FAQ: What you need to know about the 2024 National Cherry Blossom Festival

By Jessica Kronzer
March 1, 2024 | 5:38 AM

The cherished cherry blossom trees around the District’s Tidal Basin are expected to reach peak bloom in late March. Here’s what you need to know about the festivities planned around the famed flowers’ arrival.

The annual National Cherry Blossom Festival in D.C. sprouts on March 20 and lasts through April 14 this year.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.

National Museum of the American Latino to be housed in historic Smithsonian building

By Neal Augenstein
September 1, 2026 | 10:36 AM

The Smithsonian Institution has decided to put the National Museum of the American Latino into an existing, historic building, rather than constructing a new one. The Smithsonian Board of Regents on Monday designated the Arts and Industries Building, a 145-year-old redbrick Victorian structure located between the Smithsonian Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum, as the permanent site of the National Museum of the American Latino, which Congress authorized in 2020. In 2022, the Smithsonian narrowed its survey for permanent locations for the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women's History Museum to four locations near the National Mall on land owned by the National Park Service. The Arts and Industries Building, located at 900 Jefferson St. SW, was one of the four sites. New construction on National Park Service land would require congressional approval. However, since the Smithsonian already owns the Arts and Industries Building, the institution can place the National Museum of the American Latino in the existing building without additional legislation.

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