Community Days: Blacklisted

Please join us for a Community Day! The entire Museum, including special exhibition Blacklisted: An American Story, will be free to the public. Step into one of the most charged moments in American history. Blacklisted: An American Story explores the Hollywood blacklist and the federal government’s loyalty investigations that upended thousands of lives during the Red Scare. Through personal stories, artifacts, and film clips, the exhibition reveals how fear, politics, and identity collided—and what was lost when dissent was silenced. Blacklisted: An American Story (on loan from Jewish Museum Milwaukee) incorporates film, personal narratives, objects, costume, and photography and expands to include the Red Scare’s impact on federal employees in the nation’s capital. This special exhibition is made possible in part by Richard Small Alper; Bob and Kate Giaimo; Howard Morse and Laura Loeb; Nussdorf Family; and David Bruce Smith, Grateful American Foundation. Additional support from Linda and Eli Frank; Karchem Raizes Family; Wilma Probst-Levy; Pat and Robert Silverman. Security and Safety: All guests and bags will be searched upon entry; visitors 18 and older must present a government-issued ID. (As of 1.22.2026)