Glen Echo Park will open at 12pm on Wednesday, January 28. More information here >>

 

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    Hexagon with fish and science symbols inside, and "Glen Echo Park Aquarium, A Chesapeake Bay Discovery Center" text surrounding

    9:00am - 5:00pm, timed-entry required

    Visit the Glen Echo Park Aquarium to learn about the creatures that inhabit the Chesapeake Bay and beyond through interactive exhibits, knowledgable educators, and a dynamic space. Timed entry creates a personalized learning environment,…

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    A mosaic landscape

    10:00am - 6:00pm

    The Park View Gallery presents Voyages in Mosaics, an exhibition by Lisa Horowitz, winner of the 2025 Park View Artist Award at the 54th Annual Labor Day Art Show. Horowitz’s attraction to mosaics arose out of her love for folk art. “The…

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    showtimes vary

    Each weekend in January, one of the Puppet Co.'s Tiny Tots Guest Artists will take the stage with shows sure to excite your little ones! Shows are at 10am.* Tiny Tots Palooza also means additional show times on weekends and added show days!…

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    Abstract artwork of J Jordan Bruns

    11:00am - 5:00pm

    On the second and third floors of the Chautauqua Tower, you'll find Stone Tower Studio: where the boundary of traditional mediums is crossed.

    The Stone Tower Studio presents both traditional and nontraditional mediums including monoprint…

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    Purple graphic with the text Tiny Tots Palooza

    showtimes vary

    Each weekend in January, one of the Puppet Co.'s Tiny Tots Guest Artists will take the stage with shows sure to excite your little ones! Shows are at 10am.* Tiny Tots Palooza also means additional show times on weekends and added show days!…

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    DANCE FOR PD®

    2:30pm - 3:45pm

    In partnership with Dance for PD (Parkinson's Disease), the Glen Echo Park Partnership presents a pilot Dance for PD® class series at Glen Echo Park. Classes are FREE for participants, care partners, and family members thanks to the support of…

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    7:30pm - 10:00pm

    CANCELED TONIGHT due to icy conditions at the park.

    7:30pm - 8:30pm Beginner/Intermediate Class; 8:30pm - 10:00pm open request dancing

    Glen Echo International Folk Dancers presents a weekly…

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    Hexagon with fish and science symbols inside, and "Glen Echo Park Aquarium, A Chesapeake Bay Discovery Center" text surrounding

    9:00am - 5:00pm, timed-entry required

    Visit the Glen Echo Park Aquarium to learn about the creatures that inhabit the Chesapeake Bay and beyond through interactive exhibits, knowledgable educators, and a dynamic space. Timed entry creates a personalized learning environment,…

     Learn More

    A mosaic landscape

    10:00am - 6:00pm

    The Park View Gallery presents Voyages in Mosaics, an exhibition by Lisa Horowitz, winner of the 2025 Park View Artist Award at the 54th Annual Labor Day Art Show. Horowitz’s attraction to mosaics arose out of her love for folk art. “The…

     Learn More

    Purple graphic with the text Tiny Tots Palooza

    showtimes vary

    Each weekend in January, one of the Puppet Co.'s Tiny Tots Guest Artists will take the stage with shows sure to excite your little ones! Shows are at 10am.* Tiny Tots Palooza also means additional show times on weekends and added show days!…

     Learn More

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    SILVERWORKS

    11:00am - 5:00pm

    SilverWorks is the studio of artist-in-residence, Blair Anderson. Blair brings 35 years of smithing experience to Glen Echo Park. Stop in and view her one-of-a-kind jewelry creations.

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    Abstract artwork of J Jordan Bruns

    11:00am - 5:00pm

    On the second and third floors of the Chautauqua Tower, you'll find Stone Tower Studio: where the boundary of traditional mediums is crossed.

    The Stone Tower Studio presents both traditional and nontraditional mediums including monoprint…

     Learn More

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    BLUES DANCE

    8:15pm - 11:30pm

    8:15pm - 9:00pm Lesson | 9:00pm - 11:30pm Dance

    On Thursday nights dancers converge upon the Ballroom Back Room at Glen Echo Park for the best in DJ’ed Blues dances in the Washington, D.C. area: a Blues Dance with…

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    Hexagon with fish and science symbols inside, and "Glen Echo Park Aquarium, A Chesapeake Bay Discovery Center" text surrounding

    9:00am - 5:00pm, timed-entry required

    Visit the Glen Echo Park Aquarium to learn about the creatures that inhabit the Chesapeake Bay and beyond through interactive exhibits, knowledgable educators, and a dynamic space. Timed entry creates a personalized learning environment,…

     Learn More

    A mosaic landscape

    10:00am - 6:00pm

    The Park View Gallery presents Voyages in Mosaics, an exhibition by Lisa Horowitz, winner of the 2025 Park View Artist Award at the 54th Annual Labor Day Art Show. Horowitz’s attraction to mosaics arose out of her love for folk art. “The…

     Learn More

    Purple graphic with the text Tiny Tots Palooza

    showtimes vary

    Each weekend in January, one of the Puppet Co.'s Tiny Tots Guest Artists will take the stage with shows sure to excite your little ones! Shows are at 10am.* Tiny Tots Palooza also means additional show times on weekends and added show days!…

     Learn More

    SilverWorks examples
    SILVERWORKS

    11:00am - 5:00pm

    SilverWorks is the studio of artist-in-residence, Blair Anderson. Blair brings 35 years of smithing experience to Glen Echo Park. Stop in and view her one-of-a-kind jewelry creations.

     Learn More

    Abstract artwork of J Jordan Bruns

    11:00am - 5:00pm

    On the second and third floors of the Chautauqua Tower, you'll find Stone Tower Studio: where the boundary of traditional mediums is crossed.

    The Stone Tower Studio presents both traditional and nontraditional mediums including monoprint…

     Learn More

    Contra Dance

    7:30pm - 11:00pm

    7:30pm: Lesson | 8:00pm - 11:00pm: Social Dance

    Contra is a fun and easy dance, and darn it, you need more dancing in your life! There's a caller like in square dance, telling you the moves, and every dance is taught…

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    Hexagon with fish and science symbols inside, and "Glen Echo Park Aquarium, A Chesapeake Bay Discovery Center" text surrounding

    9:00am - 5:00pm, timed-entry required

    Visit the Glen Echo Park Aquarium to learn about the creatures that inhabit the Chesapeake Bay and beyond through interactive exhibits, knowledgable educators, and a dynamic space. Timed entry creates a personalized learning environment,…

     Learn More

    A mosaic landscape

    10:00am - 6:00pm

    The Park View Gallery presents Voyages in Mosaics, an exhibition by Lisa Horowitz, winner of the 2025 Park View Artist Award at the 54th Annual Labor Day Art Show. Horowitz’s attraction to mosaics arose out of her love for folk art. “The…

     Learn More

    Purple graphic with the text Tiny Tots Palooza

    showtimes vary

    Each weekend in January, one of the Puppet Co.'s Tiny Tots Guest Artists will take the stage with shows sure to excite your little ones! Shows are at 10am.* Tiny Tots Palooza also means additional show times on weekends and added show days!…

     Learn More

    SilverWorks examples
    SILVERWORKS

    11:00am - 5:00pm

    SilverWorks is the studio of artist-in-residence, Blair Anderson. Blair brings 35 years of smithing experience to Glen Echo Park. Stop in and view her one-of-a-kind jewelry creations.

     Learn More

    Abstract artwork of J Jordan Bruns

    11:00am - 5:00pm

    On the second and third floors of the Chautauqua Tower, you'll find Stone Tower Studio: where the boundary of traditional mediums is crossed.

    The Stone Tower Studio presents both traditional and nontraditional mediums including monoprint…

     Learn More

    DanceFit Logo

    11:15am - 12:15pm

    Join us for a DanceFit: Line Dancing class with instructor Janee Murray to learn the basics of line dancing while getting in your Saturday morning workout!

    Janee Murray of DC Rawhides has been dancing for as long as she can remember,…

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    Purple graphic with the text Tiny Tots Palooza

    showtimes vary

    Each weekend in January, one of the Puppet Co.'s Tiny Tots Guest Artists will take the stage with shows sure to excite your little ones! Shows are at 10am.* Tiny Tots Palooza also means additional show times on weekends and added show days!…

     Learn More

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    ART GLASS CENTER

    12:00pm - 4:00pm

    Come see art through the medium of glass on display at the Art Glass Center

     

    The Art Glass Center at Glen Echo is a school, resource center, and gallery for kiln-formed glass serving the Washington metropolitan area. 

    The…

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    An abstract painting

    12:00pm - 6:00pm

    The Popcorn Gallery presents As Syllable from Sound, an exhibition by Pat Goslee. 

    January 17 - February 15, 2026
    Popcorn Gallery Hours:
    Saturdays & Sundays  | 12pm to 6pm

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    Photography on textiles

    12:00pm - 6:00pm

    The Stone Tower Gallery presents In Place of Remembering, an exhibition by Margaret Walker. 

    “I am standing in a room I made. This room holds all of you. Within this space is a portrait of each one of you. I cannot disconnect you…

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    PHOTOWORKS

    12:00pm - 4:00pm

    Come see photography on view at the Photoworks Gallery where their latest work is on display.

     Photoworks is a vibrant and unique resource for photographers. Our philosophy is simple: Creative dialogue with fellow photographers, an…

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