2020-10-23 02:40:46
Celebrate the arts in the nation’s capital with one-of-a-kind anniversaries. THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION America’s first museum of modern art reaches a triple-digit age in 2021 and is planning a year-long centennial celebration. Pay homage to its founder, Duncan Phillips, whose personal collection featured artists like Jacob Lawrence, Georgia O’Keeffe and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. THE KENNEDY CENTER A living, breathing memorial dedicated to the 35th president, the city’s most revered performance space turns 50 years old in 2021. Celebrate with free daily concerts on Millennium Stage, the National Symphony Orchestra and Washington National Opera in-house acts or a popular passing performance. And don’t miss The REACH campus, the on-site, inclusive “open stage.” SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION The family of 17 free museums in DC will mark its 175th anniversary in 2021 with a limited-time only reopening of its original site, the Arts + Industries Building, where the National Museum of the United States was established. Expect to be wowed by a world’s fair-style spectacle at the historic building and celebrate the milestone at various Smithsonian museums.
©Washington-DC. View All Articles.