As a public health precaution due to COVID-19 (coronavirus), America Now 2020 is canceled .

Please check back next spring for updates on our 2021 celebration.

America Now

America Now was established in 2015 as a three-museum collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery, National Museum of American History, and Smithsonian American Art Museum. It is made possible by the support of the Robert and Arlene Kogod Family Foundation. This annual, free, one-day festival celebrates the best of art and history in Washington DC.

Visit each museum's website for the latest updates:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

National Portrait Gallery

National Museum of American History