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Welcome to Smithsonian Associates In-Person Programs

Join us in person on the National Mall in Washington, D.C, for a variety of programs and studio arts classes and workshops, as well as a range of local and regional destinations in our walking tours, full-day study tours, and overnight tours.

All upcoming In-Person programs

Programs 1 to 10 of 131
Sunday, November 10, 2024 - 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET
In-Person Studio Arts Course

Using watercolors and graphite, capture the nuances of the light and flora at the beautiful United States Botanic Garden. This intensive landscape painting experience focuses on helping you see the gardens through Cézanne’s eyes and then develop your own Post-Impressionist interpretation. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)


Saturday, November 16, 2024 - 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET

Home to over a million objects from around the globe, Philadelphia’s Penn Museum bridges the study of archaeology and anthropology. Spend the day immersed in ancient art and culture with art historian Renee Gondek and see Sumerian cuneiform tablets, Buddhist sculptures, Native American regalia, and the monumental Sphinx of Ramses II, plus the Greek gallery, which represents the history and culture of Greece from 3000 to 31 B.C.E. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)


Saturday, November 16, 2024 - 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. ET

Since the height of the pandemic, Milk Bar’s Christina Tosi and her followers have been gathering on social media and getting busy in the kitchen. The recipes from these sessions are featured in a new book, Bake Club: 101 Must-Have Moves for Your Kitchen. Join her, in conversation with chef and cookbook author Pati Jinich, as she discusses what Bake Club means to her and shares recipes from her newest cookbook and a few baking tips along the way.


Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - 10:15 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. ET
In-Person Discovery Theater

For Ages 3 to 6. This musical play with a great big heart brings the whole audience into the family with singing, finger play, and call-and response as we all give thanks for being together. 


Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. ET
In-Person Discovery Theater

For Ages 3 to 6. This musical play with a great big heart brings the whole audience into the family with singing, finger play, and call-and response as we all give thanks for being together. 


Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 10:15 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. ET
In-Person Discovery Theater

For Ages 3 to 6. This musical play with a great big heart brings the whole audience into the family with singing, finger play, and call-and response as we all give thanks for being together. 


Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. ET
In-Person Discovery Theater

For Ages 3 to 6. This musical play with a great big heart brings the whole audience into the family with singing, finger play, and call-and response as we all give thanks for being together. 


Thursday, November 21, 2024 - 10:15 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. ET
In-Person Discovery Theater

For Ages 3 to 6. This musical play with a great big heart brings the whole audience into the family with singing, finger play, and call-and response as we all give thanks for being together. 


Thursday, November 21, 2024 - 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. ET
In-Person Discovery Theater

For Ages 3 to 6. This musical play with a great big heart brings the whole audience into the family with singing, finger play, and call-and response as we all give thanks for being together. 


Friday, November 22, 2024 - 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET

Historians talk about “reading” a monument as a way to learn more about the relationship between the people who erect it and the historical event it pays tribute to. War memorials can be especially fascinating places to practice these thinking skills, and there is no better place in the United States to think about the memory of conflict than on the National Mall. Historian Christopher Hamner leads a day dedicated to four memorials on the Mall: the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, World War II Memorial, and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial.