# Things to do with kids at National Museum of the American Indian (Washington)

> 7 upcoming family events and 2 ongoing programs and visits at National Museum of the American Indian (Washington), Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20560, in the Washington–Arlington–Alexandria area. Dates and times are Eastern Time. Today is Sun, Oct 25.

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## Events ahead

- [Día de los Muertos Family Festival — National Museum of the American Indian](https://grassyknees.com/washington-dc/activities/dia-de-los-muertos-family-festival-national-museum-of-the-american-ind--listing-4d57fb262c7e05dd829f881b) — Sat, Oct 31 · 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM · National Museum of the American Indian (Washington) · All ages · Free · checked Oct 16. The National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall celebrates Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) on Saturday, October 31, 2026, from 10 am to 5 pm, presenting it…
- [Look, Learn, Create: Water's Edge for Families](https://grassyknees.com/washington-dc/activities/look-learn-create-water-s-edge-for-families--listing-1e30f6deee9825164d238f93) — Sat, Oct 31 (+7 more dates) · 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM · National Museum of the American Indian (Washington) · All ages · Free · checked Oct 20. Look, Learn, Create is a 45-minute family tour of the exhibition Water's Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, held on…
- [Service and Sacrifice: Veterans Day 2026 at the American Indian Museum](https://grassyknees.com/washington-dc/activities/service-and-sacrifice-veterans-day-2026-at-the-american-indian-museum--listing-549c0e8f7a460ac54a66a439) — Sat, Nov 7 · 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM · National Museum of the American Indian (Washington) · All ages · Free · checked Oct 16. The National Museum of the American Indian honors Native Americans' service in every branch of the U.S. military on Saturday, November 7, 2026, from 10:30 am to 5 pm. The Native…
- [Always Becoming: Next Chapter at the National Museum of the American Indian](https://grassyknees.com/washington-dc/activities/always-becoming-next-chapter-at-the-national-museum-of-the-american-in--listing-5db9dc6d0fcf121945a414be) — Sat, Nov 14 · 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM · National Museum of the American Indian (Washington) · Free · checked Oct 20. Always Becoming: Next Chapter is a free daylong celebration on Saturday, November 14, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington…
- [A Bison Celebration — National Museum of the American Indian](https://grassyknees.com/washington-dc/activities/a-bison-celebration-national-museum-of-the-american-indian--listing-af8db524fb08dd5ddc0f645d) — Sat, Nov 21 · 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM · National Museum of the American Indian (Washington) · Free · checked Oct 16. On Saturday, November 21, 2026, from 1 to 5 pm, the National Museum of the American Indian celebrates the past, present and future of North America's largest land mammal. Films…
- [Native American Heritage Day at the American Indian Museum](https://grassyknees.com/washington-dc/activities/native-american-heritage-day-at-the-american-indian-museum--listing-98857683d9b39c3b98724d19) — Fri, Nov 27 · 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM · National Museum of the American Indian (Washington) · Free · checked Oct 16. The day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 27, 2026, the National Museum of the American Indian marks Native American Heritage Day from 11 am to 4 pm. Denmi Whiteman (Oglala…
- [Native Art Market at the National Museum of the American Indian](https://grassyknees.com/washington-dc/activities/native-art-market-at-the-national-museum-of-the-american-indian--listing-5d834d5638d530342870d6ca) — Sun, Dec 6 · 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM · National Museum of the American Indian (Washington) · Free · checked Oct 24. The National Museum of the American Indian's annual Native Art Market brings award-winning Indigenous artists from across the Western Hemisphere to the museum's Potomac Atrium…

## Ongoing programs and visits

- [Cradleboards and Crawlers — Baby Program at the American Indian Museum](https://grassyknees.com/washington-dc/activities/cradleboards-and-crawlers-baby-program-at-the-american-indian-museum--listing-0af92991000369da430b9c19) — Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10:30–11:00 am · National Museum of the American Indian (Washington) · Ages 0–2 · Free · checked Oct 16. Cradleboards and Crawlers is a free drop-in program for early learners ages 0 to 2 and their caregivers in the imagiNATIONS Activity Center on Level 3 of the National Museum of…
- [Story Time at the National Museum of the American Indian](https://grassyknees.com/washington-dc/activities/story-time-at-the-national-museum-of-the-american-indian--listing-7be897dbb901845d44fa11b8) — Selected Saturdays 11:15-11:45 a.m.: Oct 24; Nov 7, 14, 21; Dec 5, 12, 19, 2026… · National Museum of the American Indian (Washington) · Free · checked Oct 20. The National Museum of the American Indian in Washington holds a half-hour family story time on selected Saturday mornings at 11:15 in its imagiNATIONS Activity Center on Level…

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