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Museums OPENINGS
“RUTH BOLDUAN: 18TH CENTURY PORTRAITURE REDEFINED” Paintings of 18th-century life and patterns using bright colors, opening Saturday at the Mount Clare Museum House, 1500 Washington Blvd., Baltimore. Tuesday-Saturday 10 to 4. 410-837-3262.
www.mountclare.org. $6 adults, $5 seniors, $4 ages 18 and younger.
“LOSING PARADISE: ENDANGERED PLANTS HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD” A traveling exhibition of 45 botanical illustrations by members of the American Society of Botanical Artists brings attention to the vast number of endangered plant species, about a fifth of the world’s flora, 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
AFRICAN ART MUSEUM“Transitions: Paul Emmanuel,” through Aug. 22. The South African artist employs various media, including photography and film, to examine his identity as a young white male living in post-apartheid South Africa. “Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art,” through Nov. 28. It may seem like a pedestrian vessel, but the coiled basket’s history as a tool used for processing rice stretches back hundreds of years on multiple continents. In this traveling exhibition, explore the basket’s African origins through more than 200 objects from Africa and the United States. Open daily 10 to 5:30. 950 Independence Ave. SW. 202-633-4600.
africa.si.edu. Free.
AIR AND SPACE/DOWNTOWN Open indefinitely: “Beyond the Limits: Flight Enters the Computer Age.” “Looking at Earth.” “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. Free.
www.nasm.si.edu.
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 “Holidays on Display,” through Sept. 30. An examination of parading culture and department store retail displays between the 1920s and 1960s. “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment,” through Aug. 29. The exhibit 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. “First Ladies at the Smithsonian.” A look at the country’s influential first ladies. Open daily 10 to 7:30. 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000. www.
americanhistory.si.edu. Free.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY “Good Things Come in Small Packages: The Collection of Elisabeth French,” through Sunday. “Soaring Voices: Recent Ceramic by Women of Japan,” through Sunday. Open Tuesday-Sunday 11 to 4. Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300.
www.american. edu/katzen. Free.
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 Russian czars, Iroquois Indians, French revolutionaries and Guantanamo Bay detainees. Open daily, except Mondays, 10 to 6. 800 Key Hwy., Baltimore. 410-244-1900.
www.avam.org. $12, $8 seniors and students, free for age 6 and younger.
ANACOSTIA COMMUNITY MUSEUMOpen indefinitely: “Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the
Sept. 5. A collection of items that are getting a second life. “On the Mark: Contemporary Works on Paper,” through Sept. 12. Eight new drawing and print additions to the BMA collection, including a 6-by-9-foot lithograph by Ellsworth Kelly. Open Wednesday-Friday 10 to 5, 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 colonial days through the civil rights movement. Open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10 to 4; Thursday 10 to 7; Sunday 1 to 5. 84 Franklin St., Annapolis. 410-216-6180. Free.
BROOKSIDE GARDENS CONSERVATORY “Wings of Fancy,” through Sept. 19. A live butterfly and caterpillar exhibit featuring hundreds of North American, Costa Rican, African and Asian butterflies. 1500 Glenallan Ave., Wheaton. 301-962-1400. www.
brooksidegardens.org. $6, $4 ages 3-12.
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.
www.visitthecapitol.gov. Free.
TAKU SAIKI
Closing Sunday at Katzen Arts Center: “Soaring Voices,” in- cluding works by Etsuko Tashima and other Japanese artists.
COMINGS AND GOINGS
Last chance Closing Friday: “HoCo Open
2010” and “No Boundaries” at the Howard County Center for the Arts (410-313-2787). . . . Closing Saturday: “Coverage” at Art DC Gallery at the Arts District Hyattsville, the Lustine Center (703-217-2006); “E7: Tetrad” at Transformer Gallery (202-483-1102); “My American Series: The Documentary Story Quilts” at the School 33 Art Center (410-396-4641); “Tripping the Light Fantastic” at Studio Gallery (202-232-8734). . . . Closing Sunday: “2009 Best of Collector’s Showcase Exhibition: Richard Allnutt” and “Second Annual Juried Photographic Competition” at the Workhouse Arts Center (703-495-0001); “Art in Balance: Rhythm and Repetition” at the Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center (703-838-4565, Ext. 4); “Drawing Toward Home: Designs for Domestic Architecture From Historic New England” at the National
Building Museum (202-272-2448); “Good Things Come in Small Packages: The Collection of Elisabeth French” and “Soaring Voices: Recent Ceramic by Women of Japan” at the Katzen Arts Center, American University (202-885-1300); “My Third Leg: Woodrow Wilson’s Walking Sticks” at the Woodrow Wilson House (202-387-4062); “Same/Different” at the Montpelier Arts Center (301-377-7800); “Tiffany: Color and Light” at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (804-340-1400). . . . Closing Monday: “Montpelier Invitational Sculpture Exhibition” at the Montpelier Arts Center (301-377-7800).
Upcoming exhibits Opening Aug. 20 at the
National Portrait Gallery, “Americans Now” features portraits of iconic figures from the world of sports, entertainment and other fields. 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-633-5285).
COLLEGE PARK AVIATION MUSEUM “Earth From Space,” through Sept. 6. Satellite images of Earth show our planet from many views. Open daily 10 to 5. 1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Dr., College Park. 301-864-6029. 301-864-6029. www.
collegeparkaviationmuseum.com. $4, $3 seniors, $2 children; free for age 2 and younger.
CORCORAN “Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration,” through Sept. 12. More than 100 finished works, grids and proofs by the American artist. Open indefinitely: The collection includes “Treasures of European Decorative Art and Sculpture,” “The European Landscape,” the Salon Dore French gilt room, 16th-century Italian earthenware, 17th- to 20th-century European paintings and 18th- to 20th-century American paintings. Open Sunday and Wednesday 10 to 5, Thursday 10 to 9, Friday and Saturday 10 to 5. 500 17th St. NW. 202-639-1700.
www.corcoran.org. $10, $8 students and seniors, free for children younger than 12. Free admission on Saturdays.
DAR “Honoring Lafayette: Contemporary Quilts From France and America,” through Sept. 4. Open indefinitely: Ceramics, glass and silver, period rooms and children’s section. Open Monday-Friday 9:30 to 4, Saturday 9 to 5. 1776 D St. NW. 202-879-3241.
www.dar.org/museum. 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 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 indefinitely: Byzantine and pre-Columbian art. Open Tuesday-Sunday 2 to 5. 1703 32nd St. NW. 202-339-6401.
www.doaks. org. Free.
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY “Lost at Sea: The Ocean in the English Imagination, 1550-1750,” through Sept. 4. A collection of artifacts such as charts and nautical instruments offers visitors the chance to consider the peril of sailing the seas in the 1500s through the 1700s. Open daily, except Sunday, 10 to 5. 201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-544-4600. www.
folger.edu. Free.
District of Columbia.” An examination of the popularity of the national pastime when played by African Americans. “Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner Connecting Communities Through Language.” An exhibit highlighting the 1930s discovery that the Gullah people of Georgia and South Carolina still possessed parts of the language and culture of their enslaved African ancestors. Open daily 10 to 5. 1901 Fort Pl. SE. 202-633-4820.
www.anacostia.si. edu. Free.
ART MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAS “House of the Americas Turns 100: Paul Philippe Cret and the Architecture of Dialogue,” through Aug. 29. An exhibition
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 “Gods of Angkor: Bronzes From the National Museum of Cambodia,” through Jan. 23. A collection of Cambodian sculptures. Open indefinitely: “Xu Bing: Monkeys Grasping for the Moon.” “Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia.” Open daily 10 to 5:30. 1050 Independence Ave. SW. 202-633-1000.
www.asia.si.edu. Free.
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART “Textiles Recycled/Reimagined,” through
FREER GALLERY “Cornucopia: Ceramics From Southern Japan,” through Jan. 9. A variety of glazed and decorated objects crafted over a period of 300 years beginning in the 17th century. Open indefinitely: “Arts of the Islamic World.” Changing displays from the museum’s collection of Asian and American art. “Chinamania: Whistler and the Victorian Craze for Blue and White.” The 23 pieces in this small exhibit include
blue-and-white Chinese ceramic dishes, as well as drawings, paintings and etchings by James McNeill Whistler, the American expatriate who helped popularize Chinese porcelain in Victorian England. 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.
GREEN SPRING GARDENS “The Four Seasons,” through Aug. 29. Still life and landscape oil paintings by Diane Shiely Frykman. Monday-Saturday 9-4:30. 4603 Green Spring Rd., Alexandria area. 703-642-5173.
www.greenspring.org. Free.
HIRSHHORN “Colorforms,” through Jan. 2. The exhibit explores the history of artists’ fascination with abstract color from World War II to the present. “Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers,” through Sept. 12. Works by the French artist that focus on the immaterial. 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 “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.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Thomas
Jefferson Building Open indefinitely: “Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin.” Items including manuscripts, sheet music, letters and photographs highlight the lives of the Gershwin brothers. “Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture.” Drawing from the personal papers, public appearances and films of Bob Hope, this exhibit looks into the entertainer’s life. Open Monday-Saturday 8:30 to 4:30. 10
First St. SE. James Madison Building “As the Old Sing, So the Young Twitter,” through Oct. 30. An exhibit inspired by the relationships between birds and flutes, on display on the first floor. Open Monday-Friday 8:30 to 9:30, Saturday 8:30 to 5. Independence Avenue, between First and Second streets. 202-707-4604.
www.loc.gov. Free.
LOUDOUN MUSEUMOpen indefinitely: Collection of Indian, Revolutionary War, Civil War and local history objects. “From Cures to Quackery: Medicine in Loudoun County.” 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. $20, $18 age 50 and older, $15 ages 3 to 12, younger free.
MANASSAS CITY HALL “African American Trailblazers,” through Sept. 17. An exhibit sponsored by the Manassas Museum and on loan from the Library of Virginia featuring eight distinguished Virginians, including Gowan Pamphlet, Mary Smith Kelsey Peake and Dorothy Bigelow Hamm. City Hall, 9027 Center St., Manassas. 703-257-8200. www.
manassascity.org. Free.
MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY “Maryland’s Maritime Heritage: From Fells Point to the World.” Open daily, except Monday and Tuesday, 10 to 5. 201 W. Monument St., Baltimore. 410-685-3750.
www.mdhs.org. $4, $3 students, seniors and ages 13 to 17, free for age 12 and younger.
MOUNT VERNON Open indefinitely: The home and burial place of George Washington offers information and tours about the first president. “A Leader’s Smile.” The lower half of George Washington’s dentures, as well as the first president’s last remaining tooth, are displayed. Open daily 8 to 5. 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy., Alexandria. 703-780-2000.
www.visit.mountvernon.org. $15, $14 seniors, $7 ages 6 through 11; free for age 5 and younger.
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