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Holiday Schedule: Sat, Apr 12: 11 am–3 pm | Sun, Apr 13: Closed

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Public Program

Public Tour of the Ongoing Exhibitions

Mah Jongg in the Museum, Fall 2024

Drop-In Program

Mah Jongg (NMJL) MeetUp

Public Program

LGBTJews in the Federal Service: Then and Now

A curator stands on one side of a cart. The cart features documents and photographs. A group of six teachers look at the documents while the curator speaks about them.

Educator Program

Artifacts of Action: Inspiration & Inquiry

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 4:30pm–5:30 pm

A child and her caretaker sit at a table covered in coloring pages. There are also large strands of yarn braided together like challah on the table.

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Celebrating Challah

Thursday, May 8, 2025 10–11 am

Member Program

Members-Only Preview: LGBTJews in the Federal City

Public Program

CJM After Sunset: After Hours Pride Party

Thursday, May 29, 2025 6–9 pm

Public Program

Gay Men’s Chorus

Sunday, June 1, 2025 1–1:45 pm

Drop-In Program

Community Day

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 10am–8 pm

A woman reading to a group of children sitting on the floor during a Story Hour at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Pride

Thursday, June 12, 2025 10–11 am

CHRIS FERENZI 2024

Family Program

Family Day: Full of Pride

Sunday, June 22, 2025 9:30am–1 pm

Drop-In Program

Community Day

Saturday, July 5, 2025 10am–5 pm

Public Program

(Virtual Attendance) Author Talk with Dr. Jake Desai-Newsome: Pink Triangle Legacies

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm

Public Program

Author Talk with Dr. Jake Desai-Newsome: Pink Triangle Legacies: Holocaust History and the Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm

Public Program

We Want Your Stuff: Help Us Tell Your Story

Sunday, July 27, 2025 11:30am–12 pm

Public Program

Salon Nights: Birthday Bags with Food & Friends

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 6–8 pm

Drop-In Program

Community Day

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 10am–8 pm

Drop-In Program

Community Day

Sunday, September 7, 2025 10am–5 pm

Past Programs

Public Program

Public Tour of the Ongoing Exhibitions

Mah Jongg in the Museum, Fall 2024

Drop-In Program

Mah Jongg (NMJL) MeetUp

A woman reading to a group of children sitting on the floor during a Story Hour at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Hachnassat Orchim

Thursday, April 10, 2025 10–11 am

Reads: Drop In Program. Good Deeds Week: Clothing Drive & Letter Writing, Sunday April 6th from 12pm-4pm at the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum

Drop-In Program

Good Deeds Week: Clothing Drive & Letter Writing

Sunday, April 6, 2025 12–4 pm

Public Program

Nights at the Seder Table

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 6:30pm–8:30 pm

Public Program

Being Sephardic In Our Nation’s Capital

Sunday, March 30, 2025 1–3 pm

Janice Eichhorn (right) standing in front of the Capitol with Ceci Matthews (left), 1968. Eichhorn worked in the office of Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. Matthews was a member of the Democratic Central Committee as well as a Capitol Hill worker. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum. Collection.

Drop-In Program

Free Admission for Federal Workers

Program

Salon Nights: Art Workshop with Jessica Valoris

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 6–8 pm

A woman reading to a group of children sitting on the floor during a Story Hour at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: The Purim Superhero!

Thursday, March 13, 2025 10–11 am

Washington Revelers entertain families at the Capital Jewish Museum's family Purim program, 2024.

Family Program

Family Day: Purim Party

Sunday, March 9, 2025 2–5 pm

Member Program

The Jewish Experience in Comics: Characters and Creators Lecture with Mark Zaid

Public Program

CJM After Sunset: Purim Superheroes

A woman reading to a group of children sitting on the floor during a Story Hour at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Tu b’Shevat

Thursday, February 13, 2025 10–11 am

Public Program

Nights at the Round Table: Ending Homelessness

Artwork from the USHMM's Bringing the Lessons Home Art and Memory Project on view at the Museum, winter 2025. Photo: US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Drop-In Program

On View: Art and Memory

January 9–February 2, 2025

Drop-In Program

Red Cross Blood Drive

Friday, January 31, 2025 12–5 pm

Public Program

Film Screening: Batman and Bill

Sunday, January 26, 2025 1–3:15 pm

A survivor and student youth ambassadors painting in the studio. Courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2024.

Public Program

Holocaust Testimony Transformed: Art Created by Survivors and Local DC Area High School Students 

Sunday, January 12, 2025 11am–12 pm

A woman reading to a group of children sitting on the floor during a Story Hour at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Two New Years

Thursday, January 9, 2025 10–11 am

Mah Jongg in the Museum, Fall 2024

Drop-In Program

Mah Jongg (MNJL) MeetUp

Sunday, January 5, 2025 1–3 pm

Photograph by Lloyd Wolf. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collections. Gift of the photographer. 

Family Program

Family Day: Hanukkah Countdown

Wednesday, December 25, 2024 11am–3 pm

Mah Jongg in the Museum, Fall 2024

Drop-In Program

Mah Jongg (MNJL) MeetUp

Sunday, December 22, 2024 1–3 pm

Mah Jongg in the Museum, Fall 2024

Drop-In Program

Mah Jongg (MNJL) MeetUp

Sunday, December 15, 2024 1–3 pm

Public Program

CJM After Sunset: Light Up the Night 

Thursday, December 12, 2024 6–9 pm