DAR Museum

DAR Museum Explore, discover and investigate the American home with 31 period rooms, 3 galleries and rotating exhibitions at the DAR Museum. Free and open to the public.

The Daughters of the American Revolution created DAR Museum in 1890 to further its mission: promote historic preservation, education, and patriotism. Museum admission is FREE. For visitor or events information, please visit www.dar.org/museum.

📖 Author Talk: “A Nation Unraveled” with Sarah Jones WeickselFriday, September 18 | 5–7 PM | DAR Museum Join us for an e...
08/21/2026

📖 Author Talk: “A Nation Unraveled” with Sarah Jones Weicksel
Friday, September 18 | 5–7 PM | DAR Museum

Join us for an evening with historian and AHA executive director Sarah Jones Weicksel, author of “A Nation Unraveled: Clothing, Culture, and Violence in the American Civil War Era.” Her book explores how clothing carried the weight of allegiance, loss, and survival during the Civil War.

The evening includes a talk, Q&A, and book signing, with refreshments before and after. Limited books available for purchase.

Registration required, link in comments!

Introducing a new series of curator-led tours! Once a month, join us in the main gallery at the DAR Museum for a guided ...
08/13/2026

Introducing a new series of curator-led tours! Once a month, join us in the main gallery at the DAR Museum for a guided tour of “Revolution in Their Words” led by Curator and Registrar, Carrie Blough.

Our first tour is Wednesday, August 26 from 12:00–12:30pm, perfect for a lunch break out. Free and open to the public, space is limited so register today!

Registration Link: https://book.peek.com/s/fbcdddf9-827e-482c-a5d6-22ba01fedbde/3bg4V

08/06/2026

Calling all Girl Scout troops in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia area! The DAR Museum offers hands-on badge programs designed to bring history to life for your scouts.
 
Brownies can earn their “My Family Story” badge by exploring how family histories are collected and preserved, hearing how stories change over time, and creating their own family tree. Juniors can earn the “Playing the Past” badge by stepping back into 1913 to join the Women’s Suffrage March, crafting their own “Votes for Women” sash, and writing a speech on why the right to vote matters.
 
Programs are offered at 10:30am and 1:30pm, with a minimum of 8 scouts. Weekday sessions are $10/scout and Saturday sessions are $12/scout, with badges included in every booking.
 
Ready to book your troop’s visit? Request your program today through the link in our bio, and reach out to our museum team with any questions. We can’t wait to welcome your scouts!
 

07/30/2026

📜 Tuesday Talk: “Preserving Patriotism: The Declaration of Independence and Its Legacy at DAR” with Museum Director and Chief Curator, Jennifer Johnson

For the first time in DAR Museum history, the signatures of all 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence are on view together. Jennifer Johnson will take us inside this landmark exhibition, exploring letters, legal documents, and receipts that span six decades and offer a rare, personal look at the men who shaped a nation🖋️

Tuesday, August 11, at 12pm ET
Free and available online only
Register through the link in our bio to receive your Zoom invitation!đź”—

Yesterday our curator and registrar, Carrie Blough, gave a short presentation on the DAR Museum and our collections at t...
07/24/2026

Yesterday our curator and registrar, Carrie Blough, gave a short presentation on the DAR Museum and our collections at the International Nineteenth Century Studies Association Conference, “Revolution, Revelation, Reconciliation,” in DC. It was great to introduce our organization to so many new faces!
 
We also enjoyed hearing from fellow presenters including the Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center, George Mason University Special Collections Research Center, George Washington University Special Collections Research Center, the Textile Museum, the National Gallery of Art Library, Virginia Museum of History and Culture, Maryland State Archives, the Peoples Archive at the MLK Jr. Memorial Library, and the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum.
 

Quilt Title Testing Survey! What title would you choose for our 2027 Quilt exhibition?[UPDATE: form has closed]We’re dre...
07/17/2026

Quilt Title Testing Survey! What title would you choose for our 2027 Quilt exhibition?

[UPDATE: form has closed]

We’re dreaming up our next special exhibition and we want your voice in the process!

Survey closes Tuesday, July 28 — don’t miss your chance to weigh in!

Featured image: quilt, artist/maker Mildred Matilda Buckner Fox, 1870-1890, 79”w x 79”h, id 46.67

Hidden inside this hand-embroidered wallet: an oath that could have cost a man his life. Revolutionary supporters who pl...
07/07/2026

Hidden inside this hand-embroidered wallet: an oath that could have cost a man his life.

Revolutionary supporters who pledged their loyalty took an enormous risk. If the war hadn’t ended in independence, their signed oaths would have become evidence of treason. These oaths required renouncing the British monarchy, swearing allegiance to the state, and promising to report any treasonous activity. Signing wasn’t symbolic, it was a binding, dangerous commitment.

Christopher Ketley of Lancaster, PA signed his own oath of allegiance and enlisted in the Continental Army in 1776. He kept that oath safe inside this Irish stitch-embroidered wallet.

Oath & Wallet, Pennsylvania, 1778. Gift of Miss Marie Keatley.

On view now in “Revolution in Their Words.”

🎆 Happy 4th of July from all of us at the DAR Museum! Today we celebrate 250 years of American independence and honor th...
07/04/2026

🎆 Happy 4th of July from all of us at the DAR Museum! Today we celebrate 250 years of American independence and honor the founders and revolutionaries whose words and courage made it possible.

We’re closed to the public today in observance of Independence Day and look forward to welcoming you back on Monday, July 6.

See history in the signers’ own hand at Preserving Patriotism: The Declaration of Independence and Its Legacy at DAR! Th...
07/02/2026

See history in the signers’ own hand at Preserving Patriotism: The Declaration of Independence and Its Legacy at DAR!
 
The exhibition brings together all 56 signatures of the Declaration for the first time ever, drawn from letters, legal documents, and receipts spanning six decades. As we mark America’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration, these autographs offer a rare, personal window into the men who shaped a nation.

Come see it in our Study Gallery!
 
Please note that we’ll be closed July 3 and 4 in observance of Independence Day.

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1776 D Street NW
Washington D.C., DC
20006

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

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(202) 879-3241

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