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The Smithsonian’s Center for Environmental Justice at the Anacostia Community Museum has announced the appointment of Lisa McClure as its founding director. McClure began her appointment Aug.

The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum is extending its weekend hours this summer. Beginning July 8, the museum will be open 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum is bringing back its iconic Juneteenth Festival with a daylong celebration from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, June 19, titled “Unity. Freedom.

Women of color have led the environmental justice movement.

The Smithsonian’s Center for Environmental Justice at the Anacostia Community Museum launches on Earth Day, April 22.

The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum welcomed its first cohort of participants of the Environmental Justice Academy March 25.

As part of a multi-year focus on community issues, the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum has announced “Our Environment, Our Future” as the theme for 2023.

The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum has announced a $5 million gift from Roger Ferguson and Annette Nazareth to establish an endowment supporting the museum’s director position.

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“Before the Bulldozers: Historic Southwest D.C.

In celebration of the 55th anniversary of the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum, the museum is asking residents of Washington, D.C., to submit images of themselves and their communities to...

As part of a yearlong focus on housing equity and justice in Washington, D.C., the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum will present the online exhibition, “We Shall Not Be Moved: Stories of...

The Smithsonian will reopen its Anacostia Community Museum, National Postal Museum and the National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall.

After almost 17 months of closure because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum reopens its doors Friday, Aug....

A popular wellness maxim is “you are what you eat.” Yet across the nation and region, a staggering number of people struggle to...

“If you can’t beat ’em, work around ’em.” That is the Anacostia Community Museum’s innovative approach to hosting its new exhibition, “...