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Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site

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Welcome to the official page of the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site.

Woodson Home National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service.

11/07/2026

🎉🥳🎉🥳 TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!!! 🎉🥳🎉🥳

The Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site—the 389th unit of the national park system—has reopened to the public!

Come visit us today until 5:00 pm (last tour at 4:00)! All tours and programming begin at the historic Shiloh Baptist Church!

Programs include:
- 11 am - Dr. Ibram X. Kendi speaking on the Legacy of Dr. Carter G. Woodson

- Noon & 2:00 pm - Meet Dr. Carter G. Woodson

Ongoing Activities will include:
- Tours of the Historic Home
- Woodcut Station w/ artist Barry O’Keefe
- Great Persons Series (Family activities)
- Photo Booth
- History & Informational Tables
- Shaw Walking Tours

11/06/2026

We’re just TWO days away!

Join us for the Grand Reopening of the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site on Saturday, November 7, 2026, 9 am - 5 pm! All tours and programming begin at Shiloh Baptist Church.

Programs will include:
- 11 am - Dr. Ibram X. Kendi speaking on the Legacy of Dr. Carter G. Woodson

- Noon & 2:00 pm - Meet Dr. Carter G. Woodson

Ongoing Activities will include:
- Tours of the Historic Home
- Woodcut Station w/ artist Barry O’Keefe
- Great Persons Series (Family activities)
- Photo Booth
- History & Informational Tables
- Shaw Walking Tours

11/03/2026

Dr. Carter G. Woodson wanted his work to "invite attention to the vastness of Africa." To help in that goal, in the 1920s Dr. Woodson initiated many projects on Africa and the Caribbean.

He collected historical and contemporary documents on Africa, gathering folktales and stories. The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc. (ASNLH) supported Alain Locke. Locke worked on African art as a manifestation of African culture.

Dr. Woodson also supervised H.T. Richards in his master’s thesis. Richards wrote on the influence of Black West Indians on Black culture in the United States. He traveled to Cuba in 1928 to gather source materials. In the quest for understanding, one must explore as many avenues as possible.

Where have your research travels taken you?

Image Credit: NPS

11/02/2026

This Saturday!

Have you made plans to attend the re-opening of the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site?

Find out all the details: https://ow.ly/9ca85102HRs

10/31/2026

🎉🎉🎉LESS THAN ONE WEEK AWAY🎉🎉🎉

Join the National Park Service and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc. (ASALH) at the grand re-opening of the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site on Saturday, November 7, 2026 from 9 am to 5 pm.

All tours and programming will begin at the historic Shiloh Baptist Church (1500 Ninth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001). This special event is free and open to the public.

Visit nps.gov/cawo for more information.

NPS Photo

10/28/2026

🎉🎉🎉MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT🎉🎉🎉

Join the National Park Service and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc. (ASALH) at the grand re-opening of the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site on Saturday, November 7, 2026 from 9 am to 5 pm.

-Experience the new Visitor Center and exhibits
-Guided House Tours
-Woodson Walking Tours through the Shaw Neighborhood
-Meet Dr. Carter G. Woodson
-Hands-on children's programs
-Music

All tours and programming will begin at the historic Shiloh Baptist Church (1500 Ninth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001). Free tour tickets will be available on a first come first served basis beginning at 9 am to 4 pm. There will be multiple tours per hour. Pick up your tickets at the National Park Service Welcome Tent located in Shiloh Baptist Church. Tours will go through the new visitor center and will include Dr. Woodson’s home.

This special event is free and open to the public. Visit nps.gov/cawo for more information.

NPS Photo

10/21/2026

Discover the life and legacy of Dr. Carter G. Woodson at the newly rehabilitated Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site in Washington, D.C. The historic home is reopening with expanded exhibit space, a new visitor center and exhibits highlighting Woodson’s lasting contributions to African American history.

Free advance tickets are now available through Recreation.gov for tours beginning Tuesday, Nov. 10.

Tour days: Tuesday–Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Standard tours: 9 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 3 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. with reservations available for up to 15 tickets per transaction.

Group tours: 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 2 p.m. with reservations of up to 60 tickets per transaction.

Walk-in visitors are welcome, subject to tour availability. A $1 service fee applies to each reserved ticket. School groups are subject to a flat fee of $10 per group. Explore the home and office of the historian, scholar and educator who founded the Association for the Study of African American Life and History and helped establish Black History Month.

For information on how to visit, how to obtain tickets, and more, visit nps.gov/cawo, or Recreation.gov.

Image: Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution

10/17/2026

All his life, Dr. Carter G. Woodson worked to share stories and knowledge. He wanted to give people the opportunity to recognize potential and greatness in themselves and thereby bring about a better future for themselves and others.

It is important to remember, though, that progress is not always going to follow a straight path. Dr. Woodson understood that better than most. Born in 1875 in Virginia, he came into a world defined by Reconstruction and the new opportunities that it provided.

However, Reconstruction came to an end only a couple of years after Dr. Woodson was born. He spent most of his young life growing up into a world that became unfriendlier to African Americans with every passing year. He came of age as the Jim Crow era was beginning, and would have gotten a firsthand taste of the backslide when the college he attended for his undergraduate work (Berea College, which had been founded in 1855 and integrated since 1866) re-segregated to prohibit Black students the year after he completed his bachelor's degree in literature.

Though certainly disheartening to watch happen, Dr. Woodson was not just going to stand by. From a young age, he knew the power of sharing the right information, and worked to do so up until his passing. His work, the work of those around him, and those who learned from him would go on to play a huge role in the progress in society that came in spite of these attempts to go backward.

What is a moment you decided not to give up any more ground?

Address

1538 9th Street NW
Washington D.C., DC
20001

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+17712081499

Website

http://www.nps.gov/cawo

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