Programs & Events

Family Day
Saturday, August 24, 2013 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Join the National Portrait Gallery for a family day that commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington. There will be music, tours of the "One Life: Martin Luther King Jr." exhibition, and hands-on activities for the whole family.

This program is sponsored in part by the Reinsch Family Education Endowment.

Portrait Story Days
January 18 – 20, 2014

Events will focus on Martin Luther King Jr., featured in the current One Life exhibition. Hear a story about King and the civil rights movement, and create a special piece of art.

  • Saturday, January 18, 2014, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
  • Sunday, January 19, 2014, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
  • Monday, January 20, 2014, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

  • This program is sponsored in part by the Reinsch Family Education Endowment.



    National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

    June 28, 2013
    through June 1, 2014

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