What's on in Washington, DC

National Air and Space MuseumNational Mall

World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation

Now showingPermanent collectionFree

How the airplane became an essential weapon of the First World War, with aircraft including the Sopwith Camel and Fokker D.VII and an immersive projection of open-cockpit aerial combat.

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On nowAll of October 2026

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Installation view of Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960

Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Installation view of Adam Pendleton: Love, Queen at the Hirshhorn Museum

Adam Pendleton: Love, Queen

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Entrance to Light Is a Plastic Medium at the Hirshhorn: a wall-size photograph of Carlotta Corpron at work beside green title walls

Light Is a Plastic Medium: The Photography of Carlotta Corpron

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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

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The cylindrical concrete exterior of the Hirshhorn Museum, raised on four piers, on the National Mall in Washington, DC

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

DesignFree3 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

ArtFree3 min walk
The neoclassical West Building of the National Gallery of Art on the National Mall, Washington, DC

National Gallery of Art

ArtFree4 min walk
The neoclassical National Archives Building with its Corinthian colonnade, seen from Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC

National Archives Museum

ArchitectureFree7 min walk

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