# Coffee & Gratitude: Cyanotype Family Workshop — Anacostia Community Museum

> Event for families in the Washington–Arlington–Alexandria area (DC / VA / MD / WV). Times are Eastern Time.

- When: Fri, Nov 27 · 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Where: Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place SE, Washington, DC 20020
- Ages: Kids & Families
- Price: Free
- Organizer: Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
- Official page: https://anacostia.si.edu/
- Last checked: Sat, Oct 24

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## About

On the morning after Thanksgiving, the Anacostia Community Museum offers a calm alternative to Black Friday shopping. From 10 am there is coffee, hot chocolate and light refreshments, followed by the Cyanotype Portraits: Gratitude Family Workshop, where families arrange photographs, plants and small objects on light-sensitive paper and expose them to light to make blue-and-white prints celebrating the people and moments they are thankful for. Guests can also join a guided tour of the exhibition We Make History. The workshop and refreshments are free.

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