Visitors can kick off the Smithsonian-wide Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at “ZooFiesta: Un día de diversión animal para toda la familia,” a free event Sunday, Sept. 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a variety of fun-filled family activities, including live music and educational activities about conservation in Central and South America.

Help celebrate National Public Lands Day on Saturday, September 28 at the Rock Creek Park Nature Center in Washington, DC. Join from 9 AM - 1 PM to give back to your favorite park by removing invasive plants, planting new shrubs, repainting rails, cleaning up trash, and more. You will join communities across the country […]

Peppa Pig Live! is here with the ALL NEW action-packed live show featuring your favorite characters as life size puppets and costume characters in her new live show, Peppa Pig’s Adventure! Come join Peppa on an exciting camping trip to the woods with George and her school friends, including Pedro Pony, Suzy Sheep and Gerald […]

Celebrate Hill Center’s 8th birthday on Sunday, September 29! We will have Civil War-era activities and figures, including a team of coppersmiths and blacksmiths, horse-drawn wagon rides, interactive games and crafts, Turley the Magician, face-painting, and balloon animals from Balloons by Brenda. At Hill Center, we like to celebrate our history while looking towards the future! At 2:30 pm, Turley […]

Conservation Discovery Day is on Oct. 5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, will open its doors for a day of science designed for middle schoolers, high schoolers and undergrads. They'll be able to take part in hands-on activities, panels with with conservation biologists, field ecologists, […]