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IMAX Films at the Samuel C. Johnson IMAX Theater
Ongoing Tours & Activities
For information on films, show times, and prices, visit the IMAX Theaters website.
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://www.si.edu/Imax/Theater/samuel-c-johnson-imax-theater.
Saturday, February 11, 2012.
For more info visit www.si.edu. Natural History Museum Exhibition Interpreters/Navigators
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Museum volunteer interpreters welcome visitors, answer questions, and help visitors navigate exhibitions. Interpreters may be stationed in several of the following exhibitions at various times throughout the day, subject to interpreter availability:
Against All Odds: Rescue at the Chilean Mine (through May 2012)
, Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake (through January 6, 2013)
, The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins: What Does It Mean To Be Human?
, The Sant Ocean Hall
, Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals
, Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Various exhibitions; ask at the museum's info desks for today's locations and schedules. Continues: Repeats most days.
Saturday, February 11, 2012.
Albert Einstein Planetarium
Ongoing Activities
Embark on an astronomical adventure at the Einstein Planetarium. For information on Planetarium shows, show times, and prices, visit the IMAX Theaters and Einstein Planetarium website.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Albert Einstein Planetarium. Purchase Tickets: http://www.si.edu/Imax/Theater/einstein-planetarium.
Saturday, February 11, 2012.
For more info visit www.si.edu. 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, show times, and prices, visit the IMAX Theaters website.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater. Purchase Tickets: http://www.si.edu/Imax/Theater/lockheed-martin-imax-theater.
Saturday, February 11, 2012.
For more info visit www.si.edu. 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, show times, and prices, visit the IMAX Theaters website.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Airbus IMAX Theater. Purchase Tickets: http://www.si.edu/Imax/Theater/airbus-imax-theater.
Saturday, February 11, 2012.
For more info visit www.si.edu. Civil War at Kelly's Ford and Bristoe Station, All-Day Tour
Resident Associate Program
Visit the site of the Civil War’s Battle of Bristoe Station, a pivotal fight in central Virginia, followed by such notable sites in Civil War history as Kelly’s Ford, Pelham Monument, Graffiti House, and Carter Run. Trace the steps of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, and George Meade’s Army of the Potomac to get a first hand view of where it all happened. View more details.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Event Location: Departs from the Holiday Inn Capitol at, 550 C Street, S.W. (corner of 6th & C Sts.), Fringe: Vienna Metro, south side Kiss & Ride. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223867.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 8:00 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:
Mon. and Fri.: 9:30 AM
, Sat.: 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM
, Sun.: 10:30 AM
Note
- Tour subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Smithsonian Castle. Event Location: Meet at information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 9:30 AM.
Super Science Saturday: Scientists and Inventors
One-Time Events
Immerse yourself in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics topics related to aviation and space exploration through demonstrations and hands-on activities for visitors of all ages.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Throughout the museum. Cost: Free, but $15 parking fee per vehicle. Continues: Second Saturday of every month through May.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Chocolate Festival: Cultural Uses of Chocolate in Mexico
One-Time Events
Natividad Estrada (Mazatec) explains the cultural and spiritual significance of cacao to her indigenous community in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
Chocolate Festival: From Bean to Beverage: Hands-On Activities
One-Time Events
Grind your own cacao seeds, froth the cacao, and explore the spices used to create traditional drinking chocolate.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
Family Day: African American Pioneers in Aviation
One-Time Events
Learn about the accomplishments of African American aviation pioneers of the past and present. Meet a distinguished panel of local Tuskegee Airmen, who will discuss their struggles and the history of the African American World War II fighter group. Enjoy hands-on activities, book signings, and appearances by current scientists, pilots, and engineers in aerospace.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum. Cost: Free. Continues: Repeats February 25 at the Udvar-Hazy Center.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. 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 2:00 pm daily, however frequently they may be found out in their yard after that time (weather dependent).
Time Detail: 10-4. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Outside Elephant House.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
Encounter Invertebrates
Daily Zoo Activities
Explore the complex and fascinating world of invertebrates: corals and crabs, ants and anemones, snails and spiders. Staff will be feeding the animals and answering questions every 1/2 hour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Time Detail: 10:00am to 4:00pm, every half hour at the Invertebrate Exhibit. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Invertebrate Exhibit. Continues: Every half hour.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Great Cats Viewing
Daily Zoo Activities
The lions and tigers are on exhibit from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily.
Time Detail: 10-4 at the Great Cats Exhibit. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Great Cats.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 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 always available for purchase at the entrance to the simulator gallery and may also be available at either Welcome desk.
Admission Per Ride
- $7.00 per person
Payment Options:
- Cash, VISA, and MasterCard.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM.
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, February 11, 2012, 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, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Regency England's Pleasures and Paradoxes
Resident Associate Program
Explore the era that brought us Jane Austen, and other fascinating Brits. Regency England was an era for lavish palaces and country homes, obeying the intricate etiquette of the upper class, scandals, and more. View more details.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: S. Dillon Ripley Center. Event Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Metro: Smithsonian Mall Exit (Blue/Orange). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223699.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM.
Art of the Great Plains: Ledger Art and Activity
Heye Center
A brief overview of Plains Indian ledger art. Create your own drawing on ledger paper using crayons, colored pencils, and stencils.
View ledger book from 1800s in our exhibition "Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian"
Monday - Saturday only.
10 AM – 5 PM.
Time Detail: Monday - Saturday only. 10 AM – 5 PM. Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum Heye Center. Event Location: Resource Center, 2nd Floor. Cost: Free. Related Exhibition: Infinity of Nations.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Haudenosaunee Room
Heye Center
Haudenosaunee Room 10 AM - 4:45 PM
Due to repairs the Haudenosaunee Room is currently is closed.
Please check back for updates. We apologize for any incovenience.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum Heye Center. Event Location: Haudenosaunee Room. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 4:45 PM.
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.
Regular Hours:
Daily: 10:15 AM-5:30 PM; last timed ticket at 5 PM.
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, February 11, 2012, 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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
- 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, February 11, 2012, 10:15 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.
September 6 through early June:
• 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, February 11, 2012, 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM.
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 availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
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, February 11, 2012, 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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
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, February 11, 2012, 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, February 11, 2012, 10:30 AM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. 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, February 11, 2012, 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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Smithsonian Castle. Event Location: Meet at information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:30 AM.
Animation Celebration!, Part I
Heye Center
Amaqqut Nunaat/The Country of Wolves
Agua en Nuestras Colonias/Water in Our Neighborhoods,
How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes
Neil Discovers the Moon
Elal y los Animales/Elal and the Animals
Raven Tales: Raven and the First People.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum Heye Center. Event Location: The Screening Room.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
Chocolate Festival: Food Demonstration and Discussion
One-Time Events
Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe Chef Richard Hetzler discusses the wonders of chocolate and features Mitsitam’s famous Mexican hot chocolate as well as many other dishes both savory and sweet using chocolate.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Webcasts & Webinars. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st level. Webcast: http://www.AmericanIndian.si.edu/webcasts. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Amazon Fish Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
Thousands of fish species live in the Amazon River Basin. Meet some of them during this feeding in Amazonia.
Time Detail: 11:00 am. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Amazonia Exhibit.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 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, February 11, 2012, 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, February 11, 2012, 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, February 11, 2012, 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 solve cases, identify people from the past, and
draw conclusions about their lives.
Entry Procedures:
• Individuals:
- Walk-in. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
September 5 through mid-June:
- 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, February 11, 2012, 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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
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, February 11, 2012, 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 website 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, February 11, 2012, 11:00 AM.
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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
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, February 11, 2012, 11:00 AM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Cultural interpreters provide a 1-hour overview of the museum's history, landscape, building, exhibitions, and other points of interest.
Through February 2012:
• Most Mon.-Fri.: 1:30 PM
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 11 AM and 1:30 PM
Note
- Subject to Cultural Interpreter availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Tours will begin on the 4th level. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 11:00 AM – 12:00 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, February 11, 2012, 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM.
Sloth Bear Talk
Daily Zoo Activities
Find out what and how these Asian bears eat. This demo is weather dependent.
Time Detail: 11:30 am on Asia Trail (weather dependent). Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Asia Trail.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 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, February 11, 2012, 11:30 AM.
For more info visit www.mnh.si.edu. 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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 11:45 AM.
ArtLab+ Visual Storytelling
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Are you a storyteller? Are you a visual thinker? Tell your own story! Use words and images to bring artworks from the Hirshhorn’s collection to life. With a different theme each week, teens learn new techniques and technologies to create a story based on that theme. Possible outcomes include video, animation, comics, photography, or even podcasts.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Saturdays through May with different weekly themes.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Book Signing: Dave "Bio" Baranek
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Dave "Bio" Baranek signs copies of his book TOPGUN Days: Dogfighting, Cheating Death, and Hollywood Glory as One of America's Best Fighter Jocks.
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 February 25.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signing: George Norfleet
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signings: Col. Charles E. McGee
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Col. Charles E. McGee signs copies of his book Tuskegee Airman: The Biography of Charles E. McGee, Air Force Fighter, Combat Record Holder.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 12:00 PM.
Tour: Sackler Highlights
Tours
Explore the Sackler Gallery's permanent collection and temporary exhibitions. The museum opened in 1987 to house a gift of some 1,000 works of Asian art from Dr. Arthur M. Sackler. Among its highlights are early Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 12:00 PM.
Chocolate Festival:Tradiciones Bolivianas and Sangre Boliviana Dance Performances
One-Time Events
Tradiciones Bolivianas was founded in 1997 by mothers and young people of different regions of Bolivia in order to preserve and demonstrate the culture, music, customs, and traditions of their country as a tribute of love and respect to their ancestral home. It is currently directed by founder Julia Garcia and William Tono Vargas.
For 25 years, Sangre Boliviana has been the home of hundreds of dancers and young people who have since gone on to be leaders in the community; it is because of this legacy that they have earned the name "Academy of Folklore." Their goal is to share and preserve the rich cultures, traditions and customs of Bolivia.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 12:30 PM – 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.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 12:30 PM.
For more info visit www.mnh.si.edu. Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- 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, February 11, 2012, 12:30 PM.
February Daily Films: Wapawekka
Ongoing Tours & Activities
In honor of Black History Month, the museum presents two films that explore identity, community, and tradition:
Wapawekka (2010, 16 min, Canada, directed by Danis Goulet (Métis), in English and Cree with English subtitles) The quiet spaces of an isolated family camp begin to erode the cultural distance between a traditional Cree man and his son.
Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st Level. Cost: Free. Continues: Repeats daily, except Wednesdays, through February.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM.
Art a la Cart: Family Program
One-Time Events
(for ages 7-12) Travel through the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at interactive carts.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum; handouts available at both info desks. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.americanart.si.edu. ArtLab+ Noise Factory Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Inspired by the new wave of indie artists? Want to be a cutting-edge producer? What about recording vocals in a real sound booth? Join us in the ArtLab and learn to produce your own music. Under the guidance of artist and educator Dan Solberg and music producer Jon Williams, teens explore free software like Audacity, and over time, work up to advanced professional software, including ProTools and Logic.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Tuesdays (4-6 PM) and Saturdays (1-3 PM) through May.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
- 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, February 11, 2012, 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, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Public Observatory Project (1-3 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 February 2012:
• Most Wed. through Sat.: 1 PM-3 PM (weather permitting)
Notes
- 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, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Second Saturday Arts & Science: Butterfly Birthday Celebration
One-Time Events
Feel the flutter! Celebrate the fourth anniversary of the exhibit Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution with special arts and crafts activities for children of all ages. Meet museum educators and learn about metamorphosis and native butterfly species of our region.
Time Detail: 1-3 PM. Categories: Celebrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution exhibition and Live Butterfly Pavilion, 2nd Floor. Cost: Partners in Evolution—a free-admission exploration into how insects and other animals have co-evolved with plants.
The Butterfly Pavilion—a fee-based, live butterfly experience. Purchase Tickets: http://www.butterflies.si.edu/tickets/index.htm. Related Exhibition: Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit www.butterflies.si.edu. Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Throughout the month of February, walk-in tours at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery will highlight a work by African American artists.
Notes
- No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 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, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM.
Special Open Studio
Ongoing Activities
Join us today for some creative fun! Check out a Portrait Discovery Kit to explore the museum and try a different art material each week.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Education Center, Room E151. Continues: Repeats most Fridays through February.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Sculpting the Seasons
Workshops
Try your hand at Japanese flower-arranging and learn about the art on view in the Freer’s Seasons exhibitions. No experience necessary. Refreshments provided by Asia Nine.
Note: The workshop is full. To be put on a waiting list, please email asiaworkshops@si.edu with “February 11 Inner-Artist Workshop Waiting List Request” in the subject line. No-show seats are filled with those on the waiting list when the workshop begins at 1 pm. You may pay on-site with cash or check at that time .
Categories: Workshops. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Freer Conference Room. Cost: $15. Related Exhibition: Seasons.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM.
Animation Celebration!, Part I
Heye Center
Amaqqut Nunaat/The Country of Wolves
Agua en Nuestras Colonias/Water in Our Neighborhoods,
How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes
Neil Discovers the Moon
Elal y los Animales/Elal and the Animals
Raven Tales: Raven and the First People.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum Heye Center. Event Location: The Screening Room.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
From the Shelves of the Resource Center: Storybook Reading and Hands-On Activity
Heye Center
Listen to a story from the Seminole people of Florida. Learn about the people and their beautiful patchwork designs. Create a Seminole inspired patchwork design bookmark! All materials included.
Note: Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis; children must be accompanied by an adult.
Time Detail: 1:00pm - 2:30pm. Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum Heye Center. Event Location: Resource Center, 2nd Floor. Cost: Free. Related Exhibition: Patchwork dolls may be viewed in "Small Spirits: Dolls from the National Museum of the American Indian".
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
Meet-a-Zebra
Daily Zoo Activities
Meet with a keeper and learn more about what makes Grevy’s zebras so cool. Meeting location is across the walkway from the wallaby/emu exhibit and to the left of the maned wolves.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Zebra Yard.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM.
Chocolate Festival: From Bean to Beverage - Hands-On Activities
One-Time Events
Grind your own cacao seeds, froth the cacao, and explore the spices used to create traditional drinking chocolate.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
CANCELED - Facing History: Be the Artist Youth and Family Program
One-Time Events
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Location will be provided upon registration. Cost: Free, but registration required; follow the Purchase Tickets link below closer to the time of the event. Class size limited to 34 participants. Parents and guardians must remain with their children. Purchase Tickets: http://www.eventbrite.com/directory?q=national+Portrait+gallery&loc=Washington&page=1. Related Exhibition: The Black List: Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 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, February 11, 2012, 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM.
Small Mammal Feedings
Daily Zoo Activities
Everyone's on time for dinner! Beginning at 1:30pm through about 2:30pm come find out what's for dinner in the Small Mammal House!
Time Detail: 1:30 pm. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Small Mammal House.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 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, February 11, 2012, 1:30 PM.
For more info visit www.mnh.si.edu. Art + Coffee with Alexandra Ruggerio
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Join us today at 1:30 p.m. when Alexandra Ruggerio, M.A. Candidate from the Smithsonian Associates-George Mason University History of the Decorative Arts program, talks about Four Seasons by Harvey K. Littleton. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Meet in the F Street Lobby
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, February 11, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit lucefoundationcenter.si.edu. 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 website 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, February 11, 2012, 1:30 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Cultural interpreters provide a 1-hour overview of the museum's history, landscape, building, exhibitions, and other points of interest.
Through February 2012:
• Most Mon.-Fri.: 1:30 PM
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 11 AM and 1:30 PM
Note
- Subject to Cultural Interpreter availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Tours will begin on the 4th level. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:30 PM – 2:30 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
Notes
- On the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month, the tour may be offered in Spanish (depending upon demand).
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:30 PM.
Chocolate Festival: Cultural Uses of Chocolate in Mexico
One-Time Events
Natividad Estrada (Mazatec) explains the cultural and spiritual significance of cacao to her indigenous community in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Chocolate Festival: Family Activity - Make Your Own Paper Mola
One-Time Events
Find out how the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia create artistic textiles called molas. Then, make your own paper mola celebrating cacao!
Recommended for Ages 6+ Up
FREE timed entry tickets required, available outside Activity Center.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: imagiNATIONS Activity Center, 3rd Floor. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Chocolate Festival: The Health Benefits of Chocolate
One-Time Events
This special presentation by Dr. Catherine Kwik-Uribe of Mars Botanical provides a fascinating illustrated overview of some of the historical uses of cacao, as well as the latest scientific research on chocolate and cocoa.
Dr. Kwik-uribe is the Director of Research and Development for Mars Botanical, a scientific division of Mars Incorporated. Since joining Mars Inc. in 2002, Dr. Kwik-Uribe has managed a research program within Mars Inc. that examines the potential role of specific cocoa-derived compounds—the cocoa flavanols—to support human health.
Categories: Demonstrations. Lectures & Discussions. Webcasts & Webinars. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st level. Webcast: http://www.AmericanIndian.si.edu/webcasts. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
A Young Artist’s Vision
One-Time Events
Gabriella J. Williams, a child entrepreneur, discusses the motivation and process of becoming a jewelry designer. Join Gabriella and a representative from Beadazzled in this lively discussion about the jewelry business. Book signing follows.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Anacostia Community Museum. Event Location: Program Room. Cost: Free, but reservations required; call 202-633-4866.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 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, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM.
Spider Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
Eight-legged wonders! Get up close and personal with tarantulas, brown recluse or other eight-legged residents of the Invertebrate exhibit.
Time Detail: 2:00pm at Invertebrates. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Invertebrates.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
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, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- 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, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM.
In Every Language Love
Kids and Family
An Open House for All Ages
In the classroom, enjoy a digital slideshow of images of love in Asian art. Use stamps that say “love” in more than a dozen Asian languages to print Valentines to take home.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sackler sublevel 2. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Timely Images: Chinese Art Related to Seasonal Festivals
Talks and Lectures
Seasonal festivals in China were important occasions for the creation, display, and presentation of gifts of art featuring specific, timely images. For example, paintings depicting a bouquet of pomegranate flowers, calamus leaves, and a branch of moxa were appropriate only for the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival. Representations of roosters, considered lucky, were associated with the Chinese New Year, while images of a peony and butterfly signaled the Birthday of the Flowers. This lecture by Jan Stuart, keeper of Asia at the British Museum, examines the close bond between a wide range of pictorial arts and their temporal conventions. She explores the role of art in marking the passage of the yearly cycle and how it was folded into China’s abiding rhythms of nature and human culture.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Tour: Sackler Highlights
Tours
Explore the Sackler Gallery's permanent collection and temporary exhibitions. The museum opened in 1987 to house a gift of some 1,000 works of Asian art from Dr. Arthur M. Sackler. Among its highlights are early Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Interpretive Programs
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Cultural interpreters offer kids and families a hands-on learning cart, a hands-on activity, a storytelling program, or a tour in the galleries.
Through February 2012:
• Most Tues. Thurs. Sat. and Sun.: 2-4 PM
Note
- Subject to Cultural Interpreter availability.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Check at the Welcome Desk for location.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 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, February 11, 2012, 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
ArtLab+ Photo Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Get experience with in-the-moment documentation to setting up photo shoots, complete with light boxes and reflectors. You'll start with pocket digital cameras and move up to professional digital SLRs. Along the way, you will have opportunities to show your work in the museum and to apply to be paid documentary photographers at ArtLab+, Hirshhorn, and Smithsonian-sponsored events.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Saturdays through May.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. 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: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Reptile Discovery Center.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 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, February 11, 2012, 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM.
Animation Celebration!, Part I
Heye Center
Amaqqut Nunaat/The Country of Wolves
Agua en Nuestras Colonias/Water in Our Neighborhoods,
How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes
Neil Discovers the Moon
Elal y los Animales/Elal and the Animals
Raven Tales: Raven and the First People.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum Heye Center. Event Location: The Screening Room.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:00 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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 3:15 PM.
Chocolate Festival: Tradiciones Bolivianas and Sangre Boliviana Dance Performances
One-Time Events
Tradiciones Bolivianas was founded in 1997 by mothers and young people of different regions of Bolivia in order to preserve and demonstrate the culture, music, customs, and traditions of their country as a tribute of love and respect to their ancestral home. It is currently directed by founder Julia Garcia and William Tono Vargas.
For 25 years, Sangre Boliviana has been the home of hundreds of dancers and young people who have since gone on to be leaders in the community; it is because of this legacy that they have earned the name "Academy of Folklore." Their goal is to share and preserve the rich cultures, traditions and customs of Bolivia.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Crustacean Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
Come see the crabs, lobsters, shrimp and crayfish get their dinner!
Time Detail: 3:30 pm. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Invertebrate Exhibit.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM.
February Daily Films: Nikamowin/Song
Ongoing Tours & Activities
In honor of Black History Month, the museum presents two films that explore identity, community, and tradition:
Nikamowin/Song (2007, 11 min, Canada, directed by Kevin Lee Burton (Swampy Cree), in English and Cree with English subtitles and voice-over) This experimental film ponders the indelible human connection to language and the alarming demise of Native languages, transforming the sounds of a Cree narrative into parallel landscapes and soundscapes.
Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st Level. Cost: Free. Continues: Repeats daily, except Wednesdays, through February.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
Woo at the Zoo
Special Zoo Events
Looking for the wildest way to celebrate Valentine’s Day without breaking the bank? Attend the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s fourth annual Woo at the Zoo on Saturday, Feb. 11 for an opportunity to learn about animal mating, dating and reproductive habits in an honest and humorous forum.
Attendees and their “deer” ones will enjoy complimentary hors d'oeuvres and the opportunity to decorate sweets for your Sweetheart. A cash bar will also be available featuring specialty drinks served in the exclusive Woo at the Zoo commemorative glass. All the fun takes place in the Zoo’s Visitor Center auditorium.
You must be at least 21 years old to attend this event. A valid ID is required for admission. Please note that smoking is not permitted at the Zoo.
All guests must purchase a ticket for one talk, at 4:30, 6:30, or 8:30, and are required to come at their registered time. However, guests are invited to come early before or stay late after their talk to enjoy our cash bar and Valentine treats! The visitor cent…
Categories: After Five. Celebrations. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Zoo’s Visitor Center Auditorium. Cost: FONZ members: $11
Nonmembers: $22. Purchase Tickets: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ActivitiesAndEvents/Celebrations/woo/.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
For more info visit nationalzoo.si.edu. Smithsonian’s Stars Lecture Series: Highlights from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory
One-Time Events
4:30 PM: Discovery Station (in front of Welcome Center)
, 5:45 PM: Planetarium Presentation: Chandra Observatory has provided an unprecedented view of the universe at x-ray wavelengths since its launch in July 1999. Chandra's spectacular images and detailed spectra of astrophysical systems -- ranging from solar system objects to distant galaxies and clusters -- shed (x-ray) light on such diverse topics as stellar formation and demise, black hole-galaxy-cluster interactions, and properties of dark matter and dark energy. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Chandra X-ray Center director Harvey Tananbaum provides a brief overview and status report on Chandra and offers scientific highlights with emphasis on recent results.
, 6:45 PM: Telescope Observing (Public Observatory, outside on south terrace, weather permitting).
Categories: Demonstrations. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Albert Einstein Planetarium, 2nd Floor, West Wing. Cost: Free, but tickets required. Continues: Series continues every other Thursday through February 25.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 4:30 PM – 8:30 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 1:30 PM tour may be offered in Spanish (depending upon demand).
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 4:30 PM.
21st Century Consort presents Multiplicity
One-Time Events
The acclaimed 21st Century Consort continues their 2011–12 season with performances that celebrate exhibitions on view in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
The concept of repetition that is so integral to printmaking is also evident in contemporary classical music. In this concert, the music of Conlon Nancarrow, Robert Beaser, David Froom, Mark Kuss, and Dan Visconti is illustrated with images from the Multiplicity exhibition.
Time Detail: Pre-concert discussion 4 p.m. concert 5 p.m. Categories: Performances. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Tickets, which include admission to pre-concert discussions and post-concert receptions, are $20. Contact Smithsonian Associates at
residentassociates.org or (202) 633-3030. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=223580. Related Exhibition: Multiplicity.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Stargazing at the Public Observatory
One-Time Events
(weather permitting) The museum’s Public Observatory is open for special nighttime stargazing. Don't miss this chance to see an array of celestial objects through a powerful professional telescope.
Categories: After Five. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Public Observatory, Outside on the Southeast Terrace. Cost: Free. Continues: Repeats February 25.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 6:45 PM – 8:45 PM.
IMAX Films at the Samuel C. Johnson IMAX Theater
Ongoing Tours & Activities
For information on films, show times, and prices, visit the IMAX Theaters website.
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://www.si.edu/Imax/Theater/samuel-c-johnson-imax-theater.
Sunday, February 12, 2012.
For more info visit www.si.edu. Natural History Museum Exhibition Interpreters/Navigators
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Museum volunteer interpreters welcome visitors, answer questions, and help visitors navigate exhibitions. Interpreters may be stationed in several of the following exhibitions at various times throughout the day, subject to interpreter availability:
Against All Odds: Rescue at the Chilean Mine (through May 2012)
, Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake (through January 6, 2013)
, The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins: What Does It Mean To Be Human?
, The Sant Ocean Hall
, Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals
, Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Various exhibitions; ask at the museum's info desks for today's locations and schedules. Continues: Repeats most days.
Sunday, February 12, 2012.
Albert Einstein Planetarium
Ongoing Activities
Embark on an astronomical adventure at the Einstein Planetarium. For information on Planetarium shows, show times, and prices, visit the IMAX Theaters and Einstein Planetarium website.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Albert Einstein Planetarium. Purchase Tickets: http://www.si.edu/Imax/Theater/einstein-planetarium.
Sunday, February 12, 2012.
For more info visit www.si.edu. 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, show times, and prices, visit the IMAX Theaters website.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater. Purchase Tickets: http://www.si.edu/Imax/Theater/lockheed-martin-imax-theater.
Sunday, February 12, 2012.
For more info visit www.si.edu. 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, show times, and prices, visit the IMAX Theaters website.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Airbus IMAX Theater. Purchase Tickets: http://www.si.edu/Imax/Theater/airbus-imax-theater.
Sunday, February 12, 2012.
For more info visit www.si.edu. Special Members' Behind-the-Scenes Castle Tour
Ongoing Tours
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the Smithsonian Castle. Members learn about the Institution's benefactor, James Smithson, and the architecture of the building while on a private tour of the public and non-public areas of the original Smithsonian Institution building, the Castle.
Year-Round:
Sun.: 9:45 AM,
To register:
- Call Mon.-Fri. 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-2987 (voice) or 202-633-5285 (TTY) or e-mail CastleTours@si.edu.
Note
- Tour subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Smithsonian Castle. Event Location: Meet at information desk. Cost: Free for National, Air & Space, Resident, and Friends of the Smithsonian (Contributing) Members; registration required.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 9:45 AM.
Chocolate Festival: Cultural Uses of Chocolate in Mexico
One-Time Events
Natividad Estrada (Mazatec) explains the cultural and spiritual significance of cacao to her indigenous community in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
Chocolate Festival: From Bean to Beverage: Hands-On Activities
One-Time Events
Grind your own cacao seeds, froth the cacao, and explore the spices used to create traditional drinking chocolate.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
Power of Chocolate Festival
One-Time Events
This two-day celebration of one of the world’s favorite flavors includes traditional dance performances by Tradiciones Bolivianas and Sangre Boliviana; live food demonstrations and free chocolate samples (while supplies last!); a talk focused on the health and nutrition benefits of cacao and chocolate with Catherine Kwik-Uribe of Mars Botanical; and presentations from one of the world’s greatest chocolate makers, The Historic Division of Mars; as well as “Make Your Own Paper Mola” hands-on activities for kids and families!
Categories: Celebrations. Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Performances. Workshops. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium and Rasmuson Theater, 1st Level, and imagiNATIONS Activity Center, 3rd Level. Cost: Free. Continues: Last day.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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 2:00 pm daily, however frequently they may be found out in their yard after that time (weather dependent).
Time Detail: 10-4. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Outside Elephant House.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
Encounter Invertebrates
Daily Zoo Activities
Explore the complex and fascinating world of invertebrates: corals and crabs, ants and anemones, snails and spiders. Staff will be feeding the animals and answering questions every 1/2 hour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Time Detail: 10:00am to 4:00pm, every half hour at the Invertebrate Exhibit. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Invertebrate Exhibit. Continues: Every half hour.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Great Cats Viewing
Daily Zoo Activities
The lions and tigers are on exhibit from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily.
Time Detail: 10-4 at the Great Cats Exhibit. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Great Cats.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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 always available for purchase at the entrance to the simulator gallery and may also be available at either Welcome desk.
Admission Per Ride
- $7.00 per person
Payment Options:
- Cash, VISA, and MasterCard.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:00 AM.
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…
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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…
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:00 AM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Digital Camera Basics
Resident Associate Program
This hands-on workshop covers topics such as obtaining a good exposure using various shooting modes; making exposure adjustments on an image that is too light or dark; controlling color and tone as files are captured; understanding resolution, picture quality, and file formats such as JPEG and RAW; transferring files to the computer; and organizing files with a browser. View more details.
Categories: 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=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223743.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:00 AM.
Haudenosaunee Room
Heye Center
Haudenosaunee Room 10am - 4:45 PM.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum Heye Center. Event Location: Haudenosaunee Room. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:00 AM – 4:45 PM.
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.
Regular Hours:
Daily: 10:15 AM-5:30 PM; last timed ticket at 5 PM.
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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
- 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:15 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.
September 6 through early June:
• 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:30 AM – 3:30 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 20-minute performances reveal the people behind the objects on view and the emotion in their stories.
February 2011:
Most Sundays and Mondays at 10:30, 12:30, 2:00 and 3:30
, No shows February 19, 20, 26
, Please check listings for the day of your visit.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet in Flag Hall, 2nd floor, Center. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM.
For more info visit www.youtube.com. 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 availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:30 AM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Smithsonian Castle. Event Location: Meet at information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:30 AM.
Animation Celebration!, Part I
Heye Center
Amaqqut Nunaat/The Country of Wolves
Agua en Nuestras Colonias/Water in Our Neighborhoods,
How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes
Neil Discovers the Moon
Elal y los Animales/Elal and the Animals
Raven Tales: Raven and the First People.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum Heye Center. Event Location: The Screening Room.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
Chocolate Festival: Food Demonstration and Discussion
One-Time Events
Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe Chef Richard Hetzler discusses the wonders of chocolate and features Mitsitam’s famous Mexican hot chocolate as well as many other dishes both savory and sweet using chocolate.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Webcasts & Webinars. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st level. Webcast: http://www.AmericanIndian.si.edu/webcasts. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Amazon Fish Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
Thousands of fish species live in the Amazon River Basin. Meet some of them during this feeding in Amazonia.
Time Detail: 11:00 am. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Amazonia Exhibit.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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 solve cases, identify people from the past, and
draw conclusions about their lives.
Entry Procedures:
• Individuals:
- Walk-in. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
September 5 through mid-June:
- 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 11:00 AM.
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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 11:00 AM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Cultural interpreters provide a 1-hour overview of the museum's history, landscape, building, exhibitions, and other points of interest.
Through February 2012:
• Most Mon.-Fri.: 1:30 PM
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 11 AM and 1:30 PM
Note
- Subject to Cultural Interpreter availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Tours will begin on the 4th level. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 11:00 AM – 12:00 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM.
Sloth Bear Talk
Daily Zoo Activities
Find out what and how these Asian bears eat. This demo is weather dependent.
Time Detail: 11:30 am on Asia Trail (weather dependent). Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Asia Trail.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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 and prepare for your first sit-in. Would you 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 emotion in their stories.
February 2012:
Most Sundays at 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 3:00 PM, and 4:30 PM
, Most Fridays at 3:00 PM and 4:30 PM
, Please check listings for the day of your visit.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at Greensboro Lunch Counter, 2nd Floor, East Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Landmark Object: Greensboro Lunch Counter and Race: Are We So Different? (on view at the Natural History Museum).
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM.
For more info visit www.youtube.com. 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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 11:45 AM.
Book Signing: George Norfleet
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signings: Col. Wolfgang Samuel
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Col. Wolfgang Samuel signs copies of his books Glory Days, Watson's Whizzers, American Raiders, The War of Our Childhood, German Boy, I Always Wanted to Fly, and Coming to Colorado.
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 most Sundays and Tuesdays.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 12:00 PM.
Tour: Sackler Highlights
Tours
Explore the Sackler Gallery's permanent collection and temporary exhibitions. The museum opened in 1987 to house a gift of some 1,000 works of Asian art from Dr. Arthur M. Sackler. Among its highlights are early Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 12:00 PM.
Chocolate Festival:Tradiciones Bolivianas and Sangre Boliviana Dance Performances
One-Time Events
Tradiciones Bolivianas was founded in 1997 by mothers and young people of different regions of Bolivia in order to preserve and demonstrate the culture, music, customs, and traditions of their country as a tribute of love and respect to their ancestral home. It is currently directed by founder Julia Garcia and William Tono Vargas.
For 25 years, Sangre Boliviana has been the home of hundreds of dancers and young people who have since gone on to be leaders in the community; it is because of this legacy that they have earned the name "Academy of Folklore." Their goal is to share and preserve the rich cultures, traditions and customs of Bolivia.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 12:30 PM – 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 12:30 PM.
For more info visit www.mnh.si.edu. Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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 20-minute performances reveal the people behind the objects on view and the emotion in their stories.
February 2011:
Most Sundays and Mondays at 10:30, 12:30, 2:00 and 3:30
, No shows February 19, 20, 26
, Please check listings for the day of your visit.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet in Flag Hall, 2nd floor, Center. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 12:30 PM – 12:50 PM.
For more info visit www.youtube.com. February Daily Films: Wapawekka
Ongoing Tours & Activities
In honor of Black History Month, the museum presents two films that explore identity, community, and tradition:
Wapawekka (2010, 16 min, Canada, directed by Danis Goulet (Métis), in English and Cree with English subtitles) The quiet spaces of an isolated family camp begin to erode the cultural distance between a traditional Cree man and his son.
Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st Level. Cost: Free. Continues: Repeats daily, except Wednesdays, through February.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM.
Art a la Cart: Family Program
One-Time Events
(for ages 7-12) Travel through the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at interactive carts.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum; handouts available at both info desks. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.americanart.si.edu. Book Signing: Thomas D. Jones
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Thomas D. Jones signs copies of his books Planetology: Unlocking the Secrets of the Solar System, Hell Hawks: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht, and Skywalking: An Astronaut's Memoir.
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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
- 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Throughout the month of February, walk-in tours at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery will highlight a work by African American artists.
Notes
- No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:00 PM.
Animation Celebration!, Part I
Heye Center
Amaqqut Nunaat/The Country of Wolves
Agua en Nuestras Colonias/Water in Our Neighborhoods,
How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes
Neil Discovers the Moon
Elal y los Animales/Elal and the Animals
Raven Tales: Raven and the First People.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum Heye Center. Event Location: The Screening Room.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Infinity of Nations tour
Heye Center
Museum Ambassador Elizabeth Nico provides a 45-minute free guided tour through the permanent exhibition, INFINITY OF NATIONS. The tour highlights five musical instruments used by Native Peoples in Patagonia, Mesoamerica, the Southwest, Plains, and Northwest Coast.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum Heye Center. Event Location: Meet at 2nd Floor East Visitor Services Desk, tour takes place in the Infinity of Nations exhibtion, south gallery. Cost: Free; no reservations required. Related Exhibition: Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM.
Meet-a-Zebra
Daily Zoo Activities
Meet with a keeper and learn more about what makes Grevy’s zebras so cool. Meeting location is across the walkway from the wallaby/emu exhibit and to the left of the maned wolves.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Zebra Yard.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM.
Luce Unplugged with The Torches
One-Time Events
Luce Unplugged, an acoustic concert series, invites emerging musicians to play after staff-led art talks.
Join us today at 1:30 p.m. for an art talk on a piece selected by The Torches. The local musical group will perform a mixture of rock and folk music at 2 p.m. in the Luce Foundation Center following the talk.
Visit the Luce Center's website for additional dates and information.
Time Detail: Art talk meets in F Street Lobby at 1:30 p.m.; performance begins in Luce Foundation Center (third floor) at 2 p.m. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, West. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Chocolate Festival: From Bean to Beverage - Hands-On Activities
One-Time Events
Grind your own cacao seeds, froth the cacao, and explore the spices used to create traditional drinking chocolate.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:30 PM – 4:30 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM.
Small Mammal Feedings
Daily Zoo Activities
Everyone's on time for dinner! Beginning at 1:30pm through about 2:30pm come find out what's for dinner in the Small Mammal House!
Time Detail: 1:30 pm. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Small Mammal House.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:30 PM.
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 and prepare for your first sit-in. Would you 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 emotion in their stories.
February 2012:
Most Sundays at 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 3:00 PM, and 4:30 PM
, Most Fridays at 3:00 PM and 4:30 PM
, Please check listings for the day of your visit.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at Greensboro Lunch Counter, 2nd Floor, East Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Landmark Object: Greensboro Lunch Counter and Race: Are We So Different? (on view at the Natural History Museum).
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:30 PM – 1:50 PM.
For more info visit www.youtube.com. Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Cultural interpreters provide a 1-hour overview of the museum's history, landscape, building, exhibitions, and other points of interest.
Through February 2012:
• Most Mon.-Fri.: 1:30 PM
• Most Sat. and Sun.: 11 AM and 1:30 PM
Note
- Subject to Cultural Interpreter availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Tours will begin on the 4th level. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:30 PM – 2:30 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
Notes
- On the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month, the tour may be offered in Spanish (depending upon demand).
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:30 PM.
Chocolate Festival: Cultural Uses of Chocolate in Mexico
One-Time Events
Natividad Estrada (Mazatec) explains the cultural and spiritual significance of cacao to her indigenous community in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Chocolate Festival: Family Activity - Make Your Own Paper Mola
One-Time Events
Find out how the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia create artistic textiles called molas. Then, make your own paper mola celebrating cacao!
Recommended for Ages 6+ Up
FREE timed entry tickets required, available outside Activity Center.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: imagiNATIONS Activity Center, 3rd Floor. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Chocolate Festival: The Health Benefits of Chocolate
One-Time Events
This special presentation by Dr. Catherine Kwik-Uribe of Mars Botanical provides a fascinating illustrated overview of some of the historical uses of cacao, as well as the latest scientific research on chocolate and cocoa.
Dr. Kwik-uribe is the Director of Research and Development for Mars Botanical, a scientific division of Mars Incorporated. Since joining Mars Inc. in 2002, Dr. Kwik-Uribe has managed a research program within Mars Inc. that examines the potential role of specific cocoa-derived compounds—the cocoa flavanols—to support human health.
Categories: Demonstrations. Lectures & Discussions. Webcasts & Webinars. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st level. Webcast: http://www.AmericanIndian.si.edu/webcasts. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
All about Body Art
One-Time Events
(recommended for ages 13 to adult) Artist and educator Jay Coleman takes you on an exploration into urban tattoo consciousness, reasoning, and subject matter. Explore the history of tattooing, as well as the cultural, diplomatic, and social importance of the art form. You will also learn about the health risks and myths about tattoos.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Anacostia Community Museum. Event Location: Program Room. Cost: Free, but reservations required; call 202-633-4844.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Portrait Story Days: Toni Morrison
One-Time Events
(for ages 5 and up with adult) Drop in to listen to a story about a person who has influenced American history and culture and to create a special piece of art. Today, learn about African American novelist Toni Morrison.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Education Center. Cost: Free; drop-in. Continues: Series continues selected Saturdays and Sundays.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Lecture with Debra Fritts
One-Time Events
Join ceramicist Debra Fritts as she shares stories about her work and process. Through exploration of terracotta and the female form, she creates works that revolve around the mysteries and joys of daily living.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Grand Salon.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 3:00 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM.
Spider Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
Eight-legged wonders! Get up close and personal with tarantulas, brown recluse or other eight-legged residents of the Invertebrate exhibit.
Time Detail: 2:00pm at Invertebrates. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Invertebrates.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Mourning
Films
Winner of the top prize at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival, Morteza Farshbaf’s debut feature is unique in a number of ways—not the least of which is that the two main characters are deaf and communicate almost entirely in sign language. As the characters bicker during a road trip, the audience learns tantalizing pieces of information about their passenger, a young relative whose parents disappeared in the middle of the night. A protégé of Abbas Kiarostami, Farshbaf “fashions a consistently surprising and blackly comic road trip that may herald the arrival of a major new Iranian talent” (Institute of Contemporary Art, London). (Dir.: Morteza Farshbaf, Iran, 2011, 84 min. Persian and sign language with English subtitles, video).
Categories: Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Foreign-Language Highlights Tour: Spanish
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour in Spanish of the highlights of the museum.
Year-Round:
1st, 2nd, and 4th Sunday of each month, 2 PM
Note
- Tour subject to docent availability and visitor requests.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet near Constitution Ave. Welcome Desk, 1st Floor, Center. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 3:00 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 20-minute performances reveal the people behind the objects on view and the emotion in their stories.
February 2011:
Most Sundays and Mondays at 10:30, 12:30, 2:00 and 3:30
, No shows February 19, 20, 26
, Please check listings for the day of your visit.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet in Flag Hall, 2nd floor, Center. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM.
For more info visit www.youtube.com. In Every Language Love
Kids and Family
An Open House for All Ages
In the classroom, enjoy a digital slideshow of images of love in Asian art. Use stamps that say “love” in more than a dozen Asian languages to print Valentines to take home.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sackler sublevel 2. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Interpretive Programs
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Cultural interpreters offer kids and families a hands-on learning cart, a hands-on activity, a storytelling program, or a tour in the galleries.
Through February 2012:
• Most Tues. Thurs. Sat. and Sun.: 2-4 PM
Note
- Subject to Cultural Interpreter availability.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Check at the Welcome Desk for location.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Portrait Discovery Kit Activity
Ongoing Activities
(for families with children ages 5 and up) Are you looking for a new way to visit the National Portrait Gallery with family and friends? Borrow a Portrait Discovery Kit – a self-guided, interactive, and imaginative way to learn more about the "sitters" (people in the portraits) and their contributions to American history. The kit includes seek-and-find cards, self-portrait pads, portrait detective and historian guides, and a compare-and-contrast activity using a doll. A museum educator explains how to use the kit before sending you to explore the galleries.
Image: Martin Luther King, Jr. / Boris Chaliapin / Watercolor and pencil on board, 1957.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Borrow a kit from the Education Center, Room E151, 1st Floor, South. Cost: Free; kits available on a first-come, first-served basis
Note: To borrow a kit, adult must leave cell phone number and e-mail address. Kits must be returned by 5 PM. Continues: Repeats selected Saturdays and Sundays through February.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 5:00 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:30 PM – 3:00 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: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Reptile Discovery Center.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 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 and prepare for your first sit-in. Would you 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 emotion in their stories.
February 2012:
Most Sundays at 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 3:00 PM, and 4:30 PM
, Most Fridays at 3:00 PM and 4:30 PM
, Please check listings for the day of your visit.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at Greensboro Lunch Counter, 2nd Floor, East Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Landmark Object: Greensboro Lunch Counter and Race: Are We So Different? (on view at the Natural History Museum).
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM.
For more info visit www.youtube.com. Animation Celebration!, Part I
Heye Center
Amaqqut Nunaat/The Country of Wolves
Agua en Nuestras Colonias/Water in Our Neighborhoods,
How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes
Neil Discovers the Moon
Elal y los Animales/Elal and the Animals
Raven Tales: Raven and the First People.
Categories: Films. Kids & Families. Venue: American Indian Museum Heye Center. Event Location: The Screening Room.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
U.S. Custom House tour.
Heye Center
Museum ambassador Alen Iliev provides a 45 minute in-depth look at the unique architecture of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House,home of the National Museum of the American Indian in NY.
Venue: American Indian Museum Heye Center. Event Location: Visitors service desk,2nd floor.NE desk. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:00 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; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 3:15 PM.
Chocolate Festival: Tradiciones Bolivianas and Sangre Boliviana Dance Performances
One-Time Events
Tradiciones Bolivianas was founded in 1997 by mothers and young people of different regions of Bolivia in order to preserve and demonstrate the culture, music, customs, and traditions of their country as a tribute of love and respect to their ancestral home. It is currently directed by founder Julia Garcia and William Tono Vargas.
For 25 years, Sangre Boliviana has been the home of hundreds of dancers and young people who have since gone on to be leaders in the community; it is because of this legacy that they have earned the name "Academy of Folklore." Their goal is to share and preserve the rich cultures, traditions and customs of Bolivia.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Crustacean Feeding
Daily Zoo Activities
Come see the crabs, lobsters, shrimp and crayfish get their dinner!
Time Detail: 3:30 pm. Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Invertebrate Exhibit.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 3:30 PM – 3:45 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 20-minute performances reveal the people behind the objects on view and the emotion in their stories.
February 2011:
Most Sundays and Mondays at 10:30, 12:30, 2:00 and 3:30
, No shows February 19, 20, 26
, Please check listings for the day of your visit.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet in Flag Hall, 2nd floor, Center. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 3:30 PM – 3:50 PM.
For more info visit www.youtube.com. February Daily Films: Nikamowin/Song
Ongoing Tours & Activities
In honor of Black History Month, the museum presents two films that explore identity, community, and tradition:
Nikamowin/Song (2007, 11 min, Canada, directed by Kevin Lee Burton (Swampy Cree), in English and Cree with English subtitles and voice-over) This experimental film ponders the indelible human connection to language and the alarming demise of Native languages, transforming the sounds of a Cree narrative into parallel landscapes and soundscapes.
Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st Level. Cost: Free. Continues: Repeats daily, except Wednesdays, through February.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a highlights tour of The Great American Hall of Wonders exhibition.
Year-Round:
Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum
• Most Sundays at 4 p.m.
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. Related Exhibition: Multiplicity, Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 4:00 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 and prepare for your first sit-in. Would you 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 emotion in their stories.
February 2012:
Most Sundays at 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 3:00 PM, and 4:30 PM
, Most Fridays at 3:00 PM and 4:30 PM
, Please check listings for the day of your visit.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Meet at Greensboro Lunch Counter, 2nd Floor, East Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Landmark Object: Greensboro Lunch Counter and Race: Are We So Different? (on view at the Natural History Museum).
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 4:30 PM – 4:50 PM.
For more info visit www.youtube.com. 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 1:30 PM tour may be offered in Spanish (depending upon demand).
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 4:30 PM.
The Emerson String Quartet
Resident Associate Program
Join us for a diverse set of music ranging from Bach to Jazz, including some Brazilian Choro music. This program features violist Lawrence Dutton and bassist John Patitucci. View more details.
Categories: After Five. Performances. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: National Museum of Natural History, Baird Auditorium, 10th & Constitution Avenue, NW, Metro: Federal Triangle or Smithsonian. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=222733.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 6:00 PM.