July Museum Roundup

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) , Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherfurd White (Mrs. Henry White), 1883, oil on canvas, Gift of John Campbell White, 49.4

>> It's been 40 years since man walked on the moon. To commemorate this great achievement, the Newseum hosts a panel discussion called The Apollo Legacy: The Moon and Beyond. Nick Clooney will moderate the discussion featuring some heavy hitters from three Apollo missions including Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin, Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 11, Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 12, Charles M. Duke, Jr., Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 16 as well as John Grunsfeld, mission specialist, STS-125 Atlantis and Laurie Leshin, Ph.D., deputy director for Science and Technology, Goddard Space Flight Center. The panel will take place July 20 at 2 p.m. and seating is available on a first come, first served basis.

>> On July 11, the Corcoran digs deep into their collection and presents an intimate look at John Singer Sargent in the Corcoran Collection. This small exhibit will be hung in the Rotunda and feature many works given to the Museum from Singer's sisters.

>> The Ford's Theatre Museum will reopen after almost two years of renovations on July 15. New exhibits in the museum will feature information about Lincoln’s cabinet and Civil War milestones as well as recreations of a theatre box, Lincoln’s White House office, and Mary Surratt’s boarding house. See the deringer that John Wilkes Booth used to shoot the president and the suit and boots worn by Lincoln the night of his assassination.

>> The National Gallery of Art opens An Antiquity of Imagination: Tullio Lombardo and Venetian High Renaissance Sculpture on July 4. This exhibit encompasses new ideals of beauty captured in sculpture during the High Renaissance by Tullio. See his double portraits and explore the closest followers of his style.