Plan

Museum:

S. Dillon Ripley Center, International Gallery

Enter through the copper-domed kiosk on Jefferson Drive next to the Castle. Exhibitions on view:

"Jim Henson’s Fantastic World," July 12 through Oct. 5.

"Art for Our Nation’s Progress: The DIVEDCO Posters of Puerto Rico" opens Sept. 12.

"VSAArts 7th Annual National Juried Exhibit for Young Artists With Disabilities, Ages 16-25," opens Sept. 17.

"Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968" and "The Civil Rights Legacy and Contemporary Art," opens Nov. 8.

Museum Information

Hours:

  • 10 to 5:30
    Closed December 25

Location:

  • 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW
    Washington, DC

Metro:

Blue Line Orange Line
  • Smithsonian Station
    (Use Mall exit)

Phone/Website:

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