Latest Past Events

Washington, D.C.’s ‘Working Girls’

Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington

Step into Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office for a discussion about Washington, D.C.’s 19th century working women: government clerks, humanitarians, and prostitutes.

$20

Nerd Nite DC: Civil War Shenanigans

DC9 Nightclub 1940 9th St NW, Washington

Like nerdy fun, beer, and good company? Join the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and Atlas Obscura for Nerd Nite DC to explore what's wondrous and curious about the Civil War.

$10

Cut It Off! An Amputation Demonstration

Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington

Join Atlas Obscura as they get into the Halloween spirit and turn Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office into an impromptu operating theater.

$30