Celebrate Earth Day at the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum

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Spring is here — and that means the return of the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum’s Honor Earth: An Earth Day Celebration! Join us on Saturday, April 20, 2024, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. as we honor and celebrate our Earth.

This free, family-friendly day will be packed with activities and giveaways (while supplies last) focused on taking a deeper dive into the Earth’s offering and how to do your part in protecting it. Enjoy plant health workshops and giveaways with Grounded, a black women-led brand that was created to decompress and disconnect through the appreciation of plants. You can also participate in our life-size Chalk Walk as you show us your creativity to color in illustrations of the Anacostia Watershed outlined by Chalk Riot! Plus Swap D.C. will be joining us, so get ready to swap your gently used clothing, shoes, accessories and books with others in the community. This is a great opportunity to refresh your wardrobe without spending a dime.

Earth Day is also the opening weekend of the 2024 farm stand season, in collaboration with our friends at FRESHFARM Market. The FRESHFARM ACM Farm Stand, which is the only direct-to-consumer farm stand of its kind East of the River in Ward 8, will take place each Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Anacostia Community Museum until November 23, 2024. FRESHFARM will also bring a host of other activities to our Earth Day celebration which include the education of composting and a cooking demonstration on how to convert your farmer’s market finds into delicious and health meals and snacks at home.

Plus — visitors will have a chance to view the museum’s latest exhibition A Bold and Beautiful Vision: A Century of Black Arts Education in Washington, D.C., 1900-2000, which traces the story of the teachers and students who made Washington, D.C., a truly unparalleled center for Black arts education.

To see the most up-to-date information and learn more about the partners joining us visit anacostia.si.edu/earthday. 

Honor Earth: An Earth Day Celebration is an indoor/outdoor event, occurring rain or shine. The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum is located at 1901 Fort Place SE, Washington, DC 20020.