What’s On
Featured Exhibitions
With over two hundred exhibitions to choose from, we've highlighted select exhibitions from around the Smithsonian—or check out all of our exhibitions.
What's New
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The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas
March 25, 2023 – TBA Sackler Gallery
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Ay-Ō's Happy Rainbow Hell
March 25, 2023 – September 10, 2023 Sackler Gallery
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Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures
March 24, 2023 – March 24, 2024 African American Museum
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Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky
March 23, 2023 – April 2025 Natural History Museum
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Bird House
March 13, 2023 – Permanent National Zoo
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Smithsonian Stories: African American Groundbreakers
March 6, 2023 – Ongoing S. Dillon Ripley Center
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Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings
February 25, 2023 – April 28, 2024 Sackler Gallery
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Abraham Lincoln by W.F.K. Travers
February 10, 2023 – December 31, 2027 Portrait Gallery
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I Dream a World: Selections from Brian Lanker's Portraits of Remarkable Black Women: Part II
February 10, 2023 – September 10, 2023 Portrait Gallery
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A Collector's Eye: Freer in Egypt
January 28, 2023 – Ongoing Freer Gallery of Art
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Unstill Waters: Contemporary Photography from India
December 10, 2022 – June 11, 2023 Sackler Gallery
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Entertainment Nation / Nación del espectáculo
December 9, 2022 – Indefinitely American History Museum
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(re) Framing Conversations: Photographs by Richard Avedon, 1946-1965
December 9, 2022 – Fall 2023 American History Museum
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Deconstructing Power: W. E. B. Du Bois at the 1900 World's Fair
December 9, 2022 – May 29, 2023 Cooper Hewitt
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John Akomfrah: Purple
November 23, 2022 – January 7, 2024 Hirshhorn
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A Splendid Land: Paintings from Royal Udaipur
November 19, 2022 – May 14, 2023 Sackler Gallery
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Hector Guimard: How Paris Got Its Curves
November 18, 2022 – May 21, 2023 Cooper Hewitt
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Spirit in the Dark: Religion in Black Music, Activism, and Popular Culture
November 18, 2022 – November 2023 African American Museum
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Barro Colorado Island 100 Years of Discoveries and Wonder
November 18, 2022 – January 2024 Natural History Museum
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Nature of the Book
November 11, 2022 – March 17, 2024 Natural History Museum
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Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces
November 10, 2022 – November 30, 2023 American Indian Museum
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Portrait of a Nation: 2022 Honorees
November 10, 2022 – October 22, 2023 Portrait Gallery
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A Window Suddenly Opens: Contemporary Photography in China
November 4, 2022 – January 7, 2024 Hirshhorn
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Outbreak DIY: Epidemics in a Connected World
November 3, 2022 – Indefinitely Natural History Museum
Closing Soon
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This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World
May 13, 2022 – April 2, 2023 Renwick Gallery
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Rinpa: Creativity Across Time and Space
October 1, 2022 – April 2, 2023 Freer Gallery of Art
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Jeffrey Veregge: Of Gods and Heroes
November 19, 2021 – April 9, 2023 American Indian Museum New York
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One Life: Maya Lin
September 30, 2022 – April 16, 2023 Portrait Gallery
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Discovery and Revelation: Religion, Science, and Making Sense of Things
March 18, 2022 – April 30, 2023 American History Museum
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A Splendid Land: Paintings from Royal Udaipur
November 19, 2022 – May 14, 2023 Sackler Gallery
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Hector Guimard: How Paris Got Its Curves
November 18, 2022 – May 21, 2023 Cooper Hewitt
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Deconstructing Power: W. E. B. Du Bois at the 1900 World's Fair
December 9, 2022 – May 29, 2023 Cooper Hewitt
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Iké Udé: Nollywood Portraits
February 5, 2022 – May 29, 2023 African Art Museum
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Unstill Waters: Contemporary Photography from India
December 10, 2022 – June 11, 2023 Sackler Gallery
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Family Ties: Daguerreotype Portraits
July 1, 2022 – June 11, 2023 Portrait Gallery
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Artist to Artist
October 1, 2021 – September 3, 2023 American Art Museum
Don't Miss
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The Peacock Room Comes to America
September 3, 2022 – Indefinitely Freer Gallery of Art
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Baseball: America's Homerun
April 9, 2022 – January 5, 2025 Postal Museum
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The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room
March 5, 2022 – Indefinitely Sackler Gallery
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The David H. Koch Hall of Fossils—Deep Time
June 8, 2019 – Permanent Natural History Museum
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Americans
January 18, 2018 – Indefinitely American Indian Museum
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Mark Bradford: Pickett's Charge
November 8, 2017 – Ongoing Hirshhorn
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Visionary: Viewpoints on Africa's Arts
November 4, 2017 – Permanent African Art Museum
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America's Presidents
September 22, 2017 – Permanent Portrait Gallery
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American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
June 28, 2017 – Permanent American History Museum
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Greensboro Lunch Counter
June 28, 2017 – Indefinitely American History Museum
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Slavery and Freedom
September 24, 2016 – Permanent African American Museum
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Musical Crossroads
September 24, 2016 – Permanent African American Museum
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Places of Invention
July 1, 2015 – Permanent American History Museum
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Immersion Room
December 12, 2014 – Indefinitely Cooper Hewitt
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Nation to Nation: Treaties between the United States and American Indian Nations
September 21, 2014 – January 25, 2025 American Indian Museum
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The Star-Spangled Banner: The Flag that Inspired the National Anthem
November 21, 2008 – Permanent American History Museum
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Sant Ocean Hall
September 27, 2008 – Permanent Natural History Museum
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Asia Trail
October 17, 2006 – Permanent National Zoo
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Luce Foundation Center for American Art
July 1, 2006 – Permanent American Art Museum
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Cold War Aviation
December 15, 2003 – Permanent Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
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Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals
September 20, 1997 – Permanent Natural History Museum
Kids' Favorites
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Really BIG Money
April 8, 2022 – Indefinitely American History Museum
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The David H. Koch Hall of Fossils—Deep Time
June 8, 2019 – Permanent Natural History Museum
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Mega-toothed Shark
May 24, 2019 – Permanent Natural History Museum
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Explore! with the National Portrait Gallery
January 28, 2017 – Indefinitely Portrait Gallery
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Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
September 24, 2016 – Indefinitely African American Museum
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Wegmans Wonderplace
December 9, 2015 – Indefinitely American History Museum
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African Elephant
September 4, 2015 – Permanent Natural History Museum
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Patrick F. Taylor Object Project
July 1, 2015 – Permanent American History Museum
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Spark!Lab
July 1, 2015 – Indefinitely American History Museum
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American Trail
September 1, 2012 – Permanent National Zoo
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As We Grow: Traditions, Toys, Games
August 22, 2012 – Permanent American Indian Museum
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Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt
November 17, 2011 – Permanent Natural History Museum
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Sant Ocean Hall
September 27, 2008 – Permanent Natural History Museum
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Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution
Natural History Museum
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Asia Trail
October 17, 2006 – Permanent National Zoo
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Airmail in America
February 22, 2006 – Permanent Postal Museum
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Human Spaceflight
November 1, 2004 – Permanent Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
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Kids' Farm
June 12, 2004 – Permanent National Zoo
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America on the Move
November 22, 2003 – Permanent American History Museum
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Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of Mammals
November 15, 2003 – Permanent Natural History Museum
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Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals
September 20, 1997 – Permanent Natural History Museum
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Insect Zoo, O. Orkin
September 10, 1993 – Permanent Natural History Museum
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Moving the Mail
July 30, 1993 – Permanent Postal Museum
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The Dolls' House
Opened 1951 – Indefinitely American History Museum