What's on in Washington, DC

The Gail Kern Paster Reading Room at the Folger Shakespeare Library, with oak panelling and a trussed roof

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Folger Shakespeare LibraryCapitol Hill

Gail Kern Paster Reading Room

Now showingPermanent collectionFree

A 131-foot researchers' hall of carved oak, leaded glass and a high trussed roof, with a Seven Ages of Man stained-glass window. Open to visitors Friday evenings and weekends.

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More in Washington, DC

On now All of October 2026

Also at Folger Shakespeare Library

On now nearby

The Declaration's Promise: A Revolutionary Idea

Library of Congress

The welcome wall of "Alive in Many Hands" at the Library of Congress, made of enlarged photos of people practising folk traditions woven together like a basket

"Alive in Many Hands": The American Folklife Center at 50

Library of Congress

Truman Lowe's Feather Canoe, made from peeled willow saplings, feathers and copper wire

Water's Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe

National Museum of the American Indian

All exhibitions in Washington, DC this month Coming up in November

Nearby

Aerial view of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, with its copper dome and Beaux-Arts facade, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC

Library of Congress

ArchitectureFree2 min walk

The curved Kasota limestone exterior of the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall in Washington, DC

National Museum of the American Indian

ArtFree14 min walk

Exterior of the Rubell Museum DC, the former Randall Junior High School at 65 I Street SW, Washington, DC

Rubell Museum DC

The newly refaced National Mall building of the National Air and Space Museum, showing the glass portico entrance on Jefferson Drive and the Ad Astra sculpture

National Air and Space Museum

HistoryFree18 min walk

Image credits

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Gail Kern Paster Reading RoomJulie Ainsworth, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
"Alive in Many Hands": The American Folklife Center at 50Shawn Miller / Library of Congress
Water's Edge: The Art of Truman LoweCourtesy of National Museum of the American Indian
Folger Shakespeare LibrarySer Amantio di Nicolao, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Library of CongressCarol M. Highsmith, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
National Museum of the American IndianCarol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Rubell Museum DCAPK, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
National Air and Space Museumajay_suresh via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

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