This Week at a Glance (July 20-24)
- dcstayathomeparent
- Jul 18
- 6 min read
Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC
Programming Updates:
Friday, July 24 National Building Museum Free DC Ward Day - Wards 2 & 4 - free admission from 2pm - 5pm for DC residents; show ID
Petworth Library is closed for renovations, will reopen on August 23; Southeast Library will reopen on September 10
Rock Creek Park's Nature Center and Planetarium are closed until further notice. Programs will take place outside when scheduled at the Nature Center
MONDAY (July 20)
10:00am - 12:00pm: Smithsonian Gardens Garden Play: Soil! (at the Pollinator Garden at the National Museum of Natural History)
10:30am - 11:00am: Capitol View Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
11:00am - 11:45am: Woodridge Library Baby Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play Time
11:30am - 12:30pm: Portrait Gallery Kids Arts & Crafts and Play Time
2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum Baby Jam Music Time (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)
4:00pm - 4:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Afternoon Story Time for the Spectrum (Register)
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Baby Story Time
TUESDAY (July 21)
9:00am - 3:00pm: Palisades Library Vision to Learn - No Cost Eye Exams
9:15am - 9:45am: Northeast Library Baby & Toddler Story Time
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
10:00am - 11:00am: Woodridge Library Toddler Story Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Estudio de Cuentos: Bailando con Duncan
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:30am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show at Eastern Market ($10 in advance, $12 at the door)
10:30am - 11:00am: Bellevue Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: DC Public Library Family Story Time at Goethe-Institut - for ages 0-5 at the Goethe-Institut Washington (1377 R St NW Suite 300 (Third Floor)
10:30am - 11:00am: DC Public Library Story Time in the Enid Haupt Garden - Arts + Industries Building
10:30am - 11:00am: Francis A. Gregory Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Parklands-Turner Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Anacostia Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Chevy Chase Library Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Lego Play Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Teddy Bear Story Time and Picnic - Bring your stuffie!
10:30am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Baby Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Northwest One Library Toddler STEM Play Time
11:00am - 11:25am: Northeast Library ASL Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Palisades Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Baby Story Time
3:00pm - 4:00Pm: Bellevue Library Drummer's Club
5:00pm - 8:00pm: DC Parks and Recreation Bruce Monroe Park Play in the Park
6:00pm: DC Parks and Recreation Jazz in the Park at Hardy Recreation Center
WEDNESDAY (July 22)
10:00am - 10:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (online pre-registration is required)
10:00am - 10:30am: Takoma Park Library Family Story Time
10:00am - 10:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Storytime Studio (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis, two time slots: 10am or 11am)
10:00am - 12:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Lego Play Time
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Spark!Lab
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Wegmans Wonderplace
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:30am - 11:00am: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Francis A. Gregory Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Mt. Pleasant Library Bilingual (Spanish and English) Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: West End Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Toddler Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Northwest One Library Toddler Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Takoma Park Library Family Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: American History Museum Performance: SHOUT
11:00am - 11:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (online pre-registration is required)
11:00am - 11:45am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Bruce's Birthday Party - A celebration of our favorite shark puppet!
11:00am - 12:00pm: Francis A. Gregory Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American History Museum Performance: SHOUT
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
2:00pm - 2:30pm: American History Museum Performance: SHOUT
2:00pm - 2:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum STEAM Story Time (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)
3:30pm - 4:30pm: Parklands-Turner B-I-N-G-O!
3:30pm - 6:00pm: Bellevue Library Karaoke and Ice Cream Social
3:30pm - 5:30pm: Merry Pin Open Craft Studio ($10/kid)
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time
THURSDAY (July 23)
9:15am - 10:00am: National Building Museum Story Time
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
10:00am - 12:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Storytime Studio (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis, two time slots: 10am or 11am)
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Spark!Lab
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Wegmans Wonderplace
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:30am - 10:55am: DC Air and Space Museum One World, Big Sky: Big Bird's Adventure (Short Film in Planetarium) (timed ticket required)
10:30am - 11:00am: Solid State Books H Street Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Library Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: DC Air and Space Museum Story Time (timed ticket required; note new area: 2nd floor, Pioneers of Flight section)
11:30am: East City Bookshop Story Time
12:00pm - 5:00pm: Parklands-Turner Library Vision to Learn - No Cost Eye Exams
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Cleveland Park Library Baby Story Time
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Library Baby Story Time
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Southwest Library Baby Story Time
1:00pm -3:00pm: American History Museum Performance: Jazz Afternoon
1:30pm - 2:00pm: Takoma Park Library Baby Story Time
1:30pm - 2:00pm: West End Library Baby ASL Story Time
2:00pm - 2:30pm: Georgetown Library Baby Story Time
2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum Toddler Play Time: Tinker Tots (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)
3:30pm - 4:30pm: Shepherd Park Library Lego Play Time
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Arts and Crafts
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Shepherd Park Library Arts and Crafts
5:00pm - 7:30pm: Deanwood Library Family Game Night
5:00pm - 8:00pm: DC Parks and Recreation Oxon Run Park Play in the Park
5:30pm - 7:00pm: Child's Play DC Game Night
6:00pm: DC Parks and Recreation Jazz in the Park at Petworth Recreation Center
6:00pm - 10:00pm: Labyrinth Board Game Night
FRIDAY (July 24)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
9:15am - 10:00am: National Building Museum Story Time
10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Little Tyke Hike with a Park Ranger at Peirce Barn
10:00am - 11:30am: Postal Museum Story and Play Time (meet in the historic lobby)
10:00am - 2:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Open Studio: Sculpting Stories
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Spark!Lab
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Wegmans Wonderplace
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:30am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show at Eastern Market ($10 in advance, $12 at the door)
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Anacostia Community Museum Big Moments, Little Stories
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
11:00am: Rock Creek Park Children's Tour: Peirce Barn
11:00am - 11:30am: American History Museum Performance: SHOUT
11:00am - 12:00pm: Woodridge Library Strong Start Play Group
11:00am - 1:00pm: Smithsonian Gardens Nature Journaling
11:00am - 3:00pm: Asian Art Museum Art Break
11:00am - 3:00pm: The Phillips Collection at the ARC (in SE DC) Art-Play-Practice
1:00pm: Rock Creek Park Children's Tour: Peirce Barn
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American History Museum Performance: SHOUT
2:00pm - 2:30pm: American History Museum Performance: SHOUT
2:00pm - 5:00pm: National Building Museum Free DC Ward Day - Wards 2 & 4 - free admission for DC residents; show ID
2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum Toddler Play Time: Fine Art (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)
4:00pm - 7:00pm: The Explore! Kid's Maker Space (395 Ingraham Street NE) Kids Maker Space Activities
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Ukulele Sing-Along
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