IN-GALLERY Portrait Signs: A Tour in ASL

Portrait Signs is a Deaf-led gallery talk in American Sign Language. Tours explore a variety of topics related to portraiture, history, and biography, from special exhibitions to the permanent collection. Dates and tour topics are continually updated. Select tours include English interpretation. The tour meets in the G Street lobby.

Upcoming program:

December 13, 2025, 12 - 1 pm
Topic: TBC
ASL Only

January 24, 2026, 12 - 1 pm
Topic:TBC
ASL/English

Questions? Please email Jonesve@si.edu.

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Untitled (Toni Morrison) by Robert McCurdy, 2006. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Annette P. Cumming.