Teach the District

"A Bold and Beautiful Vision: A Century of Black Arts Education in Washington, DC, 1900-2000" is on view at the Anacostia Community Museum through March 2025. This link includes an educator resource guide, exhibition guide, and short films created for the exhibit.

"A Right to the City," an exhibit that ran at the ACM 2018-2020, explores how ordinary Washingtonians have responded to challenges involving “urban renewal” projects, school desegregation, transit projects and equitable housing through the history of six DC neighborhoods.

"A Right to the City," an exhibit that ran at the ACM 2018-2020, explores how ordinary Washingtonians have responded to challenges involving “urban renewal” projects, school desegregation, transit projects and equitable housing through the history of six DC neighborhoods.

Before the Bulldozers: Historic Southwest D.C. Exposed is an audio and augmented reality journey exploring the history of the redevelopment of the Southwest neighborhood in Washington, D.C. Using GPS, this Walking Cinema app guides you from site to site through D.C.’s Southwest Neighborhood, telling the story of the country’s first large-scale urban renewal project—a project that uprooted 23,000 people and knocked down nearly 5,000 buildings to create an entirely new neighborhood.

On view On view May 19, 2023 - January 7, 2024
Women have led the environmental justice movement. Women are often the ones who notice patterns of disease in their communities, fight to protect their families and neighbors, and bear the burden of health disparities. In this exhibition from the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum, explore how local women of color draw on a long history of activism and advance environmental justice efforts not only in D.C., but across the country and beyond. Visitors will be inspired as they learn why women have become leaders in the environmental justice movement, which pathways they have taken to arrive there, and how their efforts benefit our local communities and the earth.

Explore the Anacostia Community Museum's Learning Lab contributions.

An online exhibit of the Anacostia Community Museum. Women share their memories, opinions, and experiences of community. Listen to their stories recorded between the 1970s and 2010s.