Calendar of Events
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March 21 Thursday
Washington, DC - 7:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. EDT
The program consists of three Depression-era documentary films about the nation's natural resources. -
March 26 Tuesday
Washington, DC - 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT
Katherine Marino's new book chronicles the growth of feminism and the women's rights movement in the early 20th century. -
March 27 Wednesday
Washington, DC - 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EDT
A workshop on how to fold traditional Japanese origami. -
March 27 Wednesday
Washington, DC - 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. EDT
A feature-length documentary about one of the leading figures in American journalism. -
March 28 Thursday
Washington, DC - 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. EDTHow the printing press and the telegraph each created an information revolution and set the stage for another one. -
April 1 Monday
Washington, DC - 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. EDTA civil rights activist and a Ku Klux Klan leader reluctantly agree to co-chair a community summit about school desegregation in the summer of 1971. -
April 4 Thursday
Washington, DC - 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDTView rarely seen objects, documents, and photographs that highlight Betty Ford’s courage and candor when speaking publicly about her own personal battle with breast cancer. -
April 5 Friday
Washington, DC - 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT
Susan Page discusses her new biography of Barbara Bush. -
April 6 Saturday
Washington, DC - 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT
Join the National Archives for a fun, activity-filled day exploring the many ways countries show their friendship! -
April 15 Monday
Washington, DC - 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDTLearn about the Emancipation Proclamation through hands-on discovery. -
April 16 Tuesday
Washington, DC - 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDTLearn about the Emancipation Proclamation through hands-on discovery. -
April 17 Wednesday
Washington, DC - 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EDT
Join us for story time designed for 3- to 5-year-olds and accompanying adults. -
April 17 Wednesday
Washington, DC - 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EDTRace against the clock while you solve puzzles and uncover mysteries about the fight for voting rights in the U.S. -
April 18 Thursday
Washington, DC - 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. EDT
Authors Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, and Minyon Moore discuss the lessons they’ve learned and the fights they’ve won and lost. -
April 24 Wednesday
Washington, DC - 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. EDT
Evan Thomas's authoritative biography of America’s first female Supreme Court justice is based on exclusive interviews and first-time access to Justice O’Connor’s archives. -
April 29 Monday
Washington, DC - 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDTStephanie E. Jones-Rogers's book bridges women’s history, the history of the South, and African American history. -
April 30 Tuesday
Washington, DC - 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT
Hugh Mangum’s photographs are an unparalleled document of life in the turbulent history of the American South at the turn of the 20th century.