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Open daily 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., except December 25

Featured Exhibition

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Searchable Museum

Discover the latest digital exhibition experience for the Searchable Museum, Making a Way Out of No Way

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Featured Event

Black and Yellow Hip Hop Block Party Flyer Announcing the event on August 13, 2022

Hip-Hop Block Party

To celebrate the first anniversary of the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap, our museum is hosting a block party on August 13. The day-long event will feature performances by local and national talent, presentations, and activities to explore hip-hop music and culture's origins, elements, and influences.

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Featured Learning Resource

Explore African American history through digital activities on the Smithsonian Learning Lab platform. The activities, or collections, have gathered objects, stories, videos and thinking questions all in one place.

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Digital Learning

Read Between the Brushstrokes: Grande Dame Queenie

Through visual and historical analysis of the art piece Grand Dame Queenie by Amy Sherald (2012), learn more about the life and work of portrait artist Amy Sherald.

 

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