Dupont Kalorama Museums Consortium
Established in 1983 to promote the "off the Mall" museums and their neighborhoods in the greater Dupont-Kalorama area of Washington, DC.
26th Annual Museum Walk Weekend
June 6th and 7th, 2009
Museum Walk Weekend is held annually on the first full weekend in June. On Saturday, from 10am - 4pm and on Sunday, from 1 - 5pm, celebrate the art, history and culture of two historic Washington, DC neighborhoods and visit the ten DKMC museums featuring free admission and special activities for all ages and interests. Visit in any order you choose!
Highlights
Since 1983 Walk Weekend, sponsored by the Dupont-Kalorama Museums Consortium
(DKMC), has drawn thousands to “off the Mall” museums in Dupont
Circle and Kalorama for a variety of free activities for all ages, including
special museum exhibitions, live music, food, demonstrations such as quilt
making and sheep shearing (weather permitting), and walking and biking
tours. Please note that not all museums will be open both days. Event
held rain or shine.
Activities
Washington City Paper’s Walk Weekend Photo Contest challenges urban explorers to visit as many Dupont-Kalorama museums as possible. Visitors who submit photographs of themselves taken at five or more sites during Walk Weekend will be entered to win a prize pack valued at over $400 (E-mail photos to contests@washingtoncitypaper.com). The winner will be featured on the Washington City Paper Web site in June.
DKMC is partnering with the Washington
Area Bicyclist Association to make the Museum Walk Weekend
bicyclist friendly by mapping a safe route between the museums and providing
bike parking at key locations. Free shuttle buses will also circulate.
An information table for the public, providing schedules and maps, will
be situated at Dupont Circle on Saturday, June 6 (10 a.m.-4 p.m.) and
at the Dupont
Circle FRESHFARM Market on Sunday, June 7 (9 a.m.-1 p.m.).
or here for
a preview of the Walk Weekend Program. (large
.pdf)
Volunteers
DKMC works with volunteers at the sites and in the neighborhood to produce Walk Weekend. For more information on volunteering contact Ashley Carver by email or phone: 202-347-3168 ext. 137.
Sponsorship
The 26th Annual Museum Walk Weekend media sponsor is Washington City Paper.
The 26th Annual Museum Walk Weekend is generously sponsored by Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets, with support from the Washington Area Bicyclist Association and Dupont Circle FRESHFARM Market.
Free shuttle service made possible in part by Awards Limousine, Inc..