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Open on St. Valentine’s Day, ca. 1910. Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library, Gift of Vivienne Kalman in Memory of Albert L. Kalman

Antique Valentines through February 28
The Initiated Eye

The Initiated Eye: Secrets, Symbols, Freemasonry and the Architecture of Washington, D.C.
Theater

The Art of the Movie Theater
For All Time: Clocks and Watches from the National Heritage Museum

For All Time: Clocks and Watches from the National Heritage Museum
Freemasonrym unmasked

Freemasonry Unmasked!: Anti-Masonic Collections in the Van Gorden-Williams Library and Archives
Sowing the Seeds of Liberty: Lexington & the American Revolution

Sowing the Seeds of Liberty: Lexington & the American Revolution

Programs and Lectures


FEBRUARY
N-Scale Model Train Show
 » Model Trains Weekend!
   Saturday and Sunday, February 13 and 14, 2010
   Saturday 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Sunday noon–4:00 p.m.
Jack and Jill Game, 1920s. Howard R. Garis, Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Mass. Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library, Gift of Dorothy A. and Albert H. Richardson, 84.18.34. Photograph by Briggs Photography.
» Game Day
   Tuesday, February 16, 2010
   10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Mantel Clock, 1880–1890.
 » Family Gallery Activity: The Sun, the Moon, and
   Father Time: Learn More About Clocks
   Thursday, February 18, 2010
   2 p.m.–4 p.m

MARCH
Quang-Tuan Luong at work in King’s Canyon National Park, August 2007. Photograph by Buddy Squires. © Buddy Squires, used with permission
 » Lowell Lecture 
   Capturing America’s Natural Treasures:
   Quang-Tuan Luong on Photographing Our
   National Parks
   Sunday, March 14, 2010
   2 p.m.
Exhibiting Change: Movie Theaters and American Culture from the 19th to the 21st Century
» Lowell Lecture 
   Exhibiting Change: Movie Theaters and American
   Culture from the 19th to the 21st Century
   Sunday, March 28, 2010
   2 p.m.
Coming Soon

Henson_and_his_characters
» Jim Henson's Fantastic World
   April 3 through June 27, 2010
Symposium

Masonic emblematic painting, 1840-1850, possibly New York, Collection of National Heritage Museum, Special Acquisition Fund, 90.20. Photograph by David Bohl.
» Registration Open
   New Perspectives on American Freemasonry and
   Fraternalism Symposium
   Friday, April 9, 2010

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