Things to do in Bowie

DEC2WedWednesday, December 233 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. 5 a.m.

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

   The Washington Monument$170.10+

   Arts & Culture

3. 8:30 a.m.10 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

4. 9 a.m.

   Secret Portal Hunt and Tour

   The Mansion on O & O Street Museum$45.95

   Arts & Culture

5. 9 a.m.11 a.m.

   Tour the WWII Liberty Ship JOHN W. BROWN

   Aboard the Liberty Ship JOHN W. BROWN$7.50+

   Classes & Talks

6. 9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m.

   Dinosaurs-Themed Play @ the National Children’s Museum

   National Children's MuseumFamily

   Arts & Culture

7. 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

8. 10 a.m.5 p.m.

   Esther Bubley: Photographing the Homefront

   Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum$0+

   Arts & Culture

9. 10 a.m.5 p.m.

   General Admission December 2026

   Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum

   Arts & Culture

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

    Holidays at Hillwood | A Woven Wonderland

    Hillwood Estate, Museum and GardensFree

    Arts & Culture

11. 10 a.m.5 p.m.

    Interwoven: A Tradition of Textiles

    Hillwood Estate, Museum and GardensFree

    Arts & Culture

12. 10 a.m.

    Marwan Chamaa: America 250 Immersive Art Installation

    Museum of Illusions Washington DC$23.95+

    Arts & Culture

13. 10 a.m.4 p.m.

    Out of Bounds

    The Kreeger Museum$0+

    Arts & Culture

14. 10 a.m.2 p.m.

    Senior Lunch

    The Board Room

    Arts & Culture

15. 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

16. 10:30 a.m.11 a.m.

    DC | Cradleboards and Crawlers

    National Museum of the American Indian National Mall

    Arts & Culture

17. 11 a.m.4 p.m.

    Local by Design at The Gallery

    Local by Design at The GalleryFree

    Arts & Culture

18. 11 a.m.6 p.m.

    To Hear Her Speak: Black Women and Shakespeare

    Folger Shakespeare LibraryFree

    Theater & Dance

19. 12 p.m.1 p.m.

    Curator Tour | Woven and Cast

    Asian Art Museum

    Arts & Culture

20. 12 p.m.1 p.m.

    Curator Tour | Woven and Cast

    National Museum of Asian Art - West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 8Free

    Arts & Culture

21. 12 p.m.6 p.m.

    Small Works

    Alliance GalleryFree

    Arts & Culture

22. 12 p.m.

    Small Works Show

    Alliance Gallery

    Arts & Culture

23. 1 p.m.1:30 p.m.

    DC | Welcome to a Native Place

    National Museum of the American Indian National Mall

    Arts & Culture

24. 1 p.m.5 p.m.

    Unfossilizing African Art

    Flagg Building, Atrium

    Arts & Culture

25. 1:30 p.m.3 p.m.

    Art in the Afternoon: Winter Workshop

    Howard County Library System, HCLS Elkridge BranchFamily

    Arts & Culture

26. 1:30 p.m.

    Major William Alexis Thompson and Lieutenant Edmund

    Francis Scott Key Hall, St. John's College

    Arts & Culture

27. 2:15 p.m.

    Sicut Sing

    Annapolis Campus, Mellon Hall Lobby

    Arts & Culture

28. 4 p.m.5:30 p.m.

    "Representations of America: USPS Art Directors on Stamp Design" - 23rd Maynard Sundman Lecture

    National Postal Museum

    Classes & Talks

29. 4 p.m.

    1921, a Biergarten

    1921 Biergarten at the Heurich House Museum

    Arts & Culture

30. 4 p.m.6 p.m.

    Holiday Framing Crash Course with William Demaria

    Washington Printmakers Gallery (1675 Wisconsin Ave NW)

    Arts & Culture

31. 4:30 p.m.6 p.m.

    Special HCSSiM Documentary: Hunting Yellow Pigs

    Francis Scott Key Hall, St. John's CollegeFree

    Arts & Culture

32. 5:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.

    WILD - Merry Little Masterpieces

    Lutron Commercial Experience Center

    Arts & Culture

33. 6 p.m.

    BYOB (Bring Your Own Book) Club

    Enoch Pratt Free Library - Southeast Anchor Branch

    Arts & Culture