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.
The DC History Center is excited to announce the Hillcrest x Woodridge Neighborhood History Project! Created in partnership with the DC Public Library and the DC Public Library Foundation, this project aims to document and uplift the community histories of these two unique, yet often overlooked, neighborhoods in the District. Nestled on the outer …
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The DC History Center is thrilled to announce the debut of its digital collections platform! Created through ResourceSpace, this platform expands access to our collections and creates more ways to engage with the many histories that contribute to the story of our city. Now, anyone can view our digitized materials online at any time. The …
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On March 15, 2025 more than 90 students and their cheer squad composed of caregivers, teachers, DC History Center staff, and MLK Library goers, participated in the first in-person National History Day in DC contest since 2019. Ranging from grades 6–12, students composed projects on a variety of topics, all related to this year’s National …
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CALLING ALL LOCAL ORAL HISTORIANS: HumanitiesDC and the DC History Center offer an oral history meetup in Washington, DC! Join us at the DC History Center on Monday, June 9 at 6 pm to be in community with other oral historians. During the meetup we'll share ideas, talk through challenges and obstacles, and celebrate successes. This meetup might be for you, if you: attended the last oral history meetup learned about the DC Oral History Collaborative at the DC History Conference conducted an oral history interview in the past want to conduct...
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.