What's on in Washington, DC
The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, densely arrayed with gilt bronze figures, painted thangkas and ritual objects from the Alice S. Kandell Collection

National Museum of Asian ArtNational Mall

The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room

Now showingPermanent collectionFree

An immersive shrine of more than 250 bronzes, thangkas, silk hangings and ritual objects from Alice S. Kandell's gift, lit like butter lamps and filled with monastic chant.

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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

DesignFree4 min walk
Exterior of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History on the National Mall, its domed Beaux-Arts rotunda above a columned portico

National Museum of Natural History

HistoryFree5 min walk
Aerial view of the National Museum of American History on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

National Museum of American History

HistoryFree5 min walk
Exterior of the International Spy Museum's black-and-red glass building at L'Enfant Plaza, Washington, DC

International Spy Museum

Military5 min walk

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