Celebrate Heritage and History Months

Join us in-person and online for vibrant performances, lectures, and family activities throughout the year that celebrate our nation's rich cultural heritage and help us understand our shared history. Explore collections and resources online.

Three Black children smiling at camera from a car.

February

Black History Month

Join us online or in person to celebrate our nation's rich African American heritage and understand our shared history.

Postcard from Woman Suffrage Parade, 1913

March

Women's History Month

Explore events, resources, and exhibitions that tell a diversity of women's stories.

Three children in a wicker baby carriage with an American flag. Black and white photoprint

April

Arab American Heritage Month

Learn more about the Arab American experience from collection items and oral histories.

May

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Explore events and resources to celebrate our nation's rich Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander heritage.

traditional Polish menorah and figurines cast from a 19th century Statue of Liberty souvenir

May

Jewish American History Month

Explore collection items that reflect the the Jewish American experience and role those with Jewish American heritage have played in shaping the nation's history and identity.