Museum Bookstore
Open daily 11:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Located on the First Floor of the Reynolds Center
across from the Museum Shop
Phone: (202) 633-5450
A variety of books, gifts, and graphics inspired by the National Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection and special exhibitions are available exclusively in the museum shop and bookstore.
Books
In addition to catalogues published by the National Portrait Gallery, the store offers a comprehensive selection of art and history books, including a range of biographies of United States Presidents and other distinguished Americans.
Author Talks
LISTEN * LEARN * ENGAGE * DISCUSS
“We Ain’t What We Ought to Be”:
The Black Freedom Struggle from Emancipation to Obama
Author Talk and Book-Signing with Stephen Tuck
February 8, 6:00 p.m. | Museum Bookstore
 Stephen Tuck traces the black freedom struggle
in all its diversity, from the first years of freedom
during the Civil War to President Obama’s inauguration.
The author talk will take place in the museum bookstore followed by the book signing.
In the Shadow of Du Bois
Author Talk and Book-Signing with Robert Gooding-Williams
Wednesday, February 15, 6:00 p.m. | Museum Bookstore
 In a major addition to American studies, Robert Gooding-Williams examines
the conceptual foundations of Du Bois’s interpretation of black politics;
and presents the first book-length philosophical treatment of Du Bois’s thought.
The author talk will take place in the museum bookstore followed by the book signing.
To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker
Author Talk and Book-Signing with Syndey Nathans
Wednesday, February 22, 6:00 p.m. | Museum Bookstore
 What was it like for a mother to flee slavery, leaving her child behind?
Sydney Nathans tells the remarkable story of Mary Walker, who in
August 1848 fled her owner for refuge in the North, and spent the
Next seventeen years trying to recover her family.
Her freedom, like that of thousands who escaped from bondage,
came at great price – remorse at parting without a word and fear for her family’s fate.
The author talk will take place in the museum bookstore followed by the book signing.
A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life
Author Talk and Book-Signing with Governor Deval Patrick
Saturday, February 25 , 3:00 p.m. | Museum Bookstore
 In January 2007, Deval Patrick became the first black governor of the state of Massachusetts,
one of only two black governors elected in American history. But this was just one step
in a long, improbable journey that began in a poor tenement on the South Side of Chicago.
The author talk will take place in the museum bookstore followed by the book signing.
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