Events for November 5, 2026

Ongoing

Museum Exhibit: First in Frame: Arlington’s Early 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 […]

Museum 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; […]

Museum 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 […]

Museum Exhibit: Changemakers 250

Arlington Historical Museum 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road, Arlington

New Changemakers Exhibit Installed The latest edition of our rotating Changemakers poster exhibit is now up, highlighting individuals whose contributions helped shape Arlington's history and community. As part of Arlington […]

LOCATION & TIME CHANGE: Reading the Declaration of Independence

Arlington Historical Museum 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road, Arlington

LOCATION AND TIME CHANGE Due to the oppressive heat and likelihood of storms, we've moving this event to the Arlington Historical Museum and changing the time to 2:00 PM. Local meteorologists predict the temperature on Saturday will be in excess of 100 degrees! The Ball-Sellers House has no A/C, but the Arlington Historical Museum does! […]

Bell Ringing Community Ceremony

Arlington Historical Museum 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road, Arlington

As part of America’s 250th birthday celebrations, the Arlington County VA250 Committee is encouraging local churches, schools, or anyone with a bell of any kind to ring it at least 13 times (once for each of the original 13 colonies) at 2:50 PM on July 4, this Independence Day. If you want to participate please […]

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