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The Hirshhorn and the Anacostia Community Museum both opened stunning and distinct exhibitions with unexpected parallels this March.

Learning about the institution of slavery has become a lightning rod. How have D.C.’s museums changed how they share critical pieces of Black history?

A new exhibition looks back on a community resource that indirectly spawned the film "D.C. Cab."

Grady’s prolific archive highlights figures in African American history including scholars, musicians, and architects, and documented Philadelphia’s place in the Civil Rights Movement and hip-hop.

Community organizing led Dominique Hazzard to research the history of food inequity, a discipline that, in turn, fueled in her an even stronger drive to advocate for change

An Anacostia Community Museum Exhibit Explores Food Issues The outdoor installation is a companion to a larger exhibit thats been delayed. Share The Food for the People art installation opened on the Anacostia Community Museum Plaza. Photo courtesy of Samir Meghelli. In all of Ward 8, there is only one grocery store—which serves 85,000 residents. That kind of inequality is addressed in the Anacostia Community Museum‘s new outdoor art exhibit, Food for the People: Eating and Activism in ...

Media Credit: Hatchet File Photo Visitors to the National Building Museum will be able to view exhibits, like the "Gun Violence Memorial Project." Culture By Isabella MacKinnon Apr 14, 2021 11:58 PM Cherry blossom season is sadly coming to a close, but the city’s other spring festivities have only just begun. This weekend, visit a reopened D.C. museum in person, attend an online exhibition from a still-shuttered museum and get your final fill of the cherry blossom trees with a blossom-ins...