When you go:
Location: “Baseball as America” is on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.
Hours: The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The exhibition will run through Oct. 3.
Admission: Free
Parking: There is limited on-street parking around the Mall. The nearest Metro stop is the Smithsonian stop on the Blue and Orange lines.
Note: “Baseball as America” is an exhibition featuring about 500 items on loan from the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. It explores the central themes of baseball and humanity, such as rituals, patriotism, ideals and enterprise. Among some of the rare artifacts: 1909 Honus Wagner card, Babe Ruth’s 56-ounce spring training bat, Roberto Clemente’s cap, Walter Johnson’s 1927 glove, shoes worn by “Shoeless Joe” Jackson in 1919, and an autographed first ball thrown out by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940.
More information: 202/357-2700 or www.si.edu or www.baseballasamerica.org.
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