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• Jan 17th

  11:30am

  Gallery Tours

  Date: January 17, 2009

  Hours: 11:30 AM

  Brought To You By: Walters Art Museum

  Phone: 410-547-9000

  Event Web site: Visit the event's web site

  Description: WALK-IN GALLERY TOURS NEW TIME Saturdays, 11:30 a.m. Sundays, 2 p.m. Please note the following exceptions: tours on October 8, November 5, and November 19 will begin at 1:00 Meet in the Centre Street Visitor Lobby Join our experienced docents fo

  Walters Art Museum

  600 North Charles Street
  Baltimore, MD
• Jan 17th

  11am

  Out of Many: Multi-Cultural Music, Dance, and Storytelling 3-Day Family Festival

  American Indian Museum 1st Level, Potomac & Rasmuson; 3rd Level, Resource Center

  Start your inauguration celebration early with music, dance, and storytelling from a variety of cultural traditions, including American Indian, African and African American, Asian and Asian Pacific American, Central and South American, and European American. Stop by the Welcome Center for a printed schedule.

  Free

  National Air and Space Museum

  Independence Avenue at Fourth Street SW
  Washington, DC 20024
• Jan 17th

  11am

  Mark James: Christopher's Little Airplane & Coloring Book Book Signing

  Air and Space Museum Outside Museum Store

  Mark James signs copies of his children's books Christopher's Little Airplane and Christopher's Little Coloring Book.

  Books available for sale in Museum Store

  National Air and Space Museum

  Independence Avenue at Fourth Street SW
  Washington, DC 20024
• Jan 17th

  11:30am

  Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride Flights of Fancy -- Stories for Children, with activity

  Air and Space Museum Pioneers of Flight, 2nd Floor, Center, Gallery 208

  Hear a reading of Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride , written by Pam Munoz Ryan, before trying your hand at an art activity.

  Free

  Repeats most Fridays & Saturdays in January, times vary

  National Air and Space Museum

  Independence Avenue at Fourth Street SW
  Washington, DC 20024
• Jan 17th

  11am

  Willis & Merida: Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs Book Signing

  Anacostia Community Museum 1st Floor

  Deborah Willis and Kevin Merida sign copies of their book Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs.

  Note: Free bus transportation to the Anacostia Community Museum is available from the Smithsonian Castle (1000 Jefferson Dr., SW) departing at 10 AM, 12 Noon, and 2 PM. Bus departs museum at 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 3:30 PM to return to the Castle.

  Books availab

  Anacostia Community Museum

  1901 Fort Place SE
  Washington, DC 20020
• Jan 17th

  11am

  Curtis Robinson & George Norfleet: Pilot's Journey Book Signing

  Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center Outside Museum Store

  Curtis Robinson and George Norfleet sign copies of their book Pilot's Journey.

  Books available for sale in Museum Store

  Repeats Jan. 19 at Air and Space on the Mall

  National Air and Space Museum

  Independence Avenue at Fourth Street SW
  Washington, DC 20024
• Jan 17th

  11am

  Inauguration Celebration Family Festival

  Postal Museum Atrium

  Have a ball on inauguration weekend with presidential activities for the whole family. Become "stamp collector in chief" and design a presidential stamp!

  Free

  National Postal Museum

  2 Massachusetts Avenue NE
  Washington, DC 20002
• Jan 17th

  12:30pm

  Inauguration Special Tours

  Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture Meet behind the F St. information desk

  To celebrate the 2009 presidential inauguration, a docent leads a tour highlighting works with an inaugural theme.

  Free

  Repeats Jan. 18 & 21; times vary

  Smithsonian American Art Museum

  Eighth and F Streets NW
  Washington, DC 20560
• Jan 17th

  12pm

  Rick Latoff: Washington by Storm Book Signing

  Smithsonian Museum Store at Reagan National Airport

  Rick Latoff signs copies of his book Washington by Storm.

  Books available for sale

  Freer Gallery

  1050 Independence Avenue SW
  Washington, DC 20560
• Jan 17th

  12pm

  Facing History: Be the Artist Youth Arts Program

  Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture Education Center, 1st Floor, Room E151

  (for ages 5-10 or ages 10-14, accompanied by an adult; see above for times) This series of two-hour art classes are designed for youth to better understand the work of women artists whose portraits are featured in the exhibition Women of Our Time: Twentieth-Century Portraits. Registered participants take a guid

  National Portrait Gallery

  Eighth and F Streets NW
  Washington, DC 20001