Events for April 21, 2026

Ongoing

New Exhibit: First in Frame: Arlington’s Earliest Residents

Arlington Historical Museum 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road, Arlington

Discover the people who helped shape Arlington. This exhibit highlights early landowners and settlers whose decisions and choices laid the foundation for the county we know today. The Arlington Historical […]

New Exhibit: Mapping the Federal City, 1791: Arlington in the Original District

Arlington Historical Museum 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road, Arlington

Step into the moment Arlington helped shape the nation’s capital. In 1791, surveyors under President George Washington mapped a 100-square-mile federal district along the Potomac River, placing forty sandstone boundary stones; […]

New Exhibit: Who Decides? Governing Arlington Through Time

Arlington Historical Museum 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road, Arlington

Explore how Arlington has been governed, and who has held the power to make decisions, over time in Who Decides? Governing Arlington Through Time. This exhibit traces the county’s evolving […]

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