What's on in Washington, DC

The recreated circular display of Thomas Jefferson's personal library at the Library of Congress, with volumes shelved in curved wooden cases

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Library of CongressCapitol Hill

Thomas Jefferson's Library

Now showingFrom 11 April 2008Free

A recreation of Jefferson's personal library: the 6,487 volumes he sold to Congress in 1815 to refound the Library, in the Southwest Pavilion of the Jefferson Building.

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On now All of October 2026

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Promotional image for To Hear Her Speak: Black Women and Shakespeare at the Folger Shakespeare Library

To Hear Her Speak: Black Women and Shakespeare

Folger Shakespeare Library

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

Treaty documents and Native diplomatic objects displayed in Nation to Nation

Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations

National Museum of the American Indian

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

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The white marble exterior of the Folger Shakespeare Library on East Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC

Folger Shakespeare Library

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

ArtFree12 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

HistoryFree16 min walk

Image credits

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Thomas Jefferson's LibrarySmash the Iron Cage / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
To Hear Her Speak: Black Women and ShakespeareFolger Shakespeare Library
Water's Edge: The Art of Truman LoweCourtesy of National Museum of the American Indian
Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian NationsCourtesy of National Museum of the American Indian
Library of CongressCarol M. Highsmith, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Folger Shakespeare LibrarySer Amantio di Nicolao, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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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