
Storytime: My Heart Fills with Happiness/Mi corazón se llena de alegría
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Storytime with bilingual reading and hands‑on activities in the National Gallery’s East Building atrium.
Story time with books, songs, rhymes and movement on the library’s children’s floor or garden, lasting 30‑40 minutes, for ages five and under.
Interactive story time at the American Indian Museum’s imagiNATIONS Activity Center features a Native‑authored picture book, museum objects, and a related craft, for ages 3–9.
A DC‑themed Pokémon Scavenger Hunt at Anacostia Neighborhood Library lets participants collect Ward 8 gym badge stickers on a card and earn a special prize, for all ages.
Immersive Saturday Spanish at Hill Center DC offers games, music, and interactive activities with native instructors in small groups, fostering natural speaking for ages 4–8.
Story Time (Postal Museum lobby) — Fresh story, museum stroll, hands‑on postal play exploring mail’s connections to people, places and ideas.
Bessie Coleman’s journey is narrated, then participants make banners celebrating hopes, at the Steven F. Udvar‑Hazy Center.
Guided tours of the West Building’s main‑floor rotunda showcase the National Gallery’s collection up close.
Guided tours explore Italian Renaissance works in the West Building’s Rotunda at the National Gallery of Art.
Guided tours explore 17th‑century Dutch art scenes in the Rotunda of the National Gallery’s West Building.
Books, songs, rhymes and finger play fill Capitol View Neighborhood Library, introducing language and early literacy skills, for ages 5 and under.
Baby & Toddler Story Time (Northeast Neighborhood Library) — 20‑30‑minute sessions of books, songs, rhymes and fingerplays for children birth to three, for ages 5 and under.
Guided tours explore the Back and Forth exhibition featuring works by Rozeal, Titian, and Cezanne in the West Building Rotunda.