DC History Center
801 K Street Northwest
Washington, DC
Thursday-Friday, 12pm-7pm
Saturday-Sunday, 12pm-6pm
Founded in 1894, the DC History Center deepens understanding of our city's past to connect, empower, and inspire. As the only community-based nonprofit focused on the District’s history, our vision is to engage with neighborhoods across DC and elevate the stories of Washington’s diverse people, communities, and institutions.
Please welcome our new Director of Administration, Betsy Bates! Betsy (she/her) joined the DC History Center team on July 1, 2024. An advocate for excellence in operational execution, she brings experience managing organizational finances, creating optimized and sustainable systems and processes, and a passion for cultivating effective and engaged teams. In her most recent role …
In July of this year, 15 stellar DC educators participated in Teach the District, the DC History Center’s professional development program that seeks to bring local history to life—no matter what subject the educator teaches. Educators are competitively selected, participate on their own time, and are paid for their participation. They represented: 2 SCHOOL SYSTEMS …
We are witnessing a national backlash against the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion movement, particularly in educational settings. Trainings are coming to a stop, expert professionals are losing their jobs, and books are being yanked from library shelves. It’s impossible to view these developments as anything other than an appalling reversal of hard-earned gains. In …
Join the DC History Center for a screening of the new film: Las Muertes Más Bellas del Mundo, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers. Today, Washington, DC is home to over 200,000 Salvadorans. How did this population come to live in DC? What has building community looked like in the region? And how have Salvadoran immigrants in turn shaped the city? “In 1980, the civil war in El Salvador hurled a human bomb in Washington’s direction. We were the pieces of Spanish-speaking shrapnel flying all over… and what do you do when your house...
As a private, nonprofit organization, the DC History Center relies on generous gifts from individuals, foundations, and corporations to support our mission. In times of upheaval and uncertainty, we rely on history to guide us.
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At the DC History Center, we tell the diverse stories of our nation’s capital to a broad community of learners. We seek to bring people together to satisfy their curiosity, learn each other’s stories, and develop respect for the larger community in which we live.