The Education Center hosts teacher workshops and programs for school and youth groups and families, including Saturday art activities and interactive tours.
"American Origins" (permanent) offers a "conversation about America" through portraiture from the pre-Colonial era to the end of 19th century.
"RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture" (through Oct. 26) features large-scale images of hip-hop musicians by New York painter Kehinde Wiley and photographer David Scheinbaum of Santa Fe, New Mexico, along with other art installations celebrating the popular music form.
"One Life: KATE: A Centennial Celebration" (closes Sept. 28) portraits of actress Katharine Hepburn."One Life: The Mask of Lincoln" (opens Nov. 7).
In the hall of "America's Presidents" (permanent), visit the nation's only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House.
"Edward Steichen: Portraits" (through Sept. 1) features photographs of celebrated personalities of the early 20th century.
"Zaida Ben-Yusuf: New York Portrait Photographer" (through Sept. 1) rediscovers an important figure of late 19th and early 20th century New York City studio portraiture.
"Herblock's Presidents: 'Puncturing Pomposity'" (through Nov. 30) Political cartoonist Herbert Lawrence Block's satirical depictions of presidents, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Bill Clinton.
"Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture" (through Feb. 8) featuring 60 posters that sell or advertise a message using the visages of such celebrated Americans as Thomas Edison, "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Judy Garland and Joe Louis.
"Women of Our Time" (opens Oct. 10) Portraits of 95 women whose lives redefined America.
Four galleries, opening onto the museum's magnificent third-floor Great Hall, showcase the major cultural, scientific and political figures of the 20th century in "Twentieth-Century Americans" (permanent). On the third-floor mezzanine, "Bravo!" (permanent) features performing artists from the late 19th century to the present. "Champions" (permanent) salutes American sports figures whose impact made them a part of the larger story of the nation.
Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits
The inaugural show of the National Museum of African American History and Culture focuses on people who battled injustice, whether from the boxing ring, the bandstand or Congress. Read >>
Aerosol Art
Largely dismissed as vandalism, graffiti migrates from city streets and subway cars into major galleries. Read >>
The Courtyard Cafe´ (open daily, 11:30 to 6:30), located in the Kogod Courtyard, offers specialty sandwiches, panini, soups, salads, desserts and coffee.
The Portico Cafe´ (open weather permitting, 11:30 to 5), located on the second floor, is a charmed spot to enjoy an espresso, wine or pastry.
