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Bohrer Park - 8:00 AM
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US Capitol Visitors Center - 8:30 AM
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Great Country Farms - 9:00 AM
Placita Mágica at National Children’s Museum
National Children's Museum - 9:30 AM
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Leesburg Animal Park - 9:30 AM
Welcome to Native Place at National Museum of the American Indian
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National Museum of the American Indian National Mall - 1:00 PM Pick
Altar del Día de los Muertos (at Bohrer Park)
Bohrer Park - 8:00 AM
Bohrer Park - 8:00 AM
US Capitol & US Capitol Visitor Center Tour
US Capitol Visitors Center - 8:30 AM
US Capitol Visitors Center - 8:30 AM
Welcome to Native Place at National Museum of the American Indian
National Museum of the American Indian National Mall - 1:00 PM Pick
National Museum of the American Indian National Mall - 1:00 PM Pick
US Capitol & US Capitol Visitor Center Tour
US Capitol Visitors Center - 8:30 AM
US Capitol Visitors Center - 8:30 AM
Altar del Día de los Muertos (at Bohrer Park)
Bohrer Park - 8:00 AM
Bohrer Park - 8:00 AM
Altar del Día de los Muertos (at Bohrer Park)
Bohrer Park - 8:00 AM
Bohrer Park - 8:00 AM
US Capitol & US Capitol Visitor Center Tour
US Capitol Visitors Center - 8:30 AM
US Capitol Visitors Center - 8:30 AM
Altar del Día de los Muertos (at Bohrer Park)
Bohrer Park - 8:00 AM
Bohrer Park - 8:00 AM
US Capitol & US Capitol Visitor Center Tour
US Capitol Visitors Center - 8:30 AM
US Capitol Visitors Center - 8:30 AM
El Día de los Muertos Festival at the National Portrait Gallery
National Portrait Gallery - 5:00 PM Pick
National Portrait Gallery - 5:00 PM Pick
Inspire: CCS Family Concert & Instrument Petting Zoo (at Atlas Performing Arts Center)
Atlas Performing Arts Center - 2:30 PM Pick
Atlas Performing Arts Center - 2:30 PM Pick
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El Día de los Muertos Festival at the National Portrait Gallery
Sat Nov 2, 2024
5:00pm to 8:30pm ET
Age: All Ages
Price: Free
Celebrate el Día de los Muertos at the National Portrait Gallery. Enjoy live music, Mexican folk-dance performances, workshops, and a variety of activities for all ages. Visitors can also create calaveras and papel picado to decorate the community altar and get their face painted to look like la Catrina.
The celebration goes to the streets as visitors witness the live video mapping projection by artists MasPaz and Guache. The artists create their work live from the Martin Luther King Jr. Library, projected onto the G and 9th Street façade.
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