Ongoing Exhibition
What is Jewish Washington?
On View
Programs & Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Ongoing Exhibition
Connect. Reflect. Act.
On View
Historic Sanctuary, Summer 2023. Photo: Imagine Photography
Ongoing Exhibition
The Sanctuary
On View
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.
Special Exhibition
LGBTJews in the Federal City
On view through Sunday, January 4, 2026
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, 2026
Programs
Mah Jongg in the Museum, Fall 2024
Drop-In Program
Mah Jongg (NMJL) MeetUp
CHRIS FERENZI 2024
Public Program
Public Tour of Special Exhibition LGBTJews in the Federal City
Sunday, September 7, 2025 1–1:45 pm
Educator Program
Tapas for Teachers
Thursday, September 25, 2025 5–7 pm
Family Program
Story Time at CJM: Responsibility and Repair
Saturday, September 27, 2025 3:30pm–4:30 pm
Family Program
Story Time at CJM: Sukkot
Thursday, October 9, 2025 10–11 am
Public Program
CJM After Sunset: Late to the Party Oktoberfest
Thursday, October 16, 2025 6–9 pm
Public Program
Striving to Belong: LGBTQ+ Jews in Orthodox Communities
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm
Public Program
(Virtual Attendance) Striving to Belong: LGBTQ+ Jews in Orthodox Communities
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm
Family Program
Story Time at CJM: Courage
Saturday, October 25, 2025 3:30pm–4:30 pm
Public Program
Cello Concert with John Kaboff
Sunday, October 26, 2025 1–1:30 pm
Public Program
Voices Series: Multigenerational Stories of Coming Out
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm
Public Program
A Bookish Night at the Museum
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 5–8 pm
Educator Program
Artifacts of Action: Jewish Life in the Era of Mass Immigration
Thursday, November 6, 2025 4:30pm–6 pm
Public Program
Salon Nights: Identity Collage Workshop
Public Program
The Lavender Scare Film Screening and Talkback
Thursday, November 13, 2025 7–9 pm
Family Program
Story Time at CJM: Thank You, Toda
Thursday, November 13, 2025 10–11 am
Family Program
Grandparent’s Day: M’dor L’dor
Sunday, November 16, 2025 10am–12 pm
U.S. Patent Office (the building which now houses the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum), c. 1902-1904. Color lithograph, Raphael Tuck & Sons LTD, active 1866 - 1959, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
Member Program
Member’s Field Trip: Jewish Stories in American Art
Family Program
Story Time at CJM: Shalom
Saturday, November 29, 2025 3:30pm–4:30 pm
Public Program
Voices Series: Memories from the AIDS Epidemic
Tuesday, December 2, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm
Educator Program
NCSS Educators’ Night Out
Saturday, December 6, 2025 6–8 pm
Family Program
Story Time at CJM: Hanukah
Thursday, December 11, 2025 10–11 am
Public Program
Antisemitism Past and Present: A Conversation with Pamela Nadell and James Loeffler
Thursday, December 11, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm
Family Program
Maker Morning: Writers Workshop
Sunday, December 14, 2025 11am–12:30 pm
Public Program
Spotlight On: Stories by LGBTQ+ Jews in the Federal City
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 7–9 pm
Public Program
December 25 at CJM
Thursday, December 25, 2025 11am–3 pm