This Week at a Glance (June 16 - June 20)
- dcstayathomeparent
- Jun 14
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Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC
Program Updates:
All DC Public Library locations will be closed on the following dates: Thursday, June 19, 2025, Juneteenth ; Friday, June 20, 2025, All Staff Development Day
Mt. Pleasant Library is temporarily CLOSED for renovations; scheduled to reopen in late June 2025. During this time, baby lap time and toddler story time will take place at Rita Bright Family & Youth Center on 14th and Chapin
MONDAY (June 16)
9:00am - 8:00pm: Anacostia Library I SPY Discover Summer - Scavenger Hunt
9:30am - 10:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
9:30am - 11:30am: The Pollinator Garden at the National Museum of Natural History Garden Play: Pollinators!
10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Family Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Library ASL Story Time
11:00am - 11:45am: Woodridge Library Baby Lap Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Baby Lap Time
11:30am - 12:30pm: Portrait Gallery Kids Baby and Toddler Arts & Crafts, Play Time
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Afterschool Coloring
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Baby Lap Time
TUESDAY (June 17)
9:15am - 9:45am: Northeast Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
9:20am - 10:15am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show (two shows on this day)
9:30am - 11:30am: Smithsonian Enid A. Haupt Garden Pollinator Week with the Smithsonian Gardens Bug Mobile
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
10:00am - 12:00pm: West End Library Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Petworth Library Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:30am - 11:00am: Anacostia Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Parklands-Turner Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show
10:30am - 11:15am: Hillwood Museum Preschool Program ($12, $10 Member, register online)
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Duplo Lego Play Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Palisades Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Baby Lap Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Lither King Jr. Library Toddler Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:00am - 11:30am: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
11:15am - 11:45am: American Indian Museum Story Time (ages 0-2, ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:30am - 12:00pm: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
WEDNESDAY (June 18)
9:30am - 11:30am: Smithsonian Flight Garden along the west side of the National Air and Space Museum Pollinator Week with the Smithsonian Gardens Bug Mobile
10:00am - 10:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (ticket required, register online in advance)
10:00am - 10:30am: Shaw Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
10:00am - 10:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
10:00am - 12:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Story and Craft Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler 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 - 11:30am: Smithsonian American Art Museum Art in the A.M.
10:30am - 11:00am: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
10:30am - 11:00am: Shaw Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
10:30am - 11:00am: Shepherd Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Takoma Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: West End Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Hillwood Museum Preschool Program ($12, $10 Member, register online)
10:45am - 11:15am: Northwest One Library Toddler Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:00am - 11:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (ticket required, register online in advance)
11:15am - 11:45am: American Indian Museum Story Time (ages 0-2, ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:15am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
3:30pm - 4:30pm: Parklands-Turner Library Bingo!
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Takoma Park Library Lego Play Time
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time
THURSDAY (June 19) Juneteenth
DC Public Libraries are closed in observance of Juneteenth
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
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
10:00am - 5:00pm: Anacostia Community Museum Juneteenth Celebration: Power in the Past, Strength in the Future!
10:30am - 11:00am: Solid State Books H Street Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: DC Air and Space Museum One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure (timed ticket required)
10:30am - 11:15am: Kidsinger Jim Rocknoceros Friday
10:30am - 11:15am: National Building Museum Story Time (free; register for museum admission)
10:30am - 12:00pm: National Building Museum School’s Out!: Juneteenth Parade Workshop ($15 per participating child and $10 per accompanying adult)
11:00am - 12:00pm: DC Air and Space Museum Story Time (timed ticket required)
11:00am - 11:30am: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
11:30am: East City Bookshop Story Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
1:00pm - 6:00pm: Bread for the City's Michelle Obama Southeast Center Juneteenth for the City
6:00pm - 8:00pm: Rock Creek Park Summer in the Parks at Fort Slocum
FRIDAY (June 20)
DC Public Libraries are closed for an all staff development day
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am - 11:30am: Postal Museum Story Time (meet in the Historic Lobby)
10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Little Tyke Hike with a Ranger (at the Peirce Barn)
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
12:00pm - 2:30pm: Our American Garden near the south entrance to the National Museum of American History Pollinator Week with the Smithsonian Gardens Bug Mobile
1:00pm - 4:00pm: Portrait Gallery Art Studio
5:00pm - 7:00pm: Hill Center Uncle Devin: Family Fun Day Concert ($7, $14, children under the age of 2 do not require a ticket)
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