Things to do in Bowie

NOV27FriFriday, November 2738 events · Arts & Culture

1. All day

   African American History Tour & Museum of AAHC Admission

   US Navy Memorial Plaza$49.95+

   Also at 9:30 a.m.

   Arts & Culture

2. All day

   Native American Heritage Day

   Potts Hall

   Arts & Culture

3. All day

   Specialty Tour: Women in Medicine

   Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum

   Arts & Culture

4. All day

   Surveilled or Seen: Sinew of Trust in the Video of Marina Abramović and Lynda Benglis

   Mitchell Art Museum

   Arts & Culture

5. All day

   Tastes of Georgetown Food & History Walking Tour

   Café Tulúm$129

   Arts & Culture

6. 5 a.m.

   Two Capitals in One Day: Washington and Philadelphia from New York

   The Washington Monument$170.10+

   Arts & Culture

7. 8:30 a.m.5:30 p.m.

   St. John's College's Military Instructors: Major William Alexis Thompson and Lieutenant Edmund Berkeley Iglehart at St. John's College before the inception of the New Program.

   Annapolis Campus, Greenfield Library Plaza

   Arts & Culture

8. 9 a.m.10 a.m.

   2026 Fine Arts & Crafts Holiday Gift Show: Grand Opening

   Willow Grove Cultural Commons at Sandy Spring MuseumFree

   Classes & Talks

9. 9 a.m.

   Secret Portal Hunt and Tour

   The Mansion on O & O Street Museum$45.95

   Arts & Culture

10. 9:30 a.m.

    Baltimore Spring Arts & Crafts Fair

    Rash Field ParkFree

    Classes & Talks

11. 9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m.

    Dinosaurs-Themed Play @ the National Children’s Museum

    National Children's MuseumFamily

    Arts & Culture

12. 9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m.

    Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice (at the National Children's Museum)

    National Children's Museum$18.95Family

    Arts & Culture

13. 10 a.m.5 p.m.

    Esther Bubley: Photographing the Homefront

    Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum$0+

    Arts & Culture

14. 10 a.m.5 p.m.

    General Admission November 2026

    Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum

    Arts & Culture

15. 10 a.m.5 p.m.

    Holidays at Hillwood | A Woven Wonderland

    Hillwood Estate, Museum and GardensFree

    Arts & Culture

16. 10 a.m.5 p.m.

    Interwoven: A Tradition of Textiles

    Hillwood Estate, Museum and GardensFree

    Arts & Culture

17. 10 a.m.

    Marwan Chamaa: America 250 Immersive Art Installation

    Museum of Illusions Washington DC$23.95+

    Arts & Culture

18. 10 a.m.4 p.m.

    Out of Bounds

    The Kreeger Museum$0+

    Arts & Culture

19. 10 a.m.11:30 a.m.

    Story Time

    National Postal MuseumFamily

    Family & Kids

20. 10 a.m.4:30 p.m.

    imagiNATIONS Activity Center at National Museum of the American Indian

    National Museum of the American Indian National MallFreeFamily

    Family & Kids

21. 11 a.m.5 p.m.

    Christmas Traditions by Candlelight at the William Paca House

    Hogshead on Pinkney Street, William Paca House and Garden$12+

    Also at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.

    Arts & Culture

22. 11 a.m.4 p.m.

    DC | Native American Heritage Day

    National Museum of the American Indian National Mall

    Arts & Culture

23. 11 a.m.4 p.m.

    Local by Design at The Gallery

    Local by Design at The GalleryFree

    Arts & Culture

24. 11 a.m.6 p.m.

    To Hear Her Speak: Black Women and Shakespeare

    Folger Shakespeare LibraryFree

    Theater & Dance

25. 11:30 a.m.12:15 p.m.

    Highlights Tour

    National Postal Museum

    Also at 2 p.m.

    Arts & Culture

26. 12 p.m.

    Bazaart: AVAM's Annual Holiday Craft Marketplace

    American Visionary Art Museum

    Classes & Talks

27. 12 p.m.5 p.m.

    Bazaart: Holiday Craft Marketplace (Friday)

    American Visionary Art Museum

    Arts & Culture

28. 12 p.m.4 p.m.

    Resident Artist Open Studio Days

    Willow Grove Cultural Commons at Sandy Spring MuseumFree

    Arts & Culture

29. 12 p.m.1 p.m.

    Tours | Arts of China

    Asian Art Museum

    Arts & Culture

30. 12 p.m.5 p.m.

    Annual Gingerbread House Contest & Show: A Sweet Salute to America’s 250th

    Darnall's Chance Historic Site & Museum

    Arts & Culture

31. 1 p.m.5 p.m.

    Unfossilizing African Art

    Flagg Building, Atrium

    Arts & Culture

32. 1:30 p.m.

    Major William Alexis Thompson and Lieutenant Edmund

    Francis Scott Key Hall, St. John's College

    Arts & Culture

33. 5:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.

    Friday Night Kids Club: Pizza, Art, Games & Movies (Ages 6-10)

    ArtFarm Annapolis StudiosFamily

    Family & Kids

34. 6 p.m.10 p.m.

    Fluorescence // Noise Merchants // Prisoner's Cinema Black Friday Throwdown LIVE at Cult

    Cult Classic Brewing Company$16.78Family

    Arts & Culture

35. 7 p.m.8 p.m.

    Intro to Kizomba

    Local Motion ProjectFree

    Classes & Talks

36. 7 p.m.8 p.m.

    November Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Club: Wickhills

    Old Town Books Royal StreetFree

    Arts & Culture

37. 7 p.m.10 p.m.

    Popular Friday Comedy Show

    900 Florida Ave NW$12.51+

    Comedy

38. 7 p.m.

    Washington D.C. Night Tour

    The International Spy Museum$39+

    Arts & Culture