All Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., including the National Zoo, and in New York City continue to be closed to support the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.
National Museum of African American History and Culture
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
(7:30 p.m. during extended hours)
Closed December 25
Free, timed passes required during peak visitation.
About
The National Museum of African American History and Culture is a place where all Americans can learn about the richness and diversity of the African American experience, what it means to their lives, and how it helped us shape this nation.
Highlights
Harriet Tubman's hymnal; Nat Turner’s bible; A plantation cabin from South Carolina; Guard tower from Angola Prison; Michael Jackson's fedora; and works by prolific artists such as Charles Alston, Elizabeth Catlett, Romare Bearden, and Henry O. Tanner.
Dining
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Sweet Home Café
The 2017 James Beard Award nominated Sweet Home Café boasts both refined and down-home cooking intricately linked to the geographic regions that inspired each dish, revealing stories about African American culture through food.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
Getting Here
We encourage the use of public transportation.
Metro Station: Federal Triangle or Smithsonian (Mall exit)
There is no public parking facility for Smithsonian museums on the National Mall. Limited 3-hour metered parking and commercial lots are available—see parking map. Reserved parking near the museums can be purchased in advance through ParkWhiz.
Note: ParkWhiz is a third-party vendor (ParkWhiz Privacy Policy).
- Uncle Tom's Cabin: Early and Notable Editions
- We Return Fighting: The African American Experience in World War I
- Now Showing: Posters from African American Movies
- Slavery and Freedom
- Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: Era of Segregation 1876-1968
- A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
- Power of Place
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Double Victory: The African American Military Experience
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Musical Crossroads
- Cultural Expressions
- Taking the Stage
- Visual Art and the American Experience
- A Century in the Making: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture
