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Ongoing Exhibition

What is Jewish Washington?

On View

Historic Sanctuary, Summer 2023. Photo: Imagine Photography

Ongoing Exhibition

The Historic Sanctuary

On View

Ongoing Exhibition

Connect. Reflect. Act.

On View

Hollywood celebrities arrive in Washington: Marsha Hunt, David Hopkins, Richard Conte, Ralph Alswang, June Havoc, John Huston, Paul Henreid, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Joseph Sistrom, Evelyn Keyes, Danny Kaye, Jane Wyatt, Geraldine Brooks and Ira Gershwin, 1947. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum Milwaukee.

Special Exhibition

Blacklisted: An American Story

Opens Friday, March 6

Black and White photograph of a man in a military uniform and a woman dressed in 1940's attire sitting on a stone bench in front of the US Capitol building.

Hugh and Lynn Massman sightseeing on their first day in Washington, December 1943. Photograph by Esther Bubley, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information photograph collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Special Exhibition

Esther Bubley: Photographing the World War II Homefront

Coming Fall 2026

Capital Jewish Museum 1905

Historic Adas Israel synagogue (foreground) and National Building Museum, formerly the headquarters of the United States Pension Bureau, background, ca. 1905. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collection.

Special Exhibition

Celebrating 150 Years of the Historic Synagogue

June 2026

Past Exhibitions

Participants on the National Mall at the National March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, & Bi Equal Rights & Liberation, April 1993. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Mitch Weissner.

Participants on the National Mall at the National March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, & Bi Equal Rights & Liberation, April 1993. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Mitch Weissner.

Past Exhibition

LGBTJews in the Federal City

May 16, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026

Detail of Action Comics #1, featuring Superman, 1938. Written by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Art by Joe Shuster. TM & Copyright DC Comics.

Past Exhibition

JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience

Nov 1, 2024 - March 23, 2025

Snack at Manny’s Delicatessen, Chicago, IL, 2010. Image Professionals GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo

Past Exhibition

“I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli

May 15, 2024 - Sep 1, 2024

Rolodex belonging to Sheldon Cohen in the 1990s. Cohen was IRS Commissioner in President Lyndon Johnson’s administration and worked later as an attorney at private firms in Washington, DC.

Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Laura Cohen Apelbaum and Family.

Past Exhibition

If It’s Jewish, We Have It: Selections from the Collections

Jan 21, 2024 - April 21, 2024

Notorious RBG book cover illustration by Adam Johnson. Courtesy of HarperCollins. Photographs: Crown © by Hurst Photo/Shutterstock

Past Exhibition

Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

June 9, 2023 - Dec 3, 2023

Presented by PNC