THE WASHINGTON POST • FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2010
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Museums
OPENINGS
“COSMOS IN MINIATURE: THE REMARKABLE STAR MAP OF SIMEON
DE WITT” Documents prepared by Simeon De Witt, a surveyor for George Washington, open indefinitely at the National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Open daily 10 to 5:30. 202-633-1000.
www.americanhistory.si.edu. Free.
“CELEBRATING 100 YEARS AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL
HISTORY” A photographic exhibition recalling the museum’s evolution from the time its doors first opened in 1910 to the present day, opening Saturday at the National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Open daily 10 to 7:30. 202-633-1000. www.
mnh.si.edu. Free.
EXHIBITIONS
AIR AND SPACE/DOWNTOWN Open
indefinitely: “Beyond the Limits: Flight Enters the Computer Age.” “America by Air.” “Apollo to the Moon.” “Milestones of Flight.” “Space Race.” Open daily 10 to 7:30, through Sept. 7. Sixth Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000.
www.nasm.si.edu. Free.
AIR AND SPACE/DULLES Open
indefinitely: “Commercial Aviation.” “Human Spaceflight.” “Rockets and Missiles.” “Vertical Flight.” “World War II Aviation.” Open daily 10 to 5:30. Udvar-Hazy Center, 14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy., Chantilly.
202-633-1000.
www.nasm.si. edu/UdvarHazy. Free.
AMERICAN HISTORY “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American
Entertainment,” through Aug. 29. The exhibition draws on graphic images, film, costumes, music scores, playbills, instruments and artist interviews to explore the Apollo Theater’s impact on American popular culture and how African American culture shaped the nation. Open indefinitely: “Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life.” More than 60 historical treasures associated with Lincoln’s life. “The First Ladies at the Smithsonian: A First Lady’s Debut.” An addition to the museum’s collection of first ladies’ gowns, focusing on dresses from contemporary first ladies, beginning with Mamie Eisenhower. Open daily 10 to 5:30. 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000. www.
americanhistory.si.edu. Free.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY “Curatorial
Practice,” through June 5. “Emilie Brzezinski: Family Trees,” through June 5. Zbigniew Brzezinski’s wife creates a metaphorical family portrait using natural wood sculptures. Open Tuesday-Sunday 11 to 4. Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-2787.
www.american.edu/katzen.
AMERICAN VISIONARY ART
MUSEUM“Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness,” through Sept. 5. The definition of freedom outlined in the Declaration of Independence serves as the starting point for this collection of works by the descendants of the Russian czars, Iroquois Indians, French revolutionaries and Guantanamo Bay detainees. Open daily, except Mondays, 10 to 6. 800 Key Hwy., Baltimore. 410-244-1900. $12, $8 seniors and students, free for age 6 and younger.
ANACOSTIA COMMUNITY
MUSEUM“The African Presence in Mexico: From Yanga to the Present,” through July 4. An examination of the history, culture and art of Afro-Mexicans from the colonial era to the present day. Open indefinitely: “Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia.” An examination of the popularity of the national pastime when played by African Americans. Open daily 10 to 5. 1901 Fort Pl. SE.
202-633-4820.
www.anacostia.si.edu.
Free.
ANDERSON HOUSE Items related to the American Revolution and collections of American, European and Oriental antiques and artifacts. Open Tuesday-Saturday 1 to 4. 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040.
www.societyofthecincinnati.org. Free.
ART MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAS
“House of the Americas Turns 100: Paul Philippe Cret and the Architecture of Dialogue,” through July 3. An exhibition
COMINGS AND GOINGS
Last chance
Closing Friday: “In Our
Time” at the Goethe-Institut (202-289-1200); “Steven
Cushner: New Paintings” and “William Willis: Works on
Paper” at the Hemphill (202-234-5601); “Steven Williams” at the Montpelier Arts Center (301-377-7800. 410-792-0664). . . . Closing
Saturday: “American Beauty”
at the Ralls Collection (202-342-1754). . . . Closing
Sunday: “Sevres Then and Now: Tradition and Innovation in Porcelain, 1750-2000” at
the Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens (202-686-5807). . . . Closing Monday: “Art Crimes” at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment (202-393-1099); “Directions: John Gerrard” at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
(202-633-1000); “In the
Genes?” at the Torpedo Factory Art Center (703-838-4565);
“Panamanian Passages” at
the S. Dillon Ripley Center
(202-633-1000); “The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture, 1600-1700” at
the National Gallery of Art, East Building (202-737-4215). . . . Closing Tuesday: “Lists: To-dos,
Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists’ Enumerations From the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art” at
the Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture (home to the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum). 202-633-1000.
Upcoming exhibits
On June 5, the Phillips Collection opens two exhibitions focusing on white — or mostly white — paintings:
“Pousette-Dart: Predominantly White Paintings” and “Robert Ryman: Variations and Improvisations.”
202-387-2151. “Revealing Culture,” opening June 8 at the International Gallery of the Smithsonian’s S. Dillon Ripley Center, features 130 works by contemporary artists with disabilities. 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-633-5285).
“Relation to and not yet (homage to Mondrian), Kate
Shepherd,” opening June 10 at the Phillips Collection, is part of the “Intersections” series, in which contemporary artists create work responding to work in the museum’s collection or the building itself.
202-387-2151. “Lost at Sea: The Ocean in the English Imagination, 1550-1750,”
opening June 10 at the Folger Shakespeare Library, looks at early modern English culture’s responses to maritime disorientation. 202-544-4600.
4. 8614 Chestnut Ave., Bowie.
301-809-3089.
www.cityofbowie. org/museums/
museums.asp. Free.
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER “E
Pluribus Unum — Out of Many, One.” Artifacts, video and architectural models illustrate the history of Congress and the Capitol. Open Monday-Saturday 8:30 to 4:30. First and East Capitol streets NE. 202-226-8000. Free.
COLLEGE PARK AVIATION MUSEUM
“In Plane View,” through June 11. Large-scale photographs of famous aircraft that emphasize the sculptural forms and life-like elements present in the aerodynamic engineering. Open daily 10 to 5. 1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Dr., College Park. 301-864-6029. www.
collegeparkaviationmuseum.com. $4, $3 seniors, $2 children; free for age 2 and younger.
ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART
Adolf Konrad’s packing list is part of an exhibit featuring artists’ lists at the Reynolds Center. It closes Tuesday.
CORCORAN “American Falls: Phil Solomon,” through July 18. A new multi-projection video installation by experimental filmmaker Phil Solomon inspired by Frederic Edwin Church’s “Niagara.” “Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change,” through July 18. A retrospective of 19th-century photographer’s work. Best known for his studies of animal and human movement, Muybridge was also a landscape artist and pioneer of documentary subjects. Open Sunday and Wednesday 10 to 5, Thursday 10 to 9 and Friday and Saturday 10 to 5. 500 17th St. NW. 202-639-1700.
www.corcoran.org. $10, $8 for students and seniors, free for children younger than 12.
DAR “Honoring Lafayette: Contemporary Quilts From France and America,” through Sept. 4. Open Monday-Friday 9:30 to 4, Saturday 9 to 5. 1776 D St. NW. 202-879-3241. www.
dar.org/museum. Free.
DEA MUSEUM“Illegal Drugs in America: A Modern History.” Open Tuesday-Friday 10 to 4. 700 Army Navy Dr., Arlington. 202-307-3463. www.
deamuseum.org. Free.
DECATUR HOUSE Federalist
furnishings and architecture in an 1818 Federal-style townhouse. Open Sunday noon to 4, Monday-Saturday 10 to 5. 1610 H St. NW. 202-842-0920. www.
decaturhouse.org.
DUMBARTON HOUSE “Fran, Have You Supplied the Table?,” through June 12. A showcase of dining traditions and etiquette in the Federal era. Open Saturday and Sunday 11 to 3, Tuesday through Friday 10 to 4. 2715 Q St. NW.
202-337-2288.
www.dumbartonhouse.org.
$5, free for students.
DUMBARTON OAKS MUSEUM
“Scattered Evidence: Excavating Antioch-on-the-Orontes,” through Oct. 10. The objects, on display together for the first time, are a cross section of the discoveries made at Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey) during the 1930s. Open Tuesday-Sunday 2 to 5. 1703 32nd St. NW. 202-339-6401.
www.doaks.org. Free.
FAIRFAX MUSEUMOpen indefinitely:
“The Fairfax Story.” “Historic Postcards of Fairfax: Images From the Tony Chaves Collection.” Open daily 9 to 5. 10209 Main St., Fairfax. 703-385-8414. Free.
FORT WARD Displays about the Civil War defense of Washington. Open April-October, Sunday noon to 5, Tuesday-Saturday 9 to 5; November-March Sunday noon to 5, Tuesday-Saturday 10 to 5. 4301 W. Braddock Rd., Alexandria. 703-746-4848.
www.fortward.org. Free.
on the Organization of American States headquarters. Open daily, except Monday, 10 to 5. 201 18th St. NW.
202-458-6016.
www.museum.oas.org.
Free.
ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY “In
the Realm of the Buddha,” through July 18. The exhibit is two mini exhibits: “The Tibetan Shrine From the Alice S. Kandell Collection” and “Lama, Patron, Artist: The Great Situ Panchen.” Open daily 10 to 5:30. 1050 Independence Ave. SW. 202-633-1000. Free.
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART
“Textiles Recycled/Reimagined,” through Sept. 5. A collection of items that are getting a second life. “Baker Artist Awards 2010 Winners,” through June 27. The BMA celebrates the eight winners with an exhibition of sculpture, film, photography, drawings, music and performance videos. Wednesday-Friday
10 to 5 and Saturday-Sunday 11 to 6. 10 Art Museum Dr., Baltimore. 443-573-1700.
www.artbma.org. Free.
BANNEKER-DOUGLASS MUSEUM
“Deep Roots, Rising Waters.” Stories from the lives of African Americans in Maryland from the Colonial days through the civil rights movement. Open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10 to 4; Thursday 10 to 7; and Sunday 1 to 5. 84 Franklin St., Annapolis. 410-216-6180.
www.bdmuseum.com. Free.
BELAIR MANSION A restored 1745 plantation home furnished with period antiques. Open Wednesday-Sunday noon to 4. 12207 Tulip Grove Dr., Bowie.
301-809-3089.
www.cityofbowie. org/museums/
museums.asp. Donations
requested.
BOWIE RAILROAD STATION
MUSEUM“Historic Images of a Railroad Town.” Open daily, except Monday, 10 to
FREDERICK DOUGLASS HOME
Home tours. The visitor center offers orientation of the last residence of the 19th-century abolitionist. Open daily 9 to 4. 1411 W St. SE. 202-426-5961. Free admission at visitor center, $3 for house tours.
FREER GALLERY “The Texture of Night,” through June 30. A collection of 15 abstract moonlit landscapes, or “nocturnes,” by James McNeill Whistler. Open indefinitely: “Ancient Chinese Pottery and Bronze.” Open daily 10 to 5:30. Jefferson Drive and 12th Street SW. 202-633-1000.
www.asia.si.edu. Free.
GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC
NATIONAL MEMORIAL Collection of George Washington memorabilia. Open daily 9 to 4. 101 Callahan Dr., Alexandria.
703-683-2007.
www.gwmemorial.org.
Free.
GERMAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE
MUSEUM“German Immigration to the US: 1600-Present.” Exhibits dedicated to German immigration since 1600, German music in America, the influence of German and American literature on each
country, German families and clubs and present-day Germany. Open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 11 to 6, Wednesday 2 to 7 and Saturday-Sunday noon to 5. 719 Sixth St. NW. 202-467-5000. www.
gahfusa.org. Free.
HEURICH HOUSE MUSEUM This
late-Victorian-era home of a prominent German immigrant and Washington brewer features original 1890s interiors and furnishings. Tours are Thursday and Friday at 11:30 and 1 and Saturday at 11:30, 1 and 2:30. 1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-429-1894. www.
heurichhouse.org. $5.
HILLWOOD “Sevres Then and Now: Tradition and Innovation in Porcelain, 1750-2000,” through Sunday. A collection of more than 90 intricate and colorful works of art in porcelain, many never seen by American audiences. Open Tuesday-Saturday 10 to 5. 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807. www.
hillwoodmuseum.org. $12, $10 seniors, $7 students, $5 ages 6 to 18.
HIRSHHORN “Directions: John Gerrard,” through Monday. Recent work by the Irish artist uses customized 3-D gaming software to reimagine landscape art. Open indefinitely: “Colorforms.” The exhibit explores the history of artists’ fascination with abstract color from World War II to the present. Open daily 10 to 5:30, sculpture garden open 7:30 a.m. to dusk. Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW.
202-633-1000.
www.hirshhorn.si.edu.
Free.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF
WASHINGTON Open indefinitely: “Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement.” “March on Washington: 45th Anniversary.” Open daily, except Monday, 10 to 5. 801 K St. NW. 202-383-1850.
www.historydc.org. Free.
INTERNATIONAL SPY MUSEUM
Open indefinitely: Displays of wristwatch cameras, poison gas guns, a World War II Enigma cipher machine and other coding machines and disguises. “Weapons of Mass Disruption.” An examination of the history of and pressing issues pertaining to cyber security. Open daily 10 to 6. 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798. www.
spymuseum.org. $18, seniors $17, ages 5 to 11 $15, younger free. Separate admission to “Operation Spy,” $14 for age 12 and older; combination ticket $25.
KOSHLAND SCIENCE MUSEUM
“Infectious Disease: Evolving Challenges to Human Health.” Open daily, except Tuesday, 10 to 6. Sixth and E streets NW.
202-334-1201. www.
koshland-science-museum.org. $5, $3 seniors and students.
KREEGER MUSEUM The Philip Johnson-designed former residence of Carmen and David Kreeger displays their collection of 19th- and 20th-century paintings and sculpture, and traditional African art. Guided tours by reservation only Tuesday-Friday at 10:30 and 1:30. Open Saturday 10 to 4. 2401 Foxhall Rd. NW. 202-338-3552.
www.kreegermuseum. org. $10, $7 seniors and students.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Open
indefinitely: “Creating the United States.” American treasures including a draft of the Declaration of Independence. “Thomas Jefferson’s Library.” Open Monday-Saturday 8:30 to 4:30; Madison Building open Monday-Friday 8:30 to 9:30 and Saturday 8:30 to 5. John Adams Building open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 8:30 to 9:30; Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 8:30 to 5. Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE. 202-707-4604.
www.loc.gov. Free.
LOUDOUN MUSEUMOpen
indefinitely: Collection of Indian, Revolutionary War, Civil War and local history objects. “The Portraits of Isabella Elgin Paxson and Her Son, Charles Paxson.” Open Sunday 1 to 5, Monday and Wednesday-Saturday 10 to 5. 16 Loudoun St. SW, Leesburg.
703-777-7427.
www.loudounmuseum.org.
$3, $1 students, teachers and seniors, free for age 4 and younger.
MADAME TUSSAUDSWax figures of celebrities and historical figures. Open daily 10 to 6. 1025 F St. NW.
888-929-4632.
www.madametussauds.
com. $19.04, $12.69 ages 4 to 12, free for age 3 and younger.
MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Open indefinitely: “Maryland’s Maritime Heritage: From Fells Point to the World.” “Looking for Liberty: An Overview of Maryland History.” “Nipper’s Toyland: 200 Years of Children’s Playthings.” Open daily, except Monday and Tuesday, 10 to 5. 201 W. Monument St., Baltimore.
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