Only 2% of the world’s water is available as fresh water—with a growing population, what sustainable actions can we take to preserve the future of water? Together, FUTURES and Oracle have designed an immersive VR experience that follows the water journey. From storm drains to ocean evaporation, visitors will follow the water cycle and take […]
Enjoy the following tours for free every day: 12 PM | FUTURES Flash: A 15-minute glimpse of the future through a single object. 2 PM | Highlights Tour: A 45-minute themed exploration of possible futures.
What would it look like for us to live longer, better, healthier lives? How could we get there – and what do we need to make it happen? Technology like telemedicine can play a role, and so will our neighbors, our food, our habits, and especially the systems of caregiving and healthcare that surround us. […]
The world’s first successful tele-surgery procedure happened more than 15 years ago. And healthcare and telemedicine continue to evolve at warp speed, one of fastest moving areas of innovation in the world. And thanks to this science, plus early disease detection and overall global health rates, many people are living longer, a rate unimaginable just […]
Take a breath and center yourself in a one-of-a-kind wellness experience, part of the Arts + Industries Building’s Living Longer Festival: Health + Wellness 2050. This free yoga class in the Smithsonian’s beautiful Enid A. Haupt Garden comes with a unique twist – it glows in the dark! Blending light, sound, nature, and harmony, it’s […]
Enjoy the following tours for free every day: 12 PM | FUTURES Flash: A 15-minute glimpse of the future through a single object. 2 PM | Highlights Tour: A 45-minute themed exploration of possible futures.
Enjoy the following tours for free every day: 12 PM | FUTURES Flash: A 15-minute glimpse of the future through a single object. 2 PM | Highlights Tour: A 45-minute themed exploration of possible futures.
Enjoy the following tours for free every day: 12 PM | FUTURES Flash: A 15-minute glimpse of the future through a single object. 2 PM | Highlights Tour: A 45-minute themed exploration of possible futures.
Enjoy the following tours for free every day: 12 PM | FUTURES Flash: A 15-minute glimpse of the future through a single object. 2 PM | Highlights Tour: A 45-minute themed exploration of possible futures.
Enjoy the following tours for free every day: 12 PM | FUTURES Flash: A 15-minute glimpse of the future through a single object. 2 PM | Highlights Tour: A 45-minute themed exploration of possible futures.
Start your weekend off right with a generous helping of fun and surprising brain snacks. ‘FUTURES’ is open late, plus enjoy bonus drop-in tours and special guests. This week: Join us for a pop-up performance by environmental educator and entertainer Hila the Killa, our eco-rapping Futurist-In-Residence for May. Combining hip-hop, stand-up comedy, acrobatics, and elaborate […]
Enjoy the following tours for free every day: 12 PM | FUTURES Flash: A 15-minute glimpse of the future through a single object. 2 PM | Highlights Tour: A 45-minute themed exploration of possible futures.
Programs
Futures Cypher is an interactive discussion and performance art exchange challenging big thinkers and creators to collaboratively reimagine our shared futures.
Programs
Tell Me More invites you to explore the creation and function of groundbreaking inventions through live demonstrations. We’re pulling back the curtains to help you discover how innovative objects aid our futures.
Programs
Whether it’s the bathtub in a guest bedroom, or a secret craft lab in a basement, Meet Us in the Futures highlights the ideas of those striving to achieve a better tomorrow from spaces that provoke their futuristic thinking.
Programs
We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Panel is an audience-guided panel experience where Future Agents are invited to collectively decide our panel’s discussion content in real-time. We’ll bring the experts, you bring the talking points.
2017/2018
The Long Conversation is an epic creative marathon between artists, scientists and other big thinkers that’s guaranteed to leave you feeling better about the future. Once a year, NASA astronauts, Grammy-winning musicians, tech CEOs, poets, inventors and more converge in AIB for a lively 8-hour relay race of surprising conversations. No moderators. No slides. All chemistry.
2018/2019
AIB was the first headquarters for the By The People festival, an international arts and dialogue festival launched by social incubator Halcyon in 2017. This week-long arts takeover features performances by DC-based and international dancers and musicians, original installations, and important talks on issues that matter.