Smithsonian


Donate Now
Home | About | Exhibitions | Events | Visit | Hours | Museums | Research | Membership | Giving | Shop | Press Room
On the Water: Stories from Maritime America One Life: Echos of Elvis The Sant Ocean Hall
Home › Exhibitions
  Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Join the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Smithsonian IMAX Theaters
Albert Einstein Planetarium
Smithsonian music, publications and images
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
- Art & Design
- History & Culture
- Science & Technology
Opening
See all new, temporary, and upcoming exhibitions »
exhibit link Mar 5, 2010-Jan 30, 2011
The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946
The exhibition showcases approximately 150 objects made by Japanese Americans in internment camps during WWII, revealing how they tried to gaman – to bear the seemingly unbearable with dignity and patience
Renwick Gallery
exhibit link Mar 5, 2010-Jan 8, 2012
Glimpse of the Past: A Neighborhood Evolves
Photographs, postcards, and posters from the 1850s to the present tell the history of the Penn Quarter neighborhood in downtown Washington, D.C.
Portrait Gallery
exhibit link Mar 6, 2010-Aug 1, 2010
Hide: Skin as Material and Metaphor: Part I
Featured artists draw upon this rich subject in multifaceted ways
American Indian Museum, Heye Center
exhibit link Mar 10, 2010- Permanent
The Modern Gown Gallery: A First Lady's Debut
Inaugural gowns from the country's contemporary first ladies, beginning with Mamie Eisenhower, are on display
American History Museum
exhibit link Mar 11, 2010-Jan 2011
ColorForms
On view are works that show some of the diverse ways that contemporary
artists explore color's evocative possibilities
Hirshhorn Museum
exhibit link Mar 13, 2010-Jul 18, 2010
In the Realm of the Buddha
Two distinct exhibitions offer fascinating encounters with the
sacred art of Tibetan Buddhism: Lama, Patron, Artist: The Great Situ Panchen and The Tibetan Shrine from the Alice S. Kandell Collection
Sackler Gallery
exhibit link Mar 17, 2010-Permanent
The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins: What Does It Mean To Be Human?
This exhibition focuses on humankind's shared connections to the natural world over time as well as examines the differences that exist and preoccupy us today
Natural History Museum
See All New & Upcoming Exhibitions
See All Exhibitions On View
Favorites
Highlights of ongoing exhibitions at the Smithsonian
Star-Spangled Banner: The Flag that Inspired the National Anthem Star-Spangled Banner
This flag inspired Francis Scott Key to write our national anthem
American History Museum
Hope Diamond   Hope Diamond
The world's largest deep blue diamond
Natural History Museum
Giant Pandas Giant Pandas
Meet Mei Xiang and Tian Tian
National Zoo
Milestones of Flight Milestones of Flight
From the Wright Flyer to the Breitling Orbiter
Air and Space Museum
Triceratops Triceratops
The museum's 65-million-year-old treasure has received a 21st-century face-lift
Natural History Museum
 
America’s Presidents Lansdowne Portrait Gilbert Stuart’s original “Lansdowne” portrait of George Washington
Portrait Gallery
American Art Electronic Superhighway
In this monumental map of the U.S., Nam June Paik arranged 336 televisions on a scaffold and overlaid it with almost 600 feet of neon
American Art Museum
The Peacock Room The Peacock Room
Whistler brightened the room with golden peacocks, painting every inch of the ceiling and walls to create an elegant setting
Freer Gallery
More Favorites
Traveling Exhibitions
Key Ingredients: America by Food Key Ingredients: America by Food
Explores the connections between Americans and the foods they produce, prepare, preserve, and present at the table
Museum on Main Street
More traveling exhibitions
Smithsonian Across America
Discovery Theater Use the Smithsonian across America website to find Smithsonian exhibitions and Affiliate Museums in your community
Smithsonian across America
RSS Feeds
RSS feed for New Exhibitions
Keep up-to-date on new Smithsonian exhibitions
!
Museums & Galleries
WASHINGTON, D.C.
African Art Museum
Air and Space Museum
Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
American Art Museum
American History Museum
American Indian Museum
Anacostia Community Museum
Freer Gallery of Art and Sackler Gallery (Asian art)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (modern and contemporary art)
National Zoo
Natural History Museum
Portrait Gallery
Postal Museum
Renwick Gallery (American crafts)
Ripley Center (International Gallery)
Smithsonian Institution Building, the Castle (visitor information)
NEW YORK CITY
American Indian Museum Heye Center
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
FUTURE MUSEUM
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Research Centers
Archives of American Art
Illuminating America's rich artistic legacy
Smithsonian Outreach
Across America
Affiliate Museums
Traveling Exhibitions
Contacts | FAQ | Privacy | Terms of Use
Top Top