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Sunday, November 23
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Grand Reopening
3-Day Family Festival |
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The museum celebrates its grand reopening with three days of festivities. Hear performances of jazz, blues, Latin music, 19th-century string band music, "freedom songs" of the Civil Rights Movement, and military music. Meet actors impersonating Mary Pickersgill, who made the Star-Spangled Banner in 1813; take part in the sit-ins of the Civil Rights Movement; and listen to letters home from American soldiers who served in our nation's armed conflicts. Have your photo taken with Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, George Washington, Civil War soldiers, and other historical characters in front of the Museum's iconic landmark objects. Examine everyday objects for clues about the people who made and used them and explore the experience of various Americans -- such as soldiers -- throughout history at artifact and destination carts. Schedule of today's activities available at the 2nd floor Welcome Center or the 1st floor Information Desk.
Free
Last day
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National Museum of American History
Location: American History Museum Throughout the museum
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| 12 Noon-4 PM
Robert F. Dorr: Hell Hawks! and Air Force One
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Robert F. Dorr signs copies of his books Hell Hawks!: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht and Air Force One.
Books available for sale in Museum Store
Repeats Nov. 30
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National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Location: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center Outside Museum Store
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Film Indians Now: The Double Entendre of Re-Enactment
Performance and Talk, with audience interaction |
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In this interactive program, Gerald McMaster offers a subversive and often humorous examination of the historical re-enactment from its roots -- as far back as the American artist George Catlin -- to today's young Native American artists who are reinterpreting re-enactment as a means of artistic defiance. Celebrates American Indian Heritage Month.
Free
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: American Indian Museum Rasmuson Theater
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| 2 PM
Where the Desert Blooms
ImaginAsia Family Program |
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(ages 8-14 with adult) Enjoy a classroom slide show of the palace gardens at Nagaur in India, and then use an activity book to explore the exhibition Garden and Cosmos and discover how artists interpreted these gardens in their paintings. Afterwards, return to the classroom to create your own miniature Nagaur palace garden to take home.
Note: Reservations required for groups over 8, call 202-633-0461.
Free; first come, first served; for groups 8+, see Note
Repeats December 7
Related Exhibition: Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Sackler Gallery Classroom, Sublevel 2
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The Sakais' Happiness
Film Series: Another Side of Japanese Cinema |
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(2006, 112 min., Japanese with English subtitles, directed by Mipo Oh, Japan) This quietly charming film follows a family's journey from contentment to confusion to acceptance after the father suddenly disappears, and the son discovers the shocking reason why.
Free, but tickets (2 per person) distributed 1 hour before
Series continues December 5 & 7
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer Gallery Meyer Auditorium
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