Jazz Afternoons
Tue, 7 Apr 2026 at 13:00
American History Museum
National Museum of American History, 1300, Constitution Avenue Northwest, Downtown, Ward 2, Washington, District of Columbia, 20423, United States
Free entry
Indoor
About
Jazz Afternoons at the Smithsonian American History Museum during Jazz Appreciation Month. On Tuesday afternoons, a rotating display brings out rare jazz treasures—Duke Ellington’s manuscripts, Ella Fitzgerald’s dresses, Dizzy Gillespie’s trumpet, John Coltrane’s manuscript, and Benny Goodman’s clarinet—while curators discuss the objects in the galleries.