Plan Your Visit
- Hours Today: 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
- Open every day except Dec. 25
- Admission: Free
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Events & Programs
Feeding America: Labor, Politics, and Food
Film and discussion about the role of agricultural work, politics, and economics in the production of food in America. Feb. 23, 1:30pm.Tribute to Senator Daniel Inouye
This program at the American Indian Museum remembers the life and service of Daniel Inouye. Feb. 23, 1:30pm.The Legacy of Sidney Bechet
The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra celebrates the legendary sax player. Feb. 23, 7:30pm.To The Mountaintop
Celebrate the Emancipation Proclamation through songs and historical speeches. Most Tuesdays-Saturdays at 3 and 4:30pm during February.
This Day In History
February 15, 1898
Remember the Maine! Today in 1898: The USS Maine sinks near Havana, helping spark the Spanish-American War.
The Tooth Fairy File
There has been a strange discovery at the Museum. The tooth fairy and her international helpers may have been using our building as a drop site to store the teeth they collect from children. Watch a video detailing the evidence and read about it on our blog.
From our Blog
We asked a few of the museum's curators to share intriguing artifacts that represent romance in one way or another. Their picks include...
During the opening months of World War II, almost 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of them citizens of the United States, were forced...
During the opening months of World War II, almost 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of them citizens of the United States, were forced...
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The Museum collects artifacts of all kinds—from gowns to locomotives—to preserve for the American people an enduring record of their past.
