 - Ongoing
  • Lunar Exploration Vehicles - 07/01/1976 - Ongoing
  • Milestones of Flight - 07/01/1976 - Ongoing
  • Looking at Earth - 05/08/1986 - Ongoing
  • Jet Aviation - 07/01/1981 - Ongoing
  • Legend, Memory, and the Great War in the Air (WWI Aviation) - 11/13/1991 - Ongoing
  • How Things Fly - 09/20/1996 - Ongoing
  • The Golden Age of Flight - 04/05/1984 - Ongoing
  • Exploring the Planets - - Ongoing
  • Explore the Universe - 09/21/2001 - Ongoing
  • Early Flight, The Samuel P. Langley Gallery of - 03/26/1980 - Ongoing
  • Beyond the Limits: Flight Enters the Computer Age - 05/12/1989 - Ongoing
  • Apollo to the Moon - 07/01/1976 - Ongoing
  • Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) - 04/24/2008 - Ongoing
  Family

  11 AM Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride
  Family

  11 AM-4 PM Mark James: Christopher's Little Airplane & Coloring Book
  Family

  11:30 AM & 1:30 PM Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride
  Other

  11 AM-4 PM Curtis Robinson & George Norfleet: Pilot's Journey

• National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

  • FOOD: McDonald's McCafe

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  National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

  The National Air and Space Museum's spectacular Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is a massive complex displaying aviation and space artifacts both large and small.

  Exhibits:

  • Grand Opening: Took Place December 15, 2003 - 12/15/2003 - Ongoing
  • Boeing Aviation Hangar - 12/15/2003 - Ongoing
  • James S. McDonnell Space Hangar - 11/01/2004 - Ongoing
  • Balloonamania (2 large cases) - 12/15/2003 - Ongoing
  • Case: Japanese American Pioneers of the Jet Age - - Ongoing
  Other

  11 AM-4 PM Curtis Robinson & George Norfleet: Pilot's Journey
  Other

  12 Noon-4 PM Robert F. Dorr: Hell Hawks! and Air Force One
  Other

  12 Noon-4 PM Robert F. Dorr: Hell Hawks! and Air Force One

• National Museum of African Art

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  National Museum of African Art

  The National Museum of African Art is America's only museum dedicated to the collection, conservation, study and exhibition of African art in all its forms.

  Exhibits:

  • Ceramics at the National Museum of African Art - 01/14/1998 - Ongoing
  • African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection - 02/15/2007 - 03/22/2009
  • El Anatsui's Nukae-1 (2006) - 03/12/2008 - Ongoing
  • Black Gold I (2006) - 11/01/2008 - Ongoing
  Family

  12 Noon-5:30 PM Renewing America's Promise: Celebrate African Music & Film
  Family

  12 Noon-5:30 PM Renewing America's Promise: Celebrate African Music & Film

• National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center

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  National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center

  The National Museum of American History collects artifacts of all kinds, from gowns to locomotives, to preserve for the American people an enduring record of their past. The Museum has more than three million artifacts in its collection.

  Exhibits:

  • Cases: Taking America to Lunch - 04/13/2004 - Ongoing
  • Within These Walls... - 05/16/2001 - Ongoing
  • Science in American Life - 04/27/1994 - Ongoing
  • Price of Freedom: Americans at War, The - 11/11/2004 - Ongoing
  • Power Machinery - - Ongoing
  • Musical Instruments Hall - - Ongoing
  • Gunboat Philadelphia - - Ongoing
  • Electricity: Lighting a Revolution - - Ongoing
  • Communities in a Changing Nation: The Promise of 19th-Century America - 02/12/1999 - Ongoing
  • Bradford Dollhouse - - Ongoing
  • Bon Appetit! Julia Child's Kitchen at the Smithsonian - 08/19/2002 - Ongoing
  • American Presidency: A Glorious Burden, The - 11/15/2000 - Ongoing
  • America on the Move - 11/22/2003 - Ongoing
  • Lemelson Center Case: Jerome Lemelson: Toying with Invention - 11/21/2008 - Ongoing
  • Invention Case: Sporting Invention - 01/07/2009 - Ongoing
  • Archives Center Cases: The Civilian Conservation Corps Experience, 1933-1942 - 11/21/2008 - Ongoing
  • Thanks for the Memories: Music, Sports, and Entertainment History - 11/21/2008 - Ongoing
  • Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration - 11/21/2008 - 01/04/2010
  • Invention at Play - 11/21/2008 - Ongoing
  • Artifact Walls: Mall Entrance Corridor - 11/21/2008 - Ongoing
  • Artifact Walls: Constitution Ave. Entrance Corridor - 11/21/2008 - Ongoing
  • The Star-Spangled Banner: The Flag that Inspired the National Anthem - 11/21/2008 - Ongoing
  • America's New Birth of Freedom: Documents from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (new title) - 01/16/2009 - 03/22/2009
  • Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life - 01/16/2009 - Ongoing
  • The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise - 01/30/2009 - 11/15/2009
  • First Ladies at the Smithsonian - 12/19/2008 - Ongoing
  Lecture

  12 Noon-12:30 PM Meet our Museum
  Family

  10 AM-5:30 PM Renewing America's Promise
  Family

  10 AM-5:30 PM Renewing America's Promise
  Family

  10 AM-5:30 PM Renewing America's Promise

• National Museum of Natural History

  • FOOD: Atrium Cafe
  • FOOD: Fossil Cafe
  • FOOD: The Gelato Bar
  • FOOD: The Smithsonian Jazz Cafe

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  National Museum of Natural History

  The wonders of the natural world await you beneath the dome of this classical building, which has recently been undergoing extensive renovation.

  Exhibits:

  • Western Cultures Hall: Origins of Western Culture - - Ongoing
  • Reptiles - - Ongoing
  • Osteology: Hall of Bones - - Ongoing
  • Life in the Ancient Seas - 05/18/1990 - Ongoing
  • Mammals, Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of - 11/15/2003 - Ongoing
  • Insect Zoo, O. Orkin - 09/10/1993 - Ongoing
  • Geology, Gems, and Minerals, Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of - 09/20/1997 - Ongoing
  • Garden: Butterfly Habitat Garden (outside, seasonal) - 06/30/1995 - Ongoing
  • Fossil Plants and Animals: The Conquest of Land - 04/17/1980 - Ongoing
  • Fossil Mammals: Mammals in the Limelight - 05/30/1985 - Ongoing
  • Dinosaurs: Reptiles: Masters of Land - 12/04/1981 - Ongoing
  • Blast from the Past (case) - 06/27/1997 - Ongoing
  • Birds of the District of Columbia - - Ongoing
  • African Elephant - 11/19/1999 - Ongoing
  • African Voices - 12/15/1999 - Ongoing
  • Dig It! The Secrets of Soil - 07/19/2008 - 01/03/2010
  • Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution - 02/15/2008 - Ongoing
  • The Sant Ocean Hall - 09/27/2008 - Ongoing
  • Coastal America Ocean Art Contest (new title) - 12/08/2008 - 03/29/2009
  • Nature's Best 2008 Photography Awards: Windland Smith Rice International Awards - 11/08/2008 - 05/03/2009
  • Cases: The Art of African Exploration - 12/09/2008 - Ongoing
  • Orchids through Darwin's Eyes: 15th Annual Orchid Show - 01/24/2009 - 04/26/2009
  • Korea Gallery - 06/08/2007 - Ongoing
  • Discovering Rastafari! - 11/02/2007 - Ongoing
  Lecture

  1-6:30 PM Will the Rainforest Survive? New Threats and Realities in the
  Other

  11 AM-4 PM Robert Mumford: Spring Comes to Washington

• National Museum of the American Indian

  • FOOD: Mitsitam Cafe

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  National Museum of the American Indian

  The National Museum of the American Indian is home to one of the largest and most diverse collections of American Indian art and cultural objects in the world.

  Exhibits:

  • Window on Collections: Many Hands, Many Voices - 09/21/2004 - Ongoing
  • Outdoor Sculptures: Always Becoming - 09/21/2007 - Ongoing
  • Sculpture: Sacred Rain Arrow - - Ongoing
  • Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World - 09/21/2004 - Ongoing
  • Return to a Native Place: Algonquian Peoples of Chesapeake - 11/13/2006 - Ongoing
  • Our Peoples: Giving Voice to Our Histories - 09/21/2004 - Ongoing
  • Our Lives: Contemporary Life and Identities - 09/21/2004 - Ongoing
  • Outdoor Sculpture: Obelisk - 09/11/2008 - Ongoing
  • Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian - 11/01/2008 - 08/16/2009
  • Cases: Orientation Exhibition - 11/13/2008 - Ongoing
  • A Century Ago..."They Came as Sovereign Leaders" - 01/14/2009 - 02/17/2009
  Family

  Opening Ceremony: 10:15 AM; Festival: 11 AM-4:30 PM Renewing America's Promise: Out of Many: Multi-Cultural Event
  Other

  10:15 AM-2:30 PM Native American Coin Release
  Lecture

  2 PM Native Writers: William Hensley
  Family

  10:30 AM-5:30 PM Renewing America's Promise: Out of Many: Multi-Cultural Event
  Lecture

  9 AM-4 PM Renewing America's Promise: First Inaugural College Debates
  Family

  10:30 AM-4:30 PM Renewing America's Promise: Out of Many: Multi-Cultural Event

• National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center

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  National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center

  Opened in October 1994, the George Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian, at the historic Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in lower Manhattan, serves as the National Museum of the American Indian's exhibition and education facility in New York City.

  Exhibits:

  • Orientation Exhibition - 10/30/1994 - Ongoing
  • Beauty Surrounds Us - 09/23/2006 - 03/31/2010
  • Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian - 11/01/2008 - 05/17/2009
  • Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses - 09/26/2008 - Ongoing

• National Portrait Gallery

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  National Portrait Gallery

  Generations of remarkable Americans are kept in the company of their fellow citizens at the National Portrait Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum are located in the heart of downtown Washington, DC.

  Exhibits:

  • Lunder Conservation Center - 07/01/2006 - Ongoing
  • Twentieth-Century Americans - 07/01/2006 - Ongoing
  • Jo Davidson: Biographer in Bronze - 07/01/2006 - Ongoing
  • American Origins, 1600-1900 - 07/01/2006 - Ongoing
  • America's Presidents - 07/01/2006 - Ongoing
  • Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture - 05/09/2008 - 02/08/2009
  • New Arrivals - 03/21/2008 - 01/25/2009
  • Women of Our Time: Twentieth-Century Photographs - 10/10/2008 - 02/01/2009
  • Four Indian Kings (special installation) - 09/12/2008 - 01/25/2009
  • Tokens of Affection and Regard: Photographic Jewelry and Its Makers - 10/24/2008 - 06/21/2009
  • Portraiture Now: Feature Photography - 11/26/2008 - 09/27/2009
  • One Life: The Mask of Lincoln - 11/07/2008 - 07/05/2009
  • Presidents in Waiting - 01/20/2009 - 01/03/2010
  Lecture

  6-6:30 PM What's New at the Portrait Gallery: Ryan McGinley
  Family

  12 Noon-2 PM (ages 10-14); 3-5 PM (ages 5-10) Facing History: Be the Artist

• National Postal Museum

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  National Postal Museum

  Don't look for it on the National Mall but on Capitol Hill at the corner of First St. and Massachusetts Ave., NE, just west of Union Station. The building, which was the Washington City Post Office from 1914 to 1986, is big and grand, and the National Postal Museum occupies most of the lower level.

  Exhibits:

  • Lincoln, Slavery, and the Civil War - 03/06/2009 - 03/08/2009
  • Philatelic Gallery - 07/30/1993 - Ongoing
  • Moving the Mail - 07/30/1993 - Ongoing
  • Customers and Communities - 07/30/1993 - Ongoing
  • Binding the Nation - 07/30/1993 - Ongoing
  • The Art of Cards and Letters - 07/30/1993 - Ongoing
  • Postal Inspectors: The Silent Service - 02/07/2007 - 02/28/2009
  • Amelia Earhart's Personal Collection - 11/12/2007 - Ongoing
  • Part II: Rarity Revealed: The Benjamin K. Miller Collection - 11/05/2007 - 03/02/2009
  • Alphabetilately: An Alphabet of Philately - 09/26/2008 - 10/29/2009
  • Victory Mail - 03/06/2008 - 03/08/2010
  • Abraham Lincoln Certified Plate Proofs - 11/15/2008 - Ongoing
  Family

  11 AM-1 PM Renewing America's Promise: Inauguration Celebration

• National Zoological Park

  • FOOD: Express Grill
  • FOOD: Mane Restaurant
  • FOOD: Panda Cafe
  • FOOD: Popstop
  • FOOD: Snack stands

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  National Zoological Park

  Come meet the Zoo's more than 2,400 animals. Fascinating creatures, great and small, inhabit our beautiful park's urban oasis in the heart of Washington, DC.

  Exhibits:

  • Think Tank - 10/27/1995 - Ongoing
  • Small Mammal House - 04/01/1983 - Ongoing
  • Seals and Sea Lions - - Ongoing
  • Reptile Discovery Center - - Ongoing
  • Prairie Dog Playland - 11/19/2005 - Ongoing
  • Pollinarium - 04/19/1996 - Ongoing
  • Lemur Island - 10/18/2001 - Ongoing
  • Kids' Farm - 06/12/2004 - Ongoing
  • Invertebrates - 05/07/1987 - Ongoing
  • Great Cats (tigers) - 10/01/1998 - Ongoing
  • Great Ape House - 04/15/1981 - Ongoing
  • Elephant House - - Ongoing
  • Giant Panda Habitat, Fujifilm - 10/17/2006 - Ongoing
  • Bird House and the Outdoor Flight Exhibit - - Ongoing
  • Bald Eagle Refuge - 07/04/2003 - Ongoing
  • Asia Trail - 10/17/2006 - Ongoing
  • Animals on View - - Ongoing
  • Amazonia - 11/18/1992 - Ongoing

• Renwick Gallery

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  Renwick Gallery

  The Renwick Gallery, a branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, is dedicated to exhibiting American crafts from the 19th to the 21st centuries.

  Exhibits:

  • Permanent Collection - - Ongoing
  • George Catlin's Indian Gallery - 11/11/2005 - Ongoing

• Resident Associate Program

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  Resident Associate Program

  The Smithsonian Resident Associate Program offers a stunning variety of educational and cultural programs that open the doors to the Smithsonian's world of opportunity.

  Performance

  6:30 PM, pre-concert discussion; 7:30 PM, concert Masterworks of Five Centuries
  Lecture

  6:45-8:45 PM A Party for Edgar Allan Poe (He's 200, Never More)
  Lecture

  6:45 PM Advice from a Couple of Fools
  Lecture

  6:45 PM Temple Grandin on Creating the Best Life for Animals
  Performance

  6:45-8:45 PM Elijah's Violin: Folk Tales in Jewish Culture
  Lecture

  6:45-8:45 PM The Battle of the Philippine Sea and the Battle of Leyte Gulf

• S. Dillon Ripley Center, International Gallery

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  S. Dillon Ripley Center, International Gallery

  Entered from a copper domed kiosk on Jefferson Drive between the "Castle" and the Freer Gallery of Art, the S. Dillon Ripley Center houses the International Gallery, The Smithsonian Associates and the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service.

  Exhibits:

  • Graphic Eloquence: Limited-Edition Prints from The Smithsonian Associates Art Collectors Program - - Ongoing
  • Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico, 1949-1989 - 09/17/2008 - 01/25/2009
  • After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy - 11/08/2008 - 03/09/2009
  • Green Light: A Juried Exhibition of Emerging Artists with Disabilities (new title) - 09/17/2008 - 01/21/2009
  • Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968 - 11/08/2008 - 03/09/2009
  Film

  10 AM-5:30 PM Renewing America's Promise: Presidential Films
  Film

  10 AM-5:30 PM Renewing America's Promise: Presidential Films
  Tour

  11 AM-3 PM Renewing America's Promise: Open House & Exhibition Tours

• Smithsonian American Art Museum

  • FOOD: Portico Cafe
  • FOOD: Upper West Side Cafe

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  Smithsonian American Art Museum

  The Donald W. Reynolds Center is home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery

  Exhibits:

  • Sculptures by Paul Manship - 07/15/2007 - Ongoing
  • With Liberty: Folk Art from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (new title) - 07/01/2006 - Ongoing
  • Modern and Contemporary Art - 07/01/2006 - Ongoing
  • Lunder Conservation Center - 07/01/2006 - Ongoing
  • Luce Foundation Center for American Art - 07/01/2006 - Ongoing
  • David Beck's MVSEVM - 07/01/2006 - Ongoing
  • Art Since 1945 - 07/01/2006 - Ongoing
  • American Experience - 07/01/2006 - Ongoing
  • The Honor of Your Company Is Requested: President Lincoln's Inaugural Ball - 03/08/2008 - 01/18/2010
  • American Art through 1940 - 07/01/2006 - Ongoing
  • Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke - 11/27/2008 - 03/03/2009
  • Graphic Masters I: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum - 11/27/2008 - 05/25/2009
  • Renovating a Landmark: From Patent Office to Reynolds Center. - 11/17/2007 - Ongoing
  • Grand Opening of the Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard - 11/18/2007 - Ongoing
  Tour

  2 PM Inauguration
  Tour

  2 PM & 6 PM Inauguration
  Film

  6 PM Art:21 at SAAM: Place
  Tour

  2 PM Inauguration
  Performance

  5-8 PM Take Five!: Brother Ray Band
  Tour

  2 PM Renewing America's Promise: Special Inauguration Tour
  Tour

  12:30 PM, 2 PM, & 4 PM Renewing America's Promise: Special Inauguration Tours
  Tour

  12:30 PM, 2 PM, & 4 PM Renewing America's Promise: Special Inauguration Tours

• Smithsonian Institution Building, the Castle

  • FOOD: Castle Cafe

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  Smithsonian Institution Building, the Castle

  The Smithsonian Castle is a good place to start. Designed by James Renwick Jr. and completed in 1855, the Castle is the Institution's original home and the easiest landmark to find on the National Mall.

  Exhibits:

  • The Smithsonian Institution: America's Treasure Chest - 05/08/2005 - Ongoing
  • Garden: Enid A. Haupt Garden - 05/21/1987 - Ongoing
  • Garden: Folger Rose Garden, including the Keith Fountain (seasonal) - 10/07/1998 - Ongoing
  • Cases: Scientific Illustrators: Artists in Residence in the Castle - 10/30/2008 - Ongoing
  • Smithsonian Information Center - - Ongoing
  Lecture

  10:30 AM-12:30 PM The Nation Prepared for Every Good Work: Humanitarian
  Other

  12 Noon-2 PM Rick Latoff: Washington by Storm
  Other

  1-3 PM Elizabeth Brownstein: Lincoln's Other White House
  Other

  1-3 PM Jim Bendat: Democracy's Big Day
  Family

  2-3:30 PM Renewing America's Promise: Giving Voice to Hope
  Other

  1-3 PM Deborah Willis: Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs
  Family

  2-3:30 PM Renewing America's Promise: Giving Voice to Hope

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