Big Moments, Little Stories

Fri · Sep 25·10:30 AM – 11:30 AM·Sunburst Lounge, Anacostia Community Museum · Washington

Discover the power of storytelling and community through our early learners storytime experience inspired by We Make History ! Through engaging stories, interactive gallery moments, and hands-on activities, children and caregivers will explore how everyday people, neighborhoods, and changemakers shape history in Washin…

Fri · Oct 2·10:30 AM – 11:30 AM·Sunburst Lounge, Anacostia Community Museum · Washington

Join us at the Anacostia Community Museum for a cozy story time that brings children, caregivers, and community together through books, creativity, and play. Stories will connect with ACM’s current exhibition and celebrate themes of community, family, neighborhood, history, and the fall and winter seasons. Families are…

Fri · Oct 16·10:30 AM – 11:30 AM·Sunburst Lounge, Anacostia Community Museum · Washington

Join us at the Anacostia Community Museum for a cozy story time that brings children, caregivers, and community together through books, creativity, and play. Stories will connect with ACM’s current exhibition and celebrate themes of community, family, neighborhood, history, and the fall and winter seasons. Families are…

Fri · Oct 9·Capitol View Neighborhood Library · Washington

Calling all families, besties, fur babies, gremlins, monsters, witches, and goblins—big and small! Capitol View Library is hosting an Evil Laugh Contest! Bring us your scariest, spookiest, most wickedly spine‑tingling evil laugh. From Monday, October 5th through Friday, October 23rd, scan the QR code or visit Capitol V…

Fri · Oct 9·10 AM – 4 PM·Wonderplace, 1 West, American History Museum · Washington

This learning space designed especially for children ages six and under combines age appropriate activities with museum collections and touchable objects to provide a gateway to history and a place to exercise curiosity for the youngest historians. Due to inclement weather, Wonderplace will open at 12 noon on Friday, J…

Fri · Oct 9·10 AM – 4 PM·Spark!Lab, First Floor, West Wing, American History Museum · Washington

Spark!Lab is where museum visitors become inventors. The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation invites children between the ages of 6 and 12 to create, collaborate, explore, test, experiment and invent. Activities for children and families incorporate traditional science, technology, engineering and…

Fri · Oct 9·10 AM – 11:30 AM·Meet in the Historic Lobby, Postal Museum · Washington

Stamp your calendar for Story Time! Join us every week for a fresh story, a stroll through the Museum, hands-on postal play, and more. Together, we’ll explore mail and all the ways it connects us to people, places, and big ideas. Stop by anytime—whether you stay for one activity or the whole session, this program will…

Fri · Oct 9·3:30 PM – 5 PM·Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library · Washington

In the Alma Thomas Teen Space, teens aged 13-19 years old can play video games! Games will vary each week.

Sat · Oct 10·Battleground National Cemetery 6625 Georgia Avenue NW Washington, DC

Join a ranger for a 30-minute, family-friendly walk through Battleground National Cemetery and discover the stories of the soldiers buried here. Learn who these men were and how their service helped shape our nation's history. Uncover clues about the lives of the soldiers, and think about how we remember people who ser…

Sun · Sep 20·10 AM – 5 PM·3 East, American History Museum · Washington

Step back to 1776 in stunning virtual reality! Experience Gunboat Philadelphia: Save the Revolution! , where you'll discover how thousands of Patriots worked together to thwart a British invasion.

Sun · Sep 20·10:15 AM – 3:15 PM·Multiple floors, American History Museum · Washington

Docents offer interactive programming throughout the museum, in the form of Highlights tours of the museum, gallery spotlight talks, and hands-on cart programs. Tours of the museum’s highlights generally take place daily at 10:15 AM and 1 PM. Additional tours may be offered on the hour between 11 AM and 3 PM as docents…

Sun · Sep 20·10:30 AM · 1:30 PM·Molina Family Latino Gallery Entrance, 1st Floor East, American History Museum · Washington

Step into the rhythm of salsa on a guided tour of the Smithsonian exhibition ¡Puro Ritmo! The Musical Journey of Salsa Experience the rhythm, history, and energy of salsa music through a guided tour of "¡Puro Ritmo! The Musical Journey of Salsa," a bilingual multimedia exhibition presented by the Smithsonian’s National…