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Thursday, January 17, 2013

WHAT TO DO IN WASHINGTON DURING THE INAUGURATION WEEKEND

NMAAHC -- National Museum of African American History and Culture

WHAT TO DO IN WASHINGTON DURING
THE INAUGURATION WEEKEND


Behind the Dream: the Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation by Clarence B. Jones and Stuart Connelly
 
Saturday, January 19, 2013, 2:00 pm


 
Join us for a conversation between award-winning author and Washington Post reporter Wil Haygood and Clarence B. Jones, Dr. Martin Luther King’s personal lawyer and speechwriter.


 
National Museum of American History, Warner Bros. Theater
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Metro: Smithsonian or Federal Triangle



Free and Open to the Public. Seating limited.
RSVP requested REGISTER HERE



Help us Celebrate History in the Making at an Open House hosted by the NMAAHC


 

Sunday, January 20, 2013, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm


 
      • Take a virtual tour of the Museum
      • View groundbreaking ceremony highlights
      • Meet museum staff and fellow Charter Members
      • Enjoy music and light refreshments
      • Show your membership card to receive a special photo (quantities limited)
      • Become a Charter Member
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S. Dillon Ripley Center1100 Jefferson Avenue NW
Washington DC
Note: Copper-dome entrance kiosk located between Smithsonian Castle
and the Freer Sackler Gallery.
Metro: Smithsonian


 
Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 and the March on Washington, 1963

On view now through September 15, 2013 in the NMAAHC’s temporary gallery on level 2.
 
National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Metro: Smithsonian or Federal Triangle
 
Guided exhibition tours offered Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 am, 12:00 noon, and 1:00 pm. Maximum group size for each tour is 15. Please meet in front of exhibition entrance.
 
For more information about Changing America, visit HERE


OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION EVENTS LOCATED HERE
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