Museums

Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Ave. NW. 202/782-2200. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily.

{bullet} “Human Body, Human Being.” Medical artifacts and anatomy displays on the body and illness. Runs indefinitely.

{bullet} “To Bind Up the Nation’s Wounds.” Civil War medicine as told through artifacts, photographs, illustrations, tools, specimens and first-person accounts. On permanent display.

National Museum of the Marine Corps

18900 Jefferson Davis Highway, Triangle, Va. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, except Christmas. 800/397-7585.

{bullet} Museum dedicated to the legacy of the U.S. Marine Corps.

{bullet} “The U.S. Marine Band The President’s Own.” Through November.

National Museum of Natural History

10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Metro: Federal Triangle. 202/633-1000.

{bullet} “Emissaries of Peace: The 1762 Cherokee and British Delegations.” Through Nov. 25.

{bullet} The Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of Mammals. Permanent display.

{bullet} Korea Gallery. Permanent display.

{bullet} Johnson Imax Theater: “Sharks 3D,” “Lions 3D: Roar of the Kalahari,” “Night at the Museum.” $6.50-$8.50.

{bullet} Imax Jazz Cafe. 5:30-10 p.m. Friday.

National Museum of Women in the Arts

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