At the In Memoriam space on the first floor.

Several of the area’s museums ring in the month of April with exhibits highlighting the color green, the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and naval aviation.

>> Tonight at the Textile Museum, get your mod on with Mod Madness. View the current exhibit Art by the Yard: Women Design Mid-Century Britain and show off your best mid-century dress to win prizes, while enjoying cocktails and jazz. 6 to 9 p.m. $10 at the door.

Anne Truitt’s Night Naiad, 1977, from the Hirshhorn’s collection. >> The American Art Museum opened What’s It All Mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect, on October 2. This exhibit contains 88 selections that explore important themes and ideas expressed in his work. See Wiley’s serious commentary on war, pollution, global warming, racial tensions, and other threats to contemporary civilization wrapped in wit. Through January 2010. >> In a celebration of craft and art, the…

Courtesy Michael Lang and the Newseum >> On August 1, the Newseum opened Woodstock at 40: The Rise of Music Journalism. This exhibit commemorates the 40th anniversary of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair featuring rarely seen images, memorabilia and artifacts. >> On August 7, the National Portrait Gallery opens One Life: Thomas Paine, The Radical Founding Father . Featured in the exhibition is the museum’s recently acquired portrait of Paine depicted by…

Center Diamond, circa 1920-1940, maker unknown. Probably made in Lancaster County, PA. International Quilt Study Center & Museum, 2003.003.0071. The area’s museums offer up plenty of ways to celebrate the Easter holiday, Earth Day and National Jazz Month. >> The National Museum of African Art opened Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and its Diasporas on Wednesday. The exhibition explores the visual cultures and histories of Mami Wata, examining the world of…

Photograph of Galen Clark in front of “Grizzly Giant,” a massive sequoia tree, Mariposa Grove, CA, from the “BIG!” exhibit. The area’s museums take March by the tail and offer up some celebrations, comics, costumes and cheese. Yup, cheese. >> The National Archives turns 75 this month, and celebrates by opening their exhibition, BIG!. Marvel at the 13-foot scroll of the Articles of Confederation (never before displayed unrolled) and a 13-by-13-foot map of the…

Shepard Fairey, Obama “HOPE” Portrait, courtesy of Irvine Contemporary. The National Portrait Gallery announced Wednesday that it has acquired Shephard Fairey’s ubiquitous Obama portrait, which we saw reproduced throughout the city and at Irvine Contemporary this fall. The 60 x 44 inch mixed media piece was donated to the museum by local collectors Heather and Tony Podesta, and will be on display in the New Arrivals exhibit near the 8th and G Street NW…