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IMAX Films at the Samuel C. Johnson IMAX Theater
Ongoing Tours & Activities
For Showtimes and ticketing information visit the Johnson IMAX Theater web site.
Note:
- For after hours shows, use the Constitution Ave. entrance.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Johnson IMAX Theater, 1st Floor. Purchase Tickets: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=21156&venue_val=202321.
Friday, July 30, 2010.
For more info visit www.si.edu. Audio Tour: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Use your cell phone or borrow an audio player to take an audio tour of the Luce Foundation Center.
Year-Round:
Daily: Available via cell phone 11:30 AM-7 PM
, Daily: Free audio players available at the Luce Foundation Center information desk 11:30 AM-6 PM.
Time Detail: All day event. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010.
Scavenger Hunt: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) With more than 3,300 artworks displayed in floor-to-ceiling glass cases, the Luce Foundation Center is the perfect place for a scavenger hunt! Follow the clues presented in one of several themed hunts -- from monsters to magic -- to discover new art during each adventure.
Year-Round:
Daily: 11:30 AM-7 PM.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; scavenger hunt handouts available at the Luce Foundation Center information desk on the mezzanine.
Friday, July 30, 2010.
Albert Einstein Planetarium
Ongoing Activities
Embark on an astronomical adventure at the Einstein Planetarium. For Showtimes and ticketing information visit the Einstein Planetarium Web site.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Albert Einstein Planetarium. Purchase Tickets: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=21156&venue_val=202322.
Friday, July 30, 2010.
IMAX Films at the Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater
Ongoing Activities
Explore our fascination with flight through the air and in space. View Earth from the open cargo bay of the Space Shuttle. Journey to natural and man-made wonders of the world. These and other thrills await you in the National Air and Space Museum's Lockheed Martin Imax Theater. Films are projected on the five-story-high screen with six-channel digital surround sound. For information on films, see Web site below.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater. Purchase Tickets: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=21156&venue_val=202320.
Friday, July 30, 2010.
For more info visit www.si.edu. Scavenger Hunt
Ongoing Tours
(for all ages) Discover stunning works of decorative art and craft as you try to win a prize.
June through August 2010:
• Daily: 10 AM-5:30 PM.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Scavenger hunt kits available at the information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010.
IMAX Films at the Airbus IMAX Theater
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Explore our fascination with flight through the air and in space. View Earth from the open cargo bay of the Space Shuttle. Journey to natural and man-made wonders of the world. These and other thrills await you in the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center's Airbus IMAX Theater. Films are projected on the five-story-high screen with six-channel digital surround sound. For information on films, see Web site below.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Airbus IMAX Theater. Purchase Tickets: http://www.si.edu/imax/shows.htm.
Friday, July 30, 2010.
For more info visit www.si.edu. 3-Day Family Event: Congressional Stamp Exhibit and Activities
One-Time Events
View philatelic items from the personal collections of U.S. Representatives Joe Pitts, Robert Aderholt, Silvestre Reyes, Gary Ackerman and Senator Carl Levin. Collectors and non-collectors alike will enjoy this unique philatelic material never before been seen by the public.
Nearby, enjoy “Stamp Collecting 101,” an activity station that introduces the hobby of stamp collecting. Other activities include a scavenger hunt, an “eye-spy” game, and the opportunity to make a stamp album page.
Categories: Kids & Families. Event Location: Note Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Main Lobby, Independence Ave. and South Capitol St. SW. Cost: Free
Note: To enter the building, all visitors will need to go through a security checkpoint. Continues: Last day.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Castle Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the Smithsonian Castle. Visitors learn about the Institution's benefactor, James Smithson, and the architecture of the building while on a tour of the public areas of the Castle, which include James Smithson's crypt, the Great Hall, and the West Wing.
Year-Round:
Mon. and Fri.: 9:30 AM
, Sat.: 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM
, Sun.: 10:30 AM
Note
- Tour subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Smithsonian Castle. Event Location: Meet at information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 9:30 AM.
Elephant Viewing
Daily Zoo Activities
The Elephant House will be closed while we build the elephants a new home. However, they will be on view in their outdoor habitats from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm daily (weather dependent).
Time Detail: 10-4. Categories: Kids & Families. Demonstrations. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Outside Elephant House.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Encounter Invertebrates
Daily Zoo Activities
Explore the complex and fascinating world of invertebrates: corals and crabs, ants and anemones, snails and spiders.
Time Detail: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, every half hour at the Invertebrate Exhibit. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Invertebrates. Continues: Every half hour.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Great Cats Viewing
Daily Zoo Activities
The lions and tigers are on exhibit from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily.
Time Detail: 10-4 at the Great Cats Exhibit. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Great Cats.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
How Do You Zoo?
Daily Zoo Activities
Learn about working at the Zoo in this hands-on discovery room for children ages five to ten.
Categories: Kids & Families. Demonstrations. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Visitor Center.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
The Human Origins Hall Interpreters
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Museum docents welcome visitors, answer questions, and help visitors navigate the exhibition.
Through August 31, 2010:
• Most days: 10 AM-4 PM
Note
- Subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins, 1st floor. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Sant Ocean Hall Navigators
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Museum docents welcome visitors, answer questions, and help visitors navigate the exhibition.
July 1-31, 2010:
• Most days: 10 AM-4 PM
Note
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: The Sant Ocean Hall, 1st floor. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: The Sant Ocean Hall.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Ride Simulators
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Ride Simulators: (ride approximately 5 min.)
Take an exciting virtual trip on board one of four simulators. Experience the thrill of careening through an action-packed roller-coaster course or racing in futuristic high-speed hovercars. Choose your adventure: Cosmic Race, Bermuda Triangle, Solar Coaster, Grand Prix Raceway, Astro Canyon, or Glacier Run.
Note: Simulator accommodates up to 8 people per ride. Children must be 42 inches tall unless riding with an adult.
Year-Round:
, Daily: Open same hours as museum.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Lower Level, across from the Stars and Stripes Cafe. Cost: Tickets can be purchased at the entrance to the simulators and at the Welcome desk, 1st floor, near the Constitution Ave. entrance.
Admission Per Ride
- $7.00 per person
Payment Options:
- Cash, VISA, and MasterCard.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:00 AM.
Spark!Lab
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) The Lemelson Center's Spark!Lab offers visitors a number of hands-on experiments that teach about science, the invention process, and the role of technology in American history. Activities are organized around the invention process and will rotate on a regular basis to provide visitors with new learning experiences.
Year-Round:
Open daily: 10 AM-4 PM; entry is first come, first served.
, Staff-led experiments are offered most days at 11 AM, 12 Noon, 1 PM, 2 PM, and 3 PM; confirm schedule at either Welcome desk.
Notes
- Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
- Maximum capacity is 45.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: 1st floor, West Wing, near Science in American Life. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Flight Simulators: Fly or Ride!
Ongoing Activities
• Ride Simulators: (approximately 5 min.)
Take an exciting virtual trip on board one of two simulators. Choose your adventure: Ride aboard the Space Shuttle to the International Space Station or experience the thrill of a flight in both vintage and jet-age aircraft. Note: Ride Simulators accommodate up to 8 people per ride. For safety reasons, children must be 42 inches tall unless accompanied by an adult.
• Interactive Flight Simulators: (approximately 6 min.)
Try to become a jet combat "ace" -- in an F-4 Phantom II -- as you pilot the simulator into 360-degree barrel rolls. Choose either pilot or gunner responsibilities. Note: Interactive Flight Simulators accommodates 1 to 2 people per ride. For safety reasons, children must be 48 inches tall.
Year-Round
Daily: Open same hours as museum.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: West Wing, Gallery 103, Simulator Gallery. Cost: Tickets can be purchased at the Box Office or at the Simulator Gallery.
Admission Per Ride:
- Ride Simulator: $7.00 per person
- Interactive Flight Simulator: $8.00 per person
- Add a Simulator: $1.00 off with the purchase of an IMAX Theater or Planetarium ticket
- Groups: Discounts available; ask at the Box Office or at the Flight Simulators
- For reservations, call 202-633-4629 or 1-866-868-7774 (toll-free)
Payment Options
- At Simulators: Cash, VISA, or MasterCard
- At IMAX and Planetarium…
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:00 AM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Flight Simulators: SpaceWalk or Wings
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Ride Simulators: (approximately 5 min.)
Take an exciting virtual trip on board one of three ride simulators. Choose your adventure: Take a 3-D journey aboard the Space Shuttle to the International Space Station or experience the thrill of a flight in both vintage and jet-age aircraft. Note: Ride Simulators accommodate up to 8 people per ride. For safety reasons, children must be 42 inches tall unless accompanied by an adult.
, Interactive Flight Simulators: (approximately 6 min.)
Try to become a jet combat "ace" -- in one of two F-4 Phantom II interactive flight simulators -- as you pilot your aircraft into 360-degree barrel rolls. Choose either pilot or gunner responsibilities. Note: Interactive Flight Simulators accommodates 1 to 2 people per ride. For safety reasons, children must be 48 inches tall.
Year-Round:
, Daily: Open same hours as museum.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Main Level, near the simulators. Cost: Tickets can be purchased at the Box Office or at the Simulator Gallery.
Admission Per Ride:
- Ride Simulator: $7.00 per person
- Interactive Flight Simulator: $8.00 per person
- Add a Simulator: $1.00 off with the purchase of an IMAX Theater ticket
- Groups: Discounts available; ask at the Box Office or at the Flight Simulators
- For reservations, call 202-633-4629 or 1-866-868-7774 (toll-free)
Payment Options:
- At Simulator: Cash, VISA, or MasterCard
- At Box Office: Cash or major credit…
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:00 AM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Hands-On Family Activities
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Cultural interpreters help kids and families learn about Native culture through selected hands-on activities.
June through August 2010:
• Most Tues.-Sun.: 10 AM-12 Noon and 1-3 PM.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac, 1st Level.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Resource Center
Ongoing Tours & Activities
The Resource Center is a public reference area where visitors can learn more about the Native peoples of the Americas and the programs, exhibitions, and collections of the museum. The Center includes an Interactive Learning Center with 18 public-access computers, as well as a work-study area where adults and children can use reference materials and access online information. School groups are welcome in the Resource Center.
Year-Round
• Daily: 10 AM-5:30 PM
Notes
- The Resource Center may be closed on occasion for special workshops and activities.
- The Center's classroom, equipped with laptop computers and a large plasma video and data monitor, is available by appointment for guided hands-on sessions.
- For more information, call 202-633-6900, Mon.-Fri. except federal holidays.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: 3rd Level. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM.
Fish Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
Can you train a fish? Watch our koi and albino catfish appear at the ring of their breakfast bell (weather dependent).
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Kids' Farm.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM.
Butterfly Pavilion
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Take a stroll among live butterflies and exotic plants! Located adjacent to Partners in Evolution, this tropical oasis offers visitors a rare opportunity to get close to a variety of living butterflies from all over the world.
The Butterfly Pavilion will remain open until 6:30 p.m. with last ticket being sold at 6:00 p.m. during the following dates:
• Every day from Friday, May 28, 2010 to Sunday, September 5, 2010.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Kids & Families. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution Exhibit, 2nd Floor, West. Cost: Tickets can be purchased in advance (see Purchase Tickets Web link below), or by phone at 202-633-4629 (IMAX) or 1-877-932-4629 (IMAX) (toll-free) (10 AM-5 PM), or in person on the day of your visit at the Butterfly Pavilion Box Office or at any Smithsonian IMAX Box Office. For more information about the hours of operation, timed entry policy, ticket prices, group rates, etc. visit the Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution Web site.
Prices per ticket:
Adults $6
Seniors $5.50 (60+)
Children $5… Purchase Tickets: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=21156&venue_val=215878. Related Exhibition: Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:15 AM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.butterflies.si.edu. Highlights Tours
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Daily: 10:15 AM and 1 PM
Notes
- Tours subject to docent availability.
- Additional tours may be offered as announced; check at the Welcome Center.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at either Welcome desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:15 AM.
Orientation Film: Who We Are
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This unique, 13-minute, multimedia presentation transports visitors to the Arctic, the Northwest Coast, and the plateaus of Bolivia to reveal the diversity of contemporary Native life and to introduce themes and messages encountered throughout the museum.
Year-Round:
• Daily: every 30 minutes beginning at 10:15 AM; last show begins at 4:45 PM.
Note
- Hand-held translation devices are available in French, German, Japanese, and Spanish from staff who introduce the program.
Categories: Films. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Lelawi Theater, 4th Level. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:15 AM – 4:45 PM.
DISCOVERY THEATER, Franzini Family Science Circus
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Ages 5-12, A fun-filled and energy-packed science show. View more details.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: S. Dillon Ripley Center. Event Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Discovery Theater, 3rd Sublevel, 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Metro: Smithsonian (Blue/Orange Lines). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=VIARC&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=Calendar&tmssource=181896&performanceNumber=219886.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:15 AM.
Centennial Highlights Tours
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. To help celebrate the museum's 100th anniversary this year, tours may also focus on its centennial.
Through August 31, 2010:
• Tues.-Fri.: 10:30 AM and 1:30 PM
Additional Tour:
June 23-July 28, 2010:
• Most Wed.: Additional tour at 6 PM
Notes
- Tours subject to docent availability.
- No tours on federal holidays.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Meet in Rotunda, 1st floor, near information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:30 AM.
Discovery Room
Ongoing Tours & Activities
The Discovery Room is a hands-on room for families with children and students. The room features activities using real museum objects and artifacts that allow visitors to explore the natural world at their own pace, guided by their own interests and sense of wonder. Visitors can look at fossils, skulls, shells, and minerals; use a microscope; try on costumes from around the world; and much more. Docents are available to assist and answer questions.
Entry Procedures:
• Individuals:
- For families with children and students. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Year-Round:
Tues.-Thurs.: 12 Noon-2:30 PM
, Fri.: 10:30 AM-2:30 PM
, Sat. & Sun.: 10:30 AM-3:30 PM
• School Groups:
October-May: by reservation only; 3-week notice required; call 202-633-1079 or 202-633-9287 (TTY); for information, visit the Web at www.mnh.si.edu/education/discoveryroom.htm.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: 1st floor, East Wing, near African Voices.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM.
Live Tarantula Feedings
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Volunteers conduct tarantula feeding demonstrations, work with live insects that visitors may touch and hold, and answer questions about the many-legged creatures that live in the Insect Zoo.
Year-Round:
• Tues.- Fri.: 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, and 1:30 PM
• Sat. and Sun.: 11:30 AM, 12:30 PM, and 1:30 PM
Note
- Demonstrations offered unless otherwise posted.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: O. Orkin Insect Zoo, 2nd floor, West. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: O. Orkin Insect Zoo.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:30 AM.
For more info visit www.mnh.si.edu. Naturalist Center
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for ages 10 through adult) Explore this resource center of some 36,000 natural history and anthropological specimens where visitors, students, collectors, and natural history lovers can handle and study these objects, identify their own treasures, do research, draw, and more.
Year-Round:
• Tues.-Sat.: 10:30 AM-4 PM
Notes
- Closed most federal holidays
- The Center is closed during severe weather when hazardous driving conditions exist (e.g. snow, ice). Recommend callers/visitors call 703-779-9712 (voice), 800-729-7725 (voice), or 202-633-9287 (NMNH's TTY) for directions, information, and weather-related closings.
Entry Procedures:
• Individuals:
- Walk-in, free. Visitors must be 10 years of age or older to visit the main study gallery. A small Family Learning Center is available for younger guests.
• Groups:
- Groups of 6 or more admitted with advance reservations only; 2- to 4-week notice required.
- Call 703-779-9712 (voice), 800-729-7725 (voice), or 202-633-9287 (NMNH's TTY) for…
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Note Location: 741 Miller Dr. Suite G2, Leesburg, Virginia. Cost: Free.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Most Tues. Thurs. and Fri.: 10:30 AM and 11:45 PM
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 11 AM, 1 PM, and 3 PM
Notes
- Tours subject to docent availability.
- From time to time, the museum may pre-empt a highlights tour to offer a tour of its temporary exhibition; inquire at the information desk from 10 AM to 1 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: African Art Museum. Event Location: Meet at information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:30 AM.
Interactive Carts (10:30 am - 3:00 pm)
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) Docents stationed at carts help visitors get their hands on history and learn about the museum's collections. Activities include operating a cotton gin, peeking through a stereoscope, experiencing what it felt like to wear a corset, using a press to print a card, and copying a letter the way Jefferson did.
Year-Round:
• Available most days between 10:30 AM and 3 PM
Note
- Activity subject to docent availablility.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Location of carts vary; for location and schedule, check at either Welcome desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM.
Spotlight Tours (10:30 am - 3:00 pm)
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Docents offer a 15-minute overview of an exhibition or briefly discuss a favorite museum object.
Year-Round:
• Most days: Available between 10:30 AM and 3 PM
Notes
- Look for the "Docent on Duty" signs posted outside the exhibition entrances.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Locations vary; for location and schedule, check at the Welcome Center. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Daily: 10:30 AM and 1 PM
Note
- Additional tours may be offered as posted at the Welcome Center.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Meet at tour desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:30 AM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Interpretive Guides
Ongoing Activities
Look for interpretive guides on the second level who are available to discuss the special exhibition and to answer questions.
The current special exhibition is Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers and is on view:
May 21 through September 12, 2010:
• Daily: Guides available between 10:30 AM-4:30 PM
Note
- No guides on federal holidays.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: 2nd level, within the exhibition. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Daily: 10:30 AM and 1 PM
Note
- Additional tours may be offered as posted at the tour desk.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Meet at tour desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:30 AM.
Amazonia Fish Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
Thousands of fish species live in the Amazon Basin. Meet some of them in our Amazonia Habitat.
Time Detail: 11:00 am. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Amazonia.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM.
CANCELED - Elephant Training
Daily Zoo Activities
The elephant training demonstration is on hold while our herd gets used to their new indoor habitats. The elephants will still be viewable in their outdoor habitats.
Time Detail: 11:00 am at the Elephant House (outside). Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Outside Elephant House.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM.
Great Ape Research Demonstration
Daily Zoo Activities
Meet a cognitive researcher and learn about studies being conducted with the Zoo's orangutans and gorillas.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Think Tank.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM.
Meet a Kiwi
Daily Zoo Activities
Learn about New Zealand's best known bird.
Time Detail: 11:00am in the Bird House. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Bird House.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM.
Octopus Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
The giant Pacific octopus is a predator that demonstrates dynamic hunting behaviors.
Time Detail: 11:00 am at Invertebrates. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Invertebrates.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM.
Orangutan Crossing
Daily Zoo Activities
It's a thrilling sight to see the orangutans traveling on the Zoo's Orangutan Transport System, or O Line. The best time to see them is between 11 and 11:30 am (weather dependent).
Time Detail: 11:00 am on the O-Line. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: O Line.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
Flights of Fancy -- Stories for Children
Ongoing Activities
Hear museum staff read children's stories about aviation or space exploration; then try your hand at an art activity. For today's title, visit the museum's Web site at http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/storytimes/.
Year-Round:
Most Thurs. & Fri.: 11 AM
, Most Sat.: 11 AM & 1:30 PM.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: For location, ask at the museum's Welcome Center. Cost: Free.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:00 AM.
Public Observatory Project (11 AM-3 PM)
Ongoing Activities
(for all ages) Look through the 16-inch telescope to discover craters on the moon, spots on the sun (using safe solar filters), and other wonders of the universe. Participate in hands-on activities related to astronomy.
Through August 31, 2010::
• Most Thurs. Fri. Sat. and Sun.: 11 AM-3 PM (weather permitting)
Notes
- Observatory programs may be offered on Wednesdays; confirm at the museum's Welcome Center.
- Observatory programs may not be offered during cloudy or rainy weather; confirm at the museum's Welcome Center.
- Hours may change monthly.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Observatory located outside on SE terrace near Independence Ave. & 4th St.; entrance only available from outside. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Highlights Tours
Look for our friendly docent who will give a 30-minute tour of the highlights of the museum. To confirm dates and times, call 202-633-5534 (voice) or 202-633-9849 (TTY).
Year-Round:
• Most days: 11 AM and 1 PM
Note
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Self-Guided Highlights Tours
- Brochures, which include a floor plan and information about the museum's exhibitions, are available in a kiosk at the bottom of the escalators at the entrance to the museum.
- A copy of the self-guided tour brochure can also be downloaded here: Download Self-guided Tour Brochure (PDF).
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Postal Museum. Event Location: Meet at the information desk, street level, near top of escalators to museum. Cost: Free.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:00 AM.
Welcome and Orientation Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Cultural interpreters provide a brief 15-minute orientation of the museum's history, building, and exhibitions.
June through August 2010:
• Most Tues.-Sun.: 11 AM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st Level. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM.
Meet a Great Ape Keeper
Daily Zoo Activities
Learn about the fascinating world of apes. A keeper will speak about gorillas or orangutans.
Time Detail: 11:30 am at Great Apes. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Great Apes.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM.
Sloth Bear Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
Find out what and how these Asian bears eat.
Time Detail: 11:30 am on Asia Trail. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Asia Trail.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM.
Live Tarantula Feedings
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Volunteers conduct tarantula feeding demonstrations, work with live insects that visitors may touch and hold, and answer questions about the many-legged creatures that live in the Insect Zoo.
Year-Round:
• Tues.- Fri.: 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, and 1:30 PM
• Sat. and Sun.: 11:30 AM, 12:30 PM, and 1:30 PM
Note
- Demonstrations offered unless otherwise posted.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: O. Orkin Insect Zoo, 2nd floor, West. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: O. Orkin Insect Zoo.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:30 AM.
For more info visit www.mnh.si.edu. Historic Theater: Join the Student Sit-Ins at the Greensboro Lunch Counter
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) Meet a Civil Rights activist in 1960, just after the Greensboro student sit-in began. Take part in a training session -- based on an actual 1960s manual -- to prepare for your first sit-in and decide if you would have the courage to fight for justice during the Civil Rights movement. These 15- to 20-minute performances reveal the people behind the objects on view and the emotions in their stories.
July 2010:
• Daily: 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 3 PM, and 4:30 PM.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at Greensboro Lunch Counter, 2nd Floor, East Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM.
Hok-noth-da? (Did you hear?)—Listen! I Have a Story to Tell
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for ages 5-9) A Native staff member reads books by or about Native Americans. "Hok-noth-da?" means "Did you hear?" in the Shawnee language.
June through August 2010:
• Most days: 11:30 AM
Note
- Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis; children must be accompanied by an adult.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Resource Center, 3rd Level. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM.
DISCOVERY THEATER, Franzini Family Science Circus
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Ages 5-12, A fun-filled and energy-packed science show. View more details.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: S. Dillon Ripley Center. Event Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Discovery Theater, 3rd Sublevel, 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Metro: Smithsonian (Blue/Orange Lines). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=VIARC&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=Calendar&tmssource=181896&performanceNumber=219887.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:30 AM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Most Tues. Thurs. and Fri.: 10:30 AM and 11:45 PM
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 11 AM, 1 PM, and 3 PM
Notes
- Tours subject to docent availability.
- From time to time, the museum may pre-empt a highlights tour to offer a tour of its temporary exhibition; inquire at the information desk from 10 AM to 1 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: African Art Museum. Event Location: Meet at information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:45 AM.
Highlights of the Portrait Gallery
Ongoing Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the gallery.
Year-Round:
• Most Mon.-Fri.: 11:45 AM and 2:15 PM
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 11:45 AM and 3:15 PM
Note
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:45 AM.
Book Signings: Robert F. Dorr's Hell Hawks! and Air Force One
One-Time Events
Robert F. Dorr signs copies of his books Hell Hawks!: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht and Air Force One.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signing: George Norfleet's Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman
One-Time Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats Fridays through July 30; Saturdays, July 17 & 23; Sundays, July 4 & 31; Monday, July 5.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 12:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Freer Gallery Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
Explore the Freer Gallery of Art's rich and diverse collections. Learn about the museum's history and its outstanding holdings of Asian and late 19th-century American art. Exceptional works from China, Japan, Korea, South and Southeast Asia, the ancient Near East, and the Islamic world are on view. The Freer also houses the world's most extensive collection of paintings, prints, and drawings by American artist James McNeill Whistler, including his famous Peacock Room. Museum founder Charles Lang Freer's understanding and appreciation of art and its history shaped his personal collection and his vision for the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how he viewed Asian and American art from the perspective of a collector and a connoisseur in the late 19th century.
Year-Round:
• Most days except Wednesdays: 12 Noon
Notes
- No tour on federal holidays.
- Tours might not be offered when other programs are taking place in the exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 12:00 PM.
Sackler Gallery Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
Discover the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery’s premier collection of Asian art, with works from a broad range of Asian cultures and times. Learn about the history of the museum and view exceptional objects from the museum’s permanent collection and special exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days except Wednesdays: 12 Noon
Notes
- No tour on federal holidays.
- Tours might not be offered when other programs are taking place in the exhibitions.
- From time to time, the museum may offer additional tours; inquire
at the information desk.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 12:00 PM.
Hirshhorn Museum Highlights Tours
Ongoing Activities
Ask our friendly docent stationed at the information desk for a 30-minute tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Daily: Available between 12 Noon and 4 PM
Note
- No tours on federal holidays.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: Request a tour at the information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the gallery. The current special exhibition may also be included in this tour.
June 25 through September 19, 2010:
• Every Fri: 12 Noon
• Every Sat. and Sun.: 1 PM
Notes
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 12:00 PM.
Friday Gallery Talk: Richard Diebenkorn
One-Time Events
Curator Evelyn Hankins talks about an art work by artist Richard Diebenkorn.
Note: Topic and speaker subject to last-minute change.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: Meet at information desk. Cost: Free. Continues: Continues most Fridays.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM.
For more info visit hirshhorn.si.edu. Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 12:30 PM.
Daily Film in July: Native American Veterans: Storytelling for Healing
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(2009, 35 min. U.S. produced by the Administration for Native Americans)
It is estimated there are 24,000 Native Americans serving active duty in the U.S. military. More than 44,000 Native Americans served during World War II, with nearly as many serving during Vietnam. In this film, nine Native veterans tell singular, personal stories about their experiences serving in World War II, Vietnam, the Gulf War, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Note: For study guides and discussions providing background and historic context, or to order a copy of this program, check out the Administration for Native Americans at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ana/veterans/index.html or call 1-800-525-2859.
Categories: Films. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st Level. Cost: Free. Continues: Repeats daily through July 31.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit www.acf.hhs.gov. Forensic Anthropology Lab
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) The Forensic Anthropology Lab is a hands-on room where families with children learn that forensic science is far more mysterious and engaging than forensic fiction. Visitors use real human bones to identify and describe the gender and status of people from the past and draw conclusions about their lives.
Entry Procedures:
• Individuals:
- Walk-in. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Year-Round:
- Mon. Tues. Thurs. and Fri.: 1-5 PM
- Sat. & Sun.: 11 AM-4 PM
• School Groups:
October-May: by reservation only; 3-week notice required; for information and reservations, visit the Web at Forensic Lab or call 202-633-1085 or 202-633-9287 (TTY).
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Written in Bone, 2nd floor, West. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.mnh.si.edu. Special Exhibition Tour: Gods of Angkor: Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia
Ongoing Tours
Join a docent-led tour of this special exhibition.
July 19 through August 31, 2010:
• Most days, except Wednesdays: 1 PM
Notes
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours might not be offered when other programs are taking place in the galleries.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Gods of Angkor: Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 1:00 PM.
Highlights Tours
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Daily: 10:15 AM and 1 PM
Notes
- Tours subject to docent availability.
- Additional tours may be offered as announced; check at the Welcome Center.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at either information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Daily: 10:30 AM and 1 PM
Note
- Additional tours may be offered as posted at the Welcome Center.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Meet at tour desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 1:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Highlights Tours
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. To confirm dates and times, call 202-633-5534 (voice) or 202-633-9849 (TTY).
Year-Round:
• Most days: 11 AM and 1 PM
Notes
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Self-Guided Highlights Tours
- Brochures, which include a floor plan and information about the museum's exhibitions, are available in a kiosk at the bottom of the escalators at the entrance to the museum.
- A copy of the self-guided tour brochure can also be downloaded here: Download Self-guided Tour Brochure (PDF).
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Postal Museum. Event Location: Meet at the information desk, street level, near top of escalators to museum. Cost: Free.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 1:00 PM.
Help Crochet a Coral Reef Workshop
One-Time Events
Get to know the beautiful Sant Ocean Hall by soaking in the marine science and learning about the museum's conservation efforts through our fiber-work project. Come and crochet pieces for the Smithsonian Community Reef to become part of the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef exhibition! Instructors will be on hand to teach you how to crochet.
Categories: Demonstrations. Workshops. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: The Sant Ocean Hall's Focus Gallery (in the“SI Lab”), 1st Floor, Center. Cost: Free.
Please contact sicommunityreef@yahoo.com if you have any questions. Related Exhibition: The Sant Ocean Hall and Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef (opening October 16, 2010).
Friday, July 30, 2010, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Daily: 10:30 AM and 1 PM
Note
- Additional tours may be offered as posted at the tour desk.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Meet at tour desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 1:00 PM.
Hands-On Family Activities
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Cultural interpreters help kids and families learn about Native culture through selected hands-on activities.
June through August 2010:
• Most Tues.-Sun.: 10 AM-12 Noon and 1-3 PM.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac, 1st Level.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Docent's Choice Tour of the Portrait Gallery
Ongoing Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of one of the following: highlights of the museum, the America's Presidents exhibition, or one of the special exhibitions currently on view.
Year-Round:
• Most Mon.-Fri.: 1 PM and 3:30 PM
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 1:30 PM and 4:30 PM
Note
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 1:00 PM.
Great Ape Research Demonstration
Daily Zoo Activities
Meet a cognitive researcher and learn about studies being conducted with the Zoo's orangutans and gorillas.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Think Tank.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM.
Centennial Highlights Tours
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. To help celebrate the museum's 100th anniversary
this year, tours may also focus on its centennial.
Through August 31, 2010:
• Tues.-Fri.: 10:30 AM and 1:30 PM
Additional Tour:
June 23-July 28, 2010:
• Most Wed.: Additional tour at 6 PM
Notes
- Tours subject to docent availability.
- No tours on federal holidays.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Meet in Rotunda, 1st floor, near information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 1:30 PM.
Live Tarantula Feedings
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Volunteers conduct tarantula feeding demonstrations, work with live insects that visitors may touch and hold, and answer questions about the many-legged creatures that live in the Insect Zoo.
Year-Round:
• Sat. and Sun.: 11:30 AM, 12:30 PM, and 1:30 PM
• Tues.- Fri.: 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, and 1:30 PM
Note
- Demonstrations offered unless otherwise posted.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: O. Orkin Insect Zoo, 2nd floor, West. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: O. Orkin Insect Zoo.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 1:30 PM.
For more info visit www.mnh.si.edu. Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Historic Theater: Join the Student Sit-Ins at the Greensboro Lunch Counter
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) Meet a Civil Rights activist in 1960, just after the Greensboro student sit-in began. Take part in a training session -- based on an actual 1960s manual -- to prepare for your first sit-in and decide if you would have the courage to fight for justice during the Civil Rights movement. These 15- to 20-minute performances reveal the people behind the objects on view and the emotions in their stories.
July 2010:
• Daily: 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 3 PM, and 4:30 PM.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at Greensboro Lunch Counter, 2nd Floor, East Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 1:30 PM – 1:50 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Cultural interpreters provide a 45-minute overview of the museum's history, landscape, building, exhibitions, and other points of interest.
Through August 2010:
• Most days: 1:30 PM
• Most Sat.: Additional tour at 3 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st Level. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM.
Meet a Small Mammal
Daily Zoo Activities
An animal keeper will introduce you to one of the Zoo's small mammals like an armadillo or naked mole-rat.
Time Detail: 2:00 pm at the Small Mammal House. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Small Mammal House.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM.
Spider Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
Eight-legged wonders! Get up close and personal with the golden orb weaver spiders.
Time Detail: 2:00pm at Invertebrates. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Invertebrates.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 2:00 PM.
Portraits Alive!
One-Time Events
Teens from Washington, D.C. — through Mayor Adrian Fenty’s 2010 Summer Youth Employment Program — lead a theatrical tour that brings the Portrait Gallery’s collection to life through an original, student-written play. The memorable journey takes visitors to a variety of portraits as the students perform biographical portrayals of the people represented in the photograph, painting, drawing, sculpture, or print.
Event occurs Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri July 28 – August 13, 2010, at 2:15pm.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Kids & Families. Performances. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in F Street Lobby. Cost: Free.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 2:15 PM.
CANCELED - Highlights of the Portrait Gallery
Ongoing Activities
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 2:15 PM.
Octopus Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
The giant Pacific octopus is a predator that demonstrates dynamic hunting behaviors.
Time Detail: 3:00 pm at Invertebrates. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Invertebrates.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM.
Historic Theater: Join the Student Sit-Ins at the Greensboro Lunch Counter
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) Meet a Civil Rights activist in 1960, just after the Greensboro student sit-in began. Take part in a training session -- based on an actual 1960s manual -- to prepare for your first sit-in and decide if you would have the courage to fight for justice during the Civil Rights movement. These 15- to 20-minute performances reveal the people behind the objects on view and the emotions in their stories.
July 2010:
• Daily: 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 3 PM, and 4:30 PM.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at Greensboro Lunch Counter, 2nd Floor, East Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM.
HOT (Human Origins Today) Topics: Dialogue on the Relationship Between Scientific and Religious Perspectives on Human Origins
One-Time Events
Join Dr. Rick Potts (curator, The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins) and Dr. Jim Miller (co-chair, Human Origins Program's Broader Social Impacts Committee) in a dialogue on the relationship between scientific and religious perspectives in light of the latest research on human evolution.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins (in the One Species: Living Worldwide Theater), 1st Floor, Northwest Wing. Cost: Free. Related Events: HOT Topics series continues August 27. Related Exhibition: The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit humanorigins.si.edu. Exhibition Tour—Brian Jungen: Strange Comfort
Ongoing Tours & Activities
A cultural interpreter will provide a 30-minute tour of the exhibition Brian Jungen: Strange Comfort (on view through August 8, 2010).
Tours offered June 4 through August 8, 2010:
• Most Mon. and Fri.: 3 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: meet at exhibition entrance, 3rd Level. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Brian Jungen: Strange Comfort.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit www.nmai.si.edu. Daily Film in July: Free Land
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(2009, 62 min. U.S. directed by Minda Martin)
Filmmaker Minda Martin weaves an unusual dialogue between her parents’ chronic homelessness and the homelessness imposed on her ancestors by the forced removal of the Cherokee people from Cherokee Nation 170 years earlier. Using historic documents, including Dawes Commission interviews (1893-1914), photographs, and shot footage, Martin constructs an experience for audiences familiar with contemporary homelessness into the lasting effects of forced removal on a people.
Categories: Films. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st Level. Cost: Free. Continues: Repeats daily through July 31.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit www.mindamartin.org. Docent's Choice Tour of the Portrait Gallery
Ongoing Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of one of the following: highlights of the museum, the America's Presidents exhibition, or one of the special exhibitions currently on view.
Year-Round:
• Most Mon.-Fri.: 1 PM and 3:30 PM
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 1:30 PM and 4:30 PM
Notes
- Tours subject to docent availability.
- On the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month, the 1:30 PM tour may be offered in Spanish (depending upon demand).
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 3:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Additional Tour:
• Fri. July 30: 4:30 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 4:30 PM.
Historic Theater: Join the Student Sit-Ins at the Greensboro Lunch Counter
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) Meet a Civil Rights activist in 1960, just after the Greensboro student sit-in began. Take part in a training session -- based on an actual 1960s manual -- to prepare for your first sit-in and decide if you would have the courage to fight for justice during the Civil Rights movement. These 15- to 20-minute performances reveal the people behind the objects on view and the emotions in their stories.
July 2010:
• Daily: 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 3 PM, and 4:30 PM.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at Greensboro Lunch Counter, 2nd Floor, East Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 4:30 PM – 4:50 PM.
Photoshop for Photographers, 5-Session Weekend Course
Resident Associate Program
Designed for photographers working in a digital darkroom with Adobe Photoshop, this class introduces students to the most effective ways of setting up files to make controlled tone and color adjustments. View more details.
Categories: After Five. Workshops. Workshops. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: National Museum of Natural History, Computer Lab, 10th & Constitution Avenue, NW. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=VIARC&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=Calendar&tmssource=181896&performanceNumber=220605.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 6:00 PM.
Made in Hong Kong Film Festival: The Contract
Films
In the 1970s and 80s, the Hui Brothers kept Hong Kong audiences in stitches with a string of popular slapstick comedies that have rarely been seen in the U.S. This screening provides a rare chance to see them in all their ridiculous glory. This classic satire of the entertainment industry is full of silly jokes, wacky physical comedy, and amazing stunts. It tells the story of a beleaguered television executive who, with help from his eccentric inventor brother and a sub-par magician friend, goes to amazing lengths to get out of his contract so he can move on to his dream job. (Dir. Michael Hui; 1978; 97 min.; Cantonese with English subtitles).
Categories: Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; first come, first served.
Friday, July 30, 2010, 7:00 PM.
IMAX Films at the Samuel C. Johnson IMAX Theater
Ongoing Tours & Activities
For Showtimes and ticketing information visit the Johnson IMAX Theater web site.
Note:
- For after hours shows, use the Constitution Ave. entrance.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Johnson IMAX Theater, 1st Floor. Purchase Tickets: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=21156&venue_val=202321.
Saturday, July 31, 2010.
For more info visit www.si.edu. Audio Tour: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Use your cell phone or borrow an audio player to take an audio tour of the Luce Foundation Center.
Year-Round:
Daily: Available via cell phone 11:30 AM-7 PM
, Daily: Free audio players available at the Luce Foundation Center information desk 11:30 AM-6 PM.
Time Detail: All day event. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010.
Scavenger Hunt: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) With more than 3,300 artworks displayed in floor-to-ceiling glass cases, the Luce Foundation Center is the perfect place for a scavenger hunt! Follow the clues presented in one of several themed hunts -- from monsters to magic -- to discover new art during each adventure.
Year-Round:
Daily: 11:30 AM-7 PM.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; scavenger hunt handouts available at the Luce Foundation Center information desk on the mezzanine.
Saturday, July 31, 2010.
Albert Einstein Planetarium
Ongoing Activities
Embark on an astronomical adventure at the Einstein Planetarium. For Showtimes and ticketing information visit the Einstein Planetarium Web site.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Albert Einstein Planetarium. Purchase Tickets: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=21156&venue_val=202322.
Saturday, July 31, 2010.
IMAX Films at the Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater
Ongoing Activities
Explore our fascination with flight through the air and in space. View Earth from the open cargo bay of the Space Shuttle. Journey to natural and man-made wonders of the world. These and other thrills await you in the National Air and Space Museum's Lockheed Martin Imax Theater. Films are projected on the five-story-high screen with six-channel digital surround sound. For information on films, see Web site below.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater. Purchase Tickets: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=21156&venue_val=202320.
Saturday, July 31, 2010.
For more info visit www.si.edu. Scavenger Hunt
Ongoing Tours
(for all ages) Discover stunning works of decorative art and craft as you try to win a prize.
June through August 2010:
• Daily: 10 AM-5:30 PM.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Scavenger hunt kits available at the information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010.
IMAX Films at the Airbus IMAX Theater
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Explore our fascination with flight through the air and in space. View Earth from the open cargo bay of the Space Shuttle. Journey to natural and man-made wonders of the world. These and other thrills await you in the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center's Airbus IMAX Theater. Films are projected on the five-story-high screen with six-channel digital surround sound. For information on films, see Web site below.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Airbus IMAX Theater. Purchase Tickets: http://www.si.edu/imax/shows.htm.
Saturday, July 31, 2010.
For more info visit www.si.edu. Castle Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the Smithsonian Castle. Visitors learn about the Institution's benefactor, James Smithson, and the architecture of the building while on a tour of the public areas of the Castle, which include James Smithson's crypt, the Great Hall, and the West Wing.
Year-Round:
Mon. and Fri.: 9:30 AM
, Sat.: 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM
, Sun.: 10:30 AM
Note
- Tour subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Smithsonian Castle. Event Location: Meet at information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 9:30 AM.
2-Day Festival: All Hands on Design! Native Designers from Argentina
One-Time Events
This program features hands-on activities for adults and children with displays featuring the work of indigenous Argentine designers from Argentina’s national design program Identidades Productivas. Visiting designers include Fidelia Levicoy (Mapuche) from Patagonia weaving textiles on a vertical loom; Daniel Ramos (Omaguaca), a potter and musician from Jujuy, making ancient, flute-like ocarinas and animal figurines; and María Toribio (Wichi), a textile artist from Formosa, making bracelets and bookmarks from natural fibers. Come talk to the designers and try your hands at some traditional native designs from Argentina! What you make you can take home as a souvenir.
This program is part of the series “Argentina at the Smithsonian 2010.".
Categories: Celebrations. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st Level. Cost: Free; first come, first served. Continues: Festival continues August 1. Related Events: See films at 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM and concert at 3 PM today.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM.
Elephant Viewing
Daily Zoo Activities
The Elephant House will be closed while we build the elephants a new home. However, they will be on view in their outdoor habitats from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm daily (weather dependent).
Time Detail: 10-4. Categories: Kids & Families. Demonstrations. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Outside Elephant House.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Encounter Invertebrates
Daily Zoo Activities
Explore the complex and fascinating world of invertebrates: corals and crabs, ants and anemones, snails and spiders.
Time Detail: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, every half hour at the Invertebrate Exhibit. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Invertebrates. Continues: Every half hour.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Great Cats Viewing
Daily Zoo Activities
The lions and tigers are on exhibit from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily.
Time Detail: 10-4 at the Great Cats Exhibit. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Great Cats.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
How Do You Zoo?
Daily Zoo Activities
Learn about working at the Zoo in this hands-on discovery room for children ages five to ten.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Visitor Center.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Human Origins Hall Interpreters
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Museum docents welcome visitors, answer questions, and help visitors navigate the exhibition.
Through August 31, 2010:
• Most days: 10 AM-4 PM
Note
- Subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins, 1st floor. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Sant Ocean Hall Navigators
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Museum docents welcome visitors, answer questions, and help visitors navigate the exhibition.
July 1-31, 2010:
• Most days: 10 AM-4 PM
Note
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: The Sant Ocean Hall, 1st floor. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: The Sant Ocean Hall.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Ride Simulators
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Ride Simulators: (ride approximately 5 min.)
Take an exciting virtual trip on board one of four simulators. Experience the thrill of careening through an action-packed roller-coaster course or racing in futuristic high-speed hovercars. Choose your adventure: Cosmic Race, Bermuda Triangle, Solar Coaster, Grand Prix Raceway, Astro Canyon, or Glacier Run.
Note: Simulator accommodates up to 8 people per ride. Children must be 42 inches tall unless riding with an adult.
Year-Round:
, Daily: Open same hours as museum.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Lower Level, across from the Stars and Stripes Cafe. Cost: Tickets can be purchased at the entrance to the simulators and at the Welcome desk, 1st floor, near the Constitution Ave. entrance.
Admission Per Ride
- $7.00 per person
Payment Options:
- Cash, VISA, and MasterCard.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:00 AM.
Spark!Lab
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) The Lemelson Center's Spark!Lab offers visitors a number of hands-on experiments that teach about science, the invention process, and the role of technology in American history. Activities are organized around the invention process and will rotate on a regular basis to provide visitors with new learning experiences.
Year-Round:
Open daily: 10 AM-4 PM; entry is first come, first served.
, Staff-led experiments are offered most days at 11 AM, 12 Noon, 1 PM, 2 PM, and 3 PM; confirm schedule at either Welcome desk.
Notes
- Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
- Maximum capacity is 45.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: 1st floor, West Wing, near Science in American Life. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Flight Simulators: Fly or Ride!
Ongoing Activities
• Ride Simulators: (approximately 5 min.)
Take an exciting virtual trip on board one of two simulators. Choose your adventure: Ride aboard the Space Shuttle to the International Space Station or experience the thrill of a flight in both vintage and jet-age aircraft. Note: Ride Simulators accommodate up to 8 people per ride. For safety reasons, children must be 42 inches tall unless accompanied by an adult.
• Interactive Flight Simulators: (approximately 6 min.)
Try to become a jet combat "ace" -- in an F-4 Phantom II -- as you pilot the simulator into 360-degree barrel rolls. Choose either pilot or gunner responsibilities. Note: Interactive Flight Simulators accommodates 1 to 2 people per ride. For safety reasons, children must be 48 inches tall.
Year-Round
Daily: Open same hours as museum.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: West Wing, Gallery 103, Simulator Gallery. Cost: Tickets can be purchased at the Box Office or at the Simulator Gallery.
Admission Per Ride:
- Ride Simulator: $7.00 per person
- Interactive Flight Simulator: $8.00 per person
- Add a Simulator: $1.00 off with the purchase of an IMAX Theater or Planetarium ticket
- Groups: Discounts available; ask at the Box Office or at the Flight Simulators
- For reservations, call 202-633-4629 or 1-866-868-7774 (toll-free)
Payment Options
- At Simulators: Cash, VISA, or MasterCard
- At IMAX and Planetarium…
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:00 AM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Flight Simulators: SpaceWalk or Wings
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Ride Simulators: (approximately 5 min.)
Take an exciting virtual trip on board one of three ride simulators. Choose your adventure: Take a 3-D journey aboard the Space Shuttle to the International Space Station or experience the thrill of a flight in both vintage and jet-age aircraft. Note: Ride Simulators accommodate up to 8 people per ride. For safety reasons, children must be 42 inches tall unless accompanied by an adult.
, Interactive Flight Simulators: (approximately 6 min.)
Try to become a jet combat "ace" -- in one of two F-4 Phantom II interactive flight simulators -- as you pilot your aircraft into 360-degree barrel rolls. Choose either pilot or gunner responsibilities. Note: Interactive Flight Simulators accommodates 1 to 2 people per ride. For safety reasons, children must be 48 inches tall.
Year-Round:
, Daily: Open same hours as museum.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Main Level, near the simulators. Cost: Tickets can be purchased at the Box Office or at the Simulator Gallery.
Admission Per Ride:
- Ride Simulator: $7.00 per person
- Interactive Flight Simulator: $8.00 per person
- Add a Simulator: $1.00 off with the purchase of an IMAX Theater ticket
- Groups: Discounts available; ask at the Box Office or at the Flight Simulators
- For reservations, call 202-633-4629 or 1-866-868-7774 (toll-free)
Payment Options:
- At Simulator: Cash, VISA, or MasterCard
- At Box Office: Cash or major credit…
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:00 AM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Hands-On Family Activities
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Cultural interpreters help kids and families learn about Native culture through selected hands-on activities.
June through August 2010:
• Most Tues.-Sun.: 10 AM-12 Noon and 1-3 PM.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac, 1st Level.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Resource Center
Ongoing Tours & Activities
The Resource Center is a public reference area where visitors can learn more about the Native peoples of the Americas and the programs, exhibitions, and collections of the museum. The Center includes an Interactive Learning Center with 18 public-access computers, as well as a work-study area where adults and children can use reference materials and access online information. School groups are welcome in the Resource Center.
Year-Round
• Daily: 10 AM-5:30 PM
Notes
- The Resource Center may be closed on occasion for special workshops and activities.
- The Center's classroom, equipped with laptop computers and a large plasma video and data monitor, is available by appointment for guided hands-on sessions.
- For more information, call 202-633-6900, Mon.-Fri. except federal holidays.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: 3rd Level. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM.
Introduction to Watercolor, 3-Session Weekend Course
Resident Associate Program
Beginning students as well as experienced painters explore new materials and techniques in watercolor painting in this course. Painting still-lifes and landscapes from direct observation or photographs, they explore basic watercolor techniques and learn new approaches to painting through classroom demonstration, discussion, and experimentation. View more details.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: S. Dillon Ripley Center. Event Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Room 3038/39, 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Metro: Smithsonian (Blue/Orange Lines). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=VIARC&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=Calendar&tmssource=181896&performanceNumber=220557.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:00 AM.
Fish Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
Can you train a fish? Watch our koi and albino catfish appear at the ring of their breakfast bell (weather dependent).
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Kids' Farm.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM.
Butterfly Pavilion
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Take a stroll among live butterflies and exotic plants! Located adjacent to Partners in Evolution, this tropical oasis offers visitors a rare opportunity to get close to a variety of living butterflies from all over the world.
The Butterfly Pavilion will remain open until 6:30 p.m. with last ticket being sold at 6:00 p.m. during the following dates:
• Every day from Friday, May 28, 2010 to Sunday, September 5, 2010.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Kids & Families. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution Exhibit, 2nd Floor, West. Cost: Tickets can be purchased in advance (see Purchase Tickets Web link below), or by phone at 202-633-4629 (IMAX) or 1-877-932-4629 (IMAX) (toll-free) (10 AM-5 PM), or in person on the day of your visit at the Butterfly Pavilion Box Office or at any Smithsonian IMAX Box Office. For more information about the hours of operation, timed entry policy, ticket prices, group rates, etc. visit the Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution Web site.
Prices per ticket:
Adults $6
Seniors $5.50 (60+)
Children $5… Purchase Tickets: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=21156&venue_val=215878. Related Exhibition: Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:15 AM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.butterflies.si.edu. Highlights Tours
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Daily: 10:15 AM and 1 PM
Notes
- Tours subject to docent availability.
- Additional tours may be offered as announced; check at the Welcome Center.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at either Welcome desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:15 AM.
Orientation Film: Who We Are
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This unique, 13-minute, multimedia presentation transports visitors to the Arctic, the Northwest Coast, and the plateaus of Bolivia to reveal the diversity of contemporary Native life and to introduce themes and messages encountered throughout the museum.
Year-Round:
• Daily: every 30 minutes beginning at 10:15 AM; last show begins at 4:45 PM.
Note
- Hand-held translation devices are available in French, German, Japanese, and Spanish from staff who introduce the program.
Categories: Films. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Lelawi Theater, 4th Level. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:15 AM – 4:45 PM.
Discovery Room
Ongoing Tours & Activities
The Discovery Room is a hands-on room for families with children and students. The room features activities using real museum objects and artifacts that allow visitors to explore the natural world at their own pace, guided by their own interests and sense of wonder. Visitors can look at fossils, skulls, shells, and minerals; use a microscope; try on costumes from around the world; and much more. Docents are available to assist and answer questions.
Entry Procedures:
• Individuals:
- For families with children and students. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Year-Round:
Tues.-Thurs.: 12 Noon-2:30 PM
, Fri.: 10:30 AM-2:30 PM
, Sat. & Sun.: 10:30 AM-3:30 PM
• School Groups:
October-May: by reservation only; 3-week notice required; call 202-633-1079 or 202-633-9287 (TTY); for information, visit the Web at www.mnh.si.edu/education/discoveryroom.htm.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: 1st floor, East Wing, near African Voices.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM.
Naturalist Center
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for ages 10 through adult) Explore this resource center of some 36,000 natural history and anthropological specimens where visitors, students, collectors, and natural history lovers can handle and study these objects, identify their own treasures, do research, draw, and more.
Year-Round:
• Tues.-Sat.: 10:30 AM-4 PM
Notes
- Closed most federal holidays
- The Center is closed during severe weather when hazardous driving conditions exist (e.g. snow, ice). Recommend callers/visitors call 703-779-9712 (voice), 800-729-7725 (voice), or 202-633-9287 (NMNH's TTY) for directions, information, and weather-related closings.
Entry Procedures:
• Individuals:
- Walk-in, free. Visitors must be 10 years of age or older to visit the main study gallery. A small Family Learning Center is available for younger guests.
• Groups:
- Groups of 6 or more admitted with advance reservations only; 2- to 4-week notice required.
- Call 703-779-9712 (voice), 800-729-7725 (voice), or 202-633-9287 (NMNH's TTY) for…
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Note Location: 741 Miller Dr. Suite G2, Leesburg, Virginia. Cost: Free.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM.
Historic Theater: Broad Stripes and Bright Stars
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) Meet Mary Pickersgill, the seamstress who sewed the Star-Spangled Banner in 1813. Help her assemble the huge garrison flag and learn about its history. These 15- to 20-minute performances reveal the people behind the objects on view and the emotions in their stories.
July 2010:
Tues. Thurs. Sat.: 10:30 AM, 12:30 PM, 2:00 PM, and 3:30 PM.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet in Flag Hall, 2nd floor, Center. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM.
Interactive Carts (10:30 am - 3:00 pm)
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) Docents stationed at carts help visitors get their hands on history and learn about the museum's collections. Activities include operating a cotton gin, peeking through a stereoscope, experiencing what it felt like to wear a corset, using a press to print a card, and copying a letter the way Jefferson did.
Year-Round:
• Available most days between 10:30 AM and 3 PM
Note
- Activity subject to docent availablility.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Location of carts vary; for location and schedule, check at either Welcome desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM.
Spotlight Tours (10:30 am - 3:00 pm)
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Docents offer a 15-minute overview of an exhibition or briefly discuss a favorite museum object.
Year-Round:
• Most days: Available between 10:30 AM and 3 PM
Notes
- Look for the "Docent on Duty" signs posted outside the exhibition entrances.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Locations vary; for location and schedule, check at the Welcome Center. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Daily: 10:30 AM and 1 PM
Note
- Additional tours may be offered as posted at the Welcome Center.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Meet at tour desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:30 AM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Special Exhibition Tour: Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of this exhibition that
explores the rich history and the cultural significance of Harlem's Apollo Theater.
Through August 29, 2010:
• Tues. Sat. and Sun.: 10:30 AM, 12 Noon, and 1 PM
Note
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at exhibition entrance, 2nd Floor, East Wing Note: The National Museum of African American History and Culture has not been built yet; the National Museum of American History is hosting programs in the interim. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment (on view at the American History Museum).
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:30 AM.
Interpretive Guides
Ongoing Activities
Look for interpretive guides on the second level who are available to discuss the special exhibition and to answer questions.
The current special exhibition is Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers and is on view:
May 21 through September 12, 2010:
• Daily: Guides available between 10:30 AM-4:30 PM
Note
- No guides on federal holidays.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: 2nd level, within the exhibition. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM.
Sculpture Garden Tours (Exterior)
Ongoing Activities
Ask our friendly docent stationed at the information desk for a 30-minute tour of the Sculpture Garden.
June 5, 2010 - August 29, 2010::
• Most Sat. & Sun.: Available between 10:30 AM and 12 Noon, weather permitting
Note
- Tour times may vary during warmer months.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: Request a tour at the information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Daily: 10:30 AM and 1 PM
Note
- Additional tours may be offered as posted at the tour desk.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Meet at tour desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:30 AM.
Castle Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the Smithsonian Castle. Visitors learn about the Institution's benefactor, James Smithson, and the architecture of the building while on a tour of the public areas of the Castle, which include James Smithson's crypt, the Great Hall, and the West Wing.
Year-Round:
Sat.: 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM
, Sun.: 10:30 AM
, Mon. and Fri.: 9:30 AM
Note
- Tour subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Smithsonian Castle. Event Location: Meet at information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:30 AM.
Afro-Brazilian Dance Steps
One-Time Events
Julia Jones -- noted Washington, D.C. choreographer and dancer -- leads this workshop on Afro-Brazilian dance movements.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Anacostia Community Museum. Event Location: Program Room. Cost: Free; for more information, call 202-633-4844. Related Events: See related Gullah programs in July-September. Related Exhibition: Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner Connecting Communities through Language (opening August 9, 2010).
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit anacostia.si.edu. Amazonia Fish Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
Thousands of fish species live in the Amazon Basin. Meet some of them in our Amazonia Habitat.
Time Detail: 11:00 am. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Amazonia.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM.
Bird Enrichment Demonstration
Daily Zoo Activities
Watch birds forage and catch their food mid-flight, as a keeper or volunteer narrates in the Indoor Flight Room.
Time Detail: 11:00 am. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Bird House.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM.
CANCELED - Elephant Training
Daily Zoo Activities
The elephant training demonstration is on hold while our herd gets used to their new indoor habitats. The elephants will still be viewable in their outdoor habitats.
Time Detail: 11:00 am at the Elephant House (outside). Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Outside Elephant House.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM.
Great Ape Research Demonstration
Daily Zoo Activities
Meet a cognitive researcher and learn about studies being conducted with the Zoo's orangutans and gorillas.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Think Tank.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM.
Octopus Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
The giant Pacific octopus is a predator that demonstrates dynamic hunting behaviors.
Time Detail: 11:00 am at Invertebrates. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Invertebrates.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM.
Orangutan Crossing
Daily Zoo Activities
It's a thrilling sight to see the orangutans traveling on the Zoo's Orangutan Transport System, or O Line. The best time to see them is between 11 and 11:30 am (weather dependent).
Time Detail: 11:00 am on the O-Line. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: O Line.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
Forensic Anthropology Lab
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) The Forensic Anthropology Lab is a hands-on room where families with children learn that forensic science is far more mysterious and engaging than forensic fiction. Visitors use real human bones to identify and describe the gender and status of people from the past and draw conclusions about their lives.
Entry Procedures:
• Individuals:
- Walk-in. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Year-Round:
- Mon. Tues. Thurs. and Fri.: 1-5 PM
- Sat. & Sun.: 11 AM-4 PM
• School Groups:
October-May: by reservation only; 3-week notice required; for information and reservations, visit the Web at Forensic Lab or call 202-633-1085 or 202-633-9287 (TTY).
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Written in Bone, 2nd floor, West. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.mnh.si.edu. The Sant Ocean Hall Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docents who will give a tour of the related exhibition.
Year-Round:
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 11 AM and 2 PM,
Note
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Meet at entrance to the Sant Ocean Hall, 1st Floor, just off the Rotunda. Related Exhibition: The Sant Ocean Hall.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:00 AM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 11 AM, 1 PM, and 3 PM
• Most Tues. Thurs. and Fri.: 10:30 AM and 11:45 PM
Notes
- Tours subject to docent availability.
- From time to time, the museum may pre-empt a highlights tour to offer a tour of its temporary exhibition; inquire at the information desk from 10 AM to 1 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: African Art Museum. Event Location: Meet at information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:00 AM.
Flights of Fancy -- Stories for Children
Ongoing Activities
Hear museum staff read children's stories about aviation or space exploration; then try your hand at an art activity. For today's title, visit the museum's Web site at http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/storytimes/.
Year-Round:
Most Thurs. & Fri.: 11 AM
, Most Sat.: 11 AM & 1:30 PM.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: For location, ask at the museum's Welcome Center. Cost: Free.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:00 AM.
Public Observatory Project (11 AM-3 PM)
Ongoing Activities
(for all ages) Look through the 16-inch telescope to discover craters on the moon, spots on the sun (using safe solar filters), and other wonders of the universe. Participate in hands-on activities related to astronomy.
Through August 31, 2010::
• Most Thurs. Fri. Sat. and Sun.: 11 AM-3 PM (weather permitting)
Notes
- Observatory programs may be offered on Wednesdays; confirm at the museum's Welcome Center.
- Observatory programs may not be offered during cloudy or rainy weather; confirm at the museum's Welcome Center.
- Hours may change monthly.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Observatory located outside on SE terrace near Independence Ave. & 4th St.; entrance only available from outside. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Highlights Tours
Look for our friendly docent who will give a 30-minute tour of the highlights of the museum. To confirm dates and times, call 202-633-5534 (voice) or 202-633-9849 (TTY).
Year-Round:
• Most days: 11 AM and 1 PM
Note
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Self-Guided Highlights Tours
- Brochures, which include a floor plan and information about the museum's exhibitions, are available in a kiosk at the bottom of the escalators at the entrance to the museum.
- A copy of the self-guided tour brochure can also be downloaded here: Download Self-guided Tour Brochure (PDF).
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Postal Museum. Event Location: Meet at the information desk, street level, near top of escalators to museum. Cost: Free.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:00 AM.
Welcome and Orientation Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Cultural interpreters provide a brief 15-minute orientation of the museum's history, building, and exhibitions.
June through August 2010:
• Most Tues.-Sun.: 11 AM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st Level. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM.
Argentina at the Smithsonian - Special Screenings
One-Time Events
“Pioneer ethnographic filmmaker Jorge Preloran, a cultural icon in Argentina, has donated his oeuvre to the Human Studies Film Archives. The collection includes 46 documentaries on ethnographic topics in the U.S. and Latin America, eleven of which focus on their protagonists' life-stories. Preloran is celebrated for having developed a cinematic genre known as ethnobiography, which filmmaker David MacDougall describes as sharing the testimonial qualities of Jean Rouch’s work while being closely related to the life history genre of ethnography.” Enjoy the following selected works by Jorge Prelorán:
• Chucalezna (1968, 16 min, Argentina, directed by Jorge Preloran, in Spanish with English subtitles)
In the Quebrada de Humahuaca (Valley of Humahuaca), not far from the Bolivian border, a little western-style school serves 30 or so families of the region. In spite of their starched, white cotton dresses and shirts and trousers, the children have become painters of the most intricate and colorful landscapes; of…
Categories: Films. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater. Cost: Free. Continues: Repeats at the same time August 1. Related Events: See film at 1:30 PM and performance at 3 PM today.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
Meet a Great Ape Keeper
Daily Zoo Activities
Learn about the fascinating world of apes. A keeper will speak about gorillas or orangutans.
Time Detail: 11:30 am at Great Apes. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Great Apes.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM.
Sloth Bear Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
Find out what and how these Asian bears eat.
Time Detail: 11:30 am on Asia Trail. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Asia Trail.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM.
Live Tarantula Feedings
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Volunteers conduct tarantula feeding demonstrations, work with live insects that visitors may touch and hold, and answer questions about the many-legged creatures that live in the Insect Zoo.
Year-Round:
• Tues.- Fri.: 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, and 1:30 PM
• Sat. and Sun.: 11:30 AM, 12:30 PM, and 1:30 PM
Note
- Demonstrations offered unless otherwise posted.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: O. Orkin Insect Zoo, 2nd floor, West. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: O. Orkin Insect Zoo.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:30 AM.
For more info visit www.mnh.si.edu. Historic Theater: Join the Student Sit-Ins at the Greensboro Lunch Counter
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) Meet a Civil Rights activist in 1960, just after the Greensboro student sit-in began. Take part in a training session -- based on an actual 1960s manual -- to prepare for your first sit-in and decide if you would have the courage to fight for justice during the Civil Rights movement. These 15- to 20-minute performances reveal the people behind the objects on view and the emotions in their stories.
July 2010:
• Daily: 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 3 PM, and 4:30 PM.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at Greensboro Lunch Counter, 2nd Floor, East Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM.
Hok-noth-da? (Did you hear?)—Listen! I Have a Story to Tell
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for ages 5-9) A Native staff member reads books by or about Native Americans. "Hok-noth-da?" means "Did you hear?" in the Shawnee language.
June through August 2010:
• Most days: 11:30 AM
Note
- Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis; children must be accompanied by an adult.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Resource Center, 3rd Level. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM.
Highlights of the Portrait Gallery
Ongoing Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the gallery.
Year-Round:
• Most Mon.-Fri.: 11:45 AM and 2:15 PM
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 11:45 AM and 3:15 PM
Note
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 11:45 AM.
Book Signings: Robert F. Dorr's Hell Hawks! and Air Force One
One-Time Events
Robert F. Dorr signs copies of his books Hell Hawks!: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht and Air Force One.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signings: Sandra O'Connell's American Family in WWII
One-Time Events
Sandra O'Connell signs copies of her book American Family in WWII.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signing: George Norfleet's Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman
One-Time Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats Fridays through July 30; Saturdays, July 17 & 23; Sundays, July 4 & 31; Monday, July 5.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 12:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Freer Gallery Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
Explore the Freer Gallery of Art's rich and diverse collections. Learn about the museum's history and its outstanding holdings of Asian and late 19th-century American art. Exceptional works from China, Japan, Korea, South and Southeast Asia, the ancient Near East, and the Islamic world are on view. The Freer also houses the world's most extensive collection of paintings, prints, and drawings by American artist James McNeill Whistler, including his famous Peacock Room. Museum founder Charles Lang Freer's understanding and appreciation of art and its history shaped his personal collection and his vision for the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how he viewed Asian and American art from the perspective of a collector and a connoisseur in the late 19th century.
Year-Round:
• Most days except Wednesdays: 12 Noon
Notes
- No tour on federal holidays.
- Tours might not be offered when other programs are taking place in the exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 12:00 PM.
Sackler Gallery Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
Discover the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery’s premier collection of Asian art, with works from a broad range of Asian cultures and times. Learn about the history of the museum and view exceptional objects from the museum’s permanent collection and special exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days except Wednesdays: 12 Noon
Notes
- No tour on federal holidays.
- Tours might not be offered when other programs are taking place in the exhibitions.
- From time to time, the museum may offer additional tours; inquire
at the information desk.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 12:00 PM.
Art a la Cart
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for ages 7-12) Travel through the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, bottle caps, and quilt squares at interactive carts.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays in July, bring your camera to our Rockwell Activity Cart in Kogod Courtyard and take your very own Rockwell-inspired photos!
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Kids & Families. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Pick up a map and passport at G and F Street lobbies. Cost: Free. Continues: Repeats every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday through August 22.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Special Exhibition Tour: Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of this exhibition that
explores the rich history and the cultural significance of Harlem's Apollo Theater.
Through August 29, 2010:
• Tues. Sat. and Sun.: 10:30 AM, 12 Noon, and 1 PM
Note
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at exhibition entrance, 2nd Floor, East Wing Note: The National Museum of African American History and Culture has not been built yet; the National Museum of American History is hosting programs in the interim. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment (on view at the American History Museum).
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 12:00 PM.
Hirshhorn Museum Highlights Tours
Ongoing Activities
Ask our friendly docent stationed at the information desk for a 30-minute tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Daily: Available between 12 Noon and 4 PM
Note
- No tours on federal holidays.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: Request a tour at the information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Live Tarantula Feedings
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Volunteers conduct tarantula feeding demonstrations, work with live insects that visitors may touch and hold, and answer questions about the many-legged creatures that live in the Insect Zoo.
Year-Round:
• Sat. and Sun.: 11:30 AM, 12:30 PM, and 1:30 PM
• Tues.- Fri.: 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, and 1:30 PM
Note
- Demonstrations offered unless otherwise posted.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: O. Orkin Insect Zoo, 2nd floor, West. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: O. Orkin Insect Zoo.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 12:30 PM.
For more info visit www.mnh.si.edu. Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 12:30 PM.
Historic Theater: Broad Stripes and Bright Stars
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) Meet Mary Pickersgill, the seamstress who sewed the Star-Spangled Banner in 1813. Help her assemble the huge garrison flag and learn about its history. These 15- to 20-minute performances reveal the people behind the objects on view and the emotions in their stories.
July 2010:
Tues. Thurs. Sat.: 10:30 AM, 12:30 PM, 2:00 PM, and 3:30 PM.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet in Flag Hall, 2nd floor, Center. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 12:30 PM – 12:50 PM.
Special Exhibition Tour: Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers
Ongoing Activities
Join a docent-led tour of this special exhibition.
May 22 through September 12, 2010:
• Most Sat. & Sun.: 12:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: Meet at the information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 12:30 PM.
Daily Film in July: Native American Veterans: Storytelling for Healing
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(2009, 35 min. U.S. produced by the Administration for Native Americans)
It is estimated there are 24,000 Native Americans serving active duty in the U.S. military. More than 44,000 Native Americans served during World War II, with nearly as many serving during Vietnam. In this film, nine Native veterans tell singular, personal stories about their experiences serving in World War II, Vietnam, the Gulf War, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Note: For study guides and discussions providing background and historic context, or to order a copy of this program, check out the Administration for Native Americans at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ana/veterans/index.html or call 1-800-525-2859.
Categories: Films. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st Level. Cost: Free. Continues: Repeats daily through July 31.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit www.acf.hhs.gov. CANCELED - Meet a Zebra
Daily Zoo Activities
Visit the zebra exhibit and talk with a keeper about what makes Grevy's zebras so great.
Time Detail: 1:00 pm. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Zebra Exhibit.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 11 AM, 1 PM, and 3 PM
• Most Tues. Thurs. and Fri.: 10:30 AM and 11:45 PM
Special Exhibition Tours:
• Ask at the information desk Saturdays and Sundays, between 11 AM and 1 PM, about tours of selected exhibitions.
Note
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: African Art Museum. Event Location: Meet at information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:00 PM.
Special Exhibition Tour: Gods of Angkor: Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia
Ongoing Tours
Join a docent-led tour of this special exhibition.
July 19 through August 31, 2010:
• Most days, except Wednesdays: 1 PM
Notes
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours might not be offered when other programs are taking place in the galleries.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Gods of Angkor: Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:00 PM.
Highlights Tours
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Daily: 10:15 AM and 1 PM
Notes
- Tours subject to docent availability.
- Additional tours may be offered as announced; check at the Welcome Center.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at either information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Daily: 10:30 AM and 1 PM
Note
- Additional tours may be offered as posted at the Welcome Center.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Meet at tour desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Highlights Tours
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. To confirm dates and times, call 202-633-5534 (voice) or 202-633-9849 (TTY).
Year-Round:
• Most days: 11 AM and 1 PM
Notes
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Self-Guided Highlights Tours
- Brochures, which include a floor plan and information about the museum's exhibitions, are available in a kiosk at the bottom of the escalators at the entrance to the museum.
- A copy of the self-guided tour brochure can also be downloaded here: Download Self-guided Tour Brochure (PDF).
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Postal Museum. Event Location: Meet at the information desk, street level, near top of escalators to museum. Cost: Free.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:00 PM.
Special Exhibition Tour: Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of this exhibition that
explores the rich history and the cultural significance of Harlem's Apollo Theater.
Through August 29, 2010:
• Tues. Sat. and Sun.: 10:30 AM, 12 Noon, and 1 PM
Note
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at exhibition entrance, 2nd Floor, East Wing Note: The National Museum of African American History and Culture has not been built yet; the National Museum of American History is hosting programs in the interim. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment (on view at the American History Museum).
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:00 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the gallery. The current special exhibition may also be included in this tour.
June 25 through September 19, 2010:
• Every Fri: 12 Noon
• Every Sat. and Sun.: 1 PM
Notes
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:00 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Daily: 10:30 AM and 1 PM
Note
- Additional tours may be offered as posted at the tour desk.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Meet at tour desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:00 PM.
Hands-On Family Activities
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Cultural interpreters help kids and families learn about Native culture through selected hands-on activities.
June through August 2010:
• Most Tues.-Sun.: 10 AM-12 Noon and 1-3 PM.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac, 1st Level.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Cochengo Miranda - Argentina at the Smithsonian Special Screening
One-Time Events
“Pioneer ethnographic filmmaker Jorge Preloran, a cultural icon in Argentina, has donated his oeuvre to the Human Studies Film Archives. The collection includes 46 documentaries on ethnographic topics in the U.S. and Latin America, eleven of which focus on their protagonists' life-stories. Preloran is celebrated for having developed a cinematic genre known as ethnobiography, which filmmaker David MacDougall describes as sharing the testimonial qualities of Jean Rouch’s work while being closely related to the life history genre of ethnography.” Enjoy the following selected work by Jorge Prelorán:
• Cochengo Miranda (1974, 90 min, Argentina, directed by Jorge Preloran, in Spanish with English subtitles)
A poet, singer, trapper, husband, father, and cowboy: all these things are Cochengo Miranda. Through his personal story, Cochengo illustrates the seemingly isolated but ever-evolving life of the ranchers in the sandy grasslands of the Western Pampas.
This program is part of the series "Argentina at the…
Categories: Films. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater. Cost: Free. Continues: Repeats August 1 at the same time. Related Events: See 3 PM performance today.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
Great Ape Research Demonstration
Daily Zoo Activities
Meet a cognitive researcher and learn about studies being conducted with the Zoo's orangutans and gorillas.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Think Tank.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM.
CANCELED - Meet an Andean Bear Keeper
Daily Zoo Activities
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Valley Trail.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM.
Live Tarantula Feedings
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Volunteers conduct tarantula feeding demonstrations, work with live insects that visitors may touch and hold, and answer questions about the many-legged creatures that live in the Insect Zoo.
Year-Round:
• Sat. and Sun.: 11:30 AM, 12:30 PM, and 1:30 PM
• Tues.- Fri.: 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, and 1:30 PM
Note
- Demonstrations offered unless otherwise posted.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: O. Orkin Insect Zoo, 2nd floor, West. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: O. Orkin Insect Zoo.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:30 PM.
For more info visit www.mnh.si.edu. Special Exhibition Tour in Japanese and English: Sant Ocean Hall
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the related exhibition in Japanese and English.
In July and August 2010 on the following dates:
• Sat. July 31: 1:30 PM
• Fri. Aug. 6: 1:30 PM
• Sat. Aug 21: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Meet in the Sant Ocean Hall exhibition under Phoenix the whale, 1st Floor. Related Exhibition: The Sant Ocean Hall.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Historic Theater: Join the Student Sit-Ins at the Greensboro Lunch Counter
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) Meet a Civil Rights activist in 1960, just after the Greensboro student sit-in began. Take part in a training session -- based on an actual 1960s manual -- to prepare for your first sit-in and decide if you would have the courage to fight for justice during the Civil Rights movement. These 15- to 20-minute performances reveal the people behind the objects on view and the emotions in their stories.
July 2010:
• Daily: 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 3 PM, and 4:30 PM.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at Greensboro Lunch Counter, 2nd Floor, East Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:30 PM – 1:50 PM.
Flights of Fancy -- Stories for Children
Ongoing Activities
Hear museum staff read children's stories about aviation or space exploration; then try your hand at an art activity. For today's title, visit the museum's Web site at http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/storytimes/.
Year-Round:
Most Thurs. & Fri.: 11 AM
, Most Sat.: 11 AM & 1:30 PM.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: For location, ask at the museum's Welcome Center. Cost: Free.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:30 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Cultural interpreters provide a 45-minute overview of the museum's history, landscape, building, exhibitions, and other points of interest.
Through August 2010:
• Most days: 1:30 PM
• Most Sat.: Additional tour at 3 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st Level. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice Tour of the Portrait Gallery
Ongoing Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of one of the following: highlights of the museum, the America's Presidents exhibition, or one of the special exhibitions currently on view.
Year-Round:
• Most Mon.-Fri.: 1 PM and 3:30 PM
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 1:30 PM and 4:30 PM
Note
- On the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month, the tour may be offered in Spanish (depending upon demand).
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 1:30 PM.
Meet a Small Mammal
Daily Zoo Activities
An animal keeper will introduce you to one of the Zoo's small mammals like an armadillo or naked mole-rat.
Time Detail: 2:00 pm at the Small Mammal House. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Small Mammal House.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM.
Spider Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
Eight-legged wonders! Get up close and personal with the golden orb weaver spiders.
Time Detail: 2:00pm at Invertebrates. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Invertebrates.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM.
The Sant Ocean Hall Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docents known as the Sant Ocean Hall Navigators who will give a tour of the the related exhibition.
Year-Round:
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 11 AM and 2 PM,
Note
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Meet at entrance to The Sant Ocean Hall, 1st Floor, just off the Rotunda. Related Exhibition: The Sant Ocean Hall.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 2:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 2:00 PM.
Historic Theater: Broad Stripes and Bright Stars
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) Meet Mary Pickersgill, the seamstress who sewed the Star-Spangled Banner in 1813. Help her assemble the huge garrison flag and learn about its history. These 15- to 20-minute performances reveal the people behind the objects on view and the emotions in their stories.
July 2010:
Tues. Thurs. Sat.: 10:30 AM, 12:30 PM, 2:00 PM, and 3:30 PM.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet in Flag Hall, 2nd floor, Center. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM.
Carved in Stone: A Major Sculptural Material of Angkor
Talks and Lectures
Conservation scientist Janet Douglas explains the connections between Khmer stone sculpture and regional geology and ancient quarrying in Cambodia.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 2:00 PM.
Meet a Great Cats Keeper
Daily Zoo Activities
Lions and tigers are beautiful and powerful animals come learn all about them.
Time Detail: 2:30pm. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Great Cats.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
Book Signing: Clara Silverstein "A White House Garden Cookbook"
One-Time Events
Clara Silverstein signs copies of her book A White House Garden Cookbook.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Mall Store, 2nd Floor, Center. Cost: Books available for sale in the Museum Store. Related Exhibition: The American Presidency and Julia Child's Kitchen.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Coral Cantigas: Tribute Concert for Mercedes Sosa
One-Time Events
Mercedes Sosa (1925-2009) remains one of the most beloved folk singers in Latin America, known for her tireless commitment to social justice. Born in northwestern Argentina, she proudly declared her indigenous heritage throughout her career and was a vocal spokesperson for the rights of Native peoples throughout the Americas. Today, Coral Cantigas, the only chorus in the Washington, D.C. area with the mission of increasing awareness and appreciation of the many rich styles of Latino choral music, performs a concert in honor of her legacy.
This program is part of the series "Argentina at the Smithsonian.".
Categories: Celebrations. Performances. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st Level. Cost: Free. Continues: Performance repeats at same time Aug. 1.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Meet a Reptile
Daily Zoo Activities
Get an introduction to one of the Zoo's fascinating reptiles.
Time Detail: 3:00 pm at the Reptile Discovery Center. Categories: Kids & Families. Demonstrations. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Reptile Discovery Center.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM.
Octopus Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
The giant Pacific octopus is a predator that demonstrates dynamic hunting behaviors.
Time Detail: 3:00 pm at Invertebrates. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Invertebrates.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 11 AM, 1 PM, and 3 PM
• Most Tues. Thurs. and Fri.: 10:30 AM and 11:45 PM
Special Exhibition Tours:
• Ask at the information desk Saturdays and Sundays, between 11 AM and 1 PM, about tours of selected exhibitions.
Note
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: African Art Museum. Event Location: Meet at information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 3:00 PM.
Historic Theater: Join the Student Sit-Ins at the Greensboro Lunch Counter
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) Meet a Civil Rights activist in 1960, just after the Greensboro student sit-in began. Take part in a training session -- based on an actual 1960s manual -- to prepare for your first sit-in and decide if you would have the courage to fight for justice during the Civil Rights movement. These 15- to 20-minute performances reveal the people behind the objects on view and the emotions in their stories.
July 2010:
• Daily: 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 3 PM, and 4:30 PM.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at Greensboro Lunch Counter, 2nd Floor, East Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly cultural interpreter who will give a 45-minute overview of the museum's history, landscape, building, exhibitions, and other points of interest.
Through August 2010:
• Most days: 1:30 PM
• Most Sat.: Additional tour at 3 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st Level. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM.
Highlights of the Portrait Gallery
Ongoing Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the gallery.
Year-Round:
• Most Mon.-Fri.: 11:45 AM and 2:15 PM
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 11:45 AM and 3:15 PM
Note
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 3:15 PM.
Historic Theater: Broad Stripes and Bright Stars
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) Meet Mary Pickersgill, the seamstress who sewed the Star-Spangled Banner in 1813. Help her assemble the huge garrison flag and learn about its history. These 15- to 20-minute performances reveal the people behind the objects on view and the emotions in their stories.
July 2010:
Tues. Thurs. Sat.: 10:30 AM, 12:30 PM, 2:00 PM, and 3:30 PM.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet in Flag Hall, 2nd floor, Center. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 3:30 PM – 3:50 PM.
Daily Film in July: Free Land
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(2009, 62 min. U.S. directed by Minda Martin)
Filmmaker Minda Martin weaves an unusual dialogue between her parents’ chronic homelessness and the homelessness imposed on her ancestors by the forced removal of the Cherokee people from Cherokee Nation 170 years earlier. Using historic documents, including Dawes Commission interviews (1893-1914), photographs, and shot footage, Martin constructs an experience for audiences familiar with contemporary homelessness into the lasting effects of forced removal on a people.
Categories: Films. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st Level. Cost: Free. Continues: Repeats daily through July 31.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit www.mindamartin.org. Historic Theater: Join the Student Sit-Ins at the Greensboro Lunch Counter
Ongoing Tours & Activities
(for all ages) Meet a Civil Rights activist in 1960, just after the Greensboro student sit-in began. Take part in a training session -- based on an actual 1960s manual -- to prepare for your first sit-in and decide if you would have the courage to fight for justice during the Civil Rights movement. These 15- to 20-minute performances reveal the people behind the objects on view and the emotions in their stories.
July 2010:
• Daily: 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 3 PM, and 4:30 PM.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at Greensboro Lunch Counter, 2nd Floor, East Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 4:30 PM – 4:50 PM.
Docent's Choice Tour of the Portrait Gallery
Ongoing Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of one of the following: highlights of the museum, the America's Presidents exhibition, or one of the special exhibitions currently on view.
Year-Round:
• Most Mon.-Fri.: 1 PM and 3:30 PM
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 1:30 PM and 4:30 PM
Note
- Tours subject to docent availability.
- On the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month, the 1:30 PM tour may be offered in Spanish (depending upon demand).
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 4:30 PM.
Smithsonian Sleepover
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
(for ages 8-12 accompanied by an adult 21 years or older) A night of adventure awaits you at the National Museum of Natural History -- from seeing the IMAX film Galapagos 3-D to participating in a number of activities before rolling out your sleeping bag. A light snack and breakfast are included. Schedule includes the following:
• 7 to 7:30 PM Check-in
• 7:30 to 8 PM Orientation
• 8:00 to 8:40 PM Viewing of IMAX film Galapagos 3-D
• 8:40 PM to 12:10 AM Activities (scavenger hunt, art project, exhibit tour)
• 12:10 AM Bedtime
• 7:30 AM Breakfast
• 8:00 AM Family store opens
• 9:00 AM Cars must be removed from the museum parking lot.
Categories: After Five. Films. Gallery Talks & Tours. Kids & Families. Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum. Cost: $115, members; $125, general admission
Pre-registration required by phone only; call 202-633-3030; absolutely no walk-in registration. For detailed information on registration, see Web link below. Continues: Repeats August 7. Related Exhibition: The Sant Ocean Hall, Dinosaurs Hall, Mammals Hall.
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 7:00 PM – Sunday, August 1, 2010, 9:00 AM.
For more info visit smithsoniansleepovers.org.