It's back-to-school season, so you know what that means. It's time to plan your homeschool field trips!
Any kid will tell you field trips are the highlight of the school…
Stand on the point of land poking into the Potomac River. A stone and brick fort looms above you.
You instantly see what a map or written description of this…
Visit Washington DC for the 4th of July and see the Declaration of Independence with your own eyes at the National Archives.
Travel back in time with their dramatic reading…
V-Mail launched 81 years ago this week.
When William H. VanZee wrote these two letters to his wife, Laura, the Victory Mail system was a well-oiled machine. It allowed millions…
This Saturday, the artifacts come out to play.
WWII tanks, classic jeeps, and the M29 Weasel make a wonderful hands-on display for you and your kids.
Come commemorate D-Day with…
Families in the DMV love visiting Arlington National Cemetry on Memorial Day. Few places are more beautiful, solemn, and famous. But going on the holiday has several cons.
Pros:
Beautiful,…
Last week, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery opened a new exhibition- “1898: US Imperial Visions and Revisions”.
Entry into Guanica Bay by the Smithsonian
This exhibition explores the United States move…
The National Gallery of Art was America's most popular art museum last year. It beat its main competitor, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, for the first time since…
Poor Richard is a collection of 73 caricatures of President Nixon. Artist Philip Guston imagines and portrays his character through:
Posture
Speech
Features
Locations
Clothing
Guston's caricatures are distict
It's an…
Cherokee Days Festival returns to the Smithsonian American Indian Museum this weekend.
During this three-day celebration, enjoy Cherokee food, weapons, singing, and perhaps a dash of Christian Nationalism.
The American…