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Exhibitions - Museums & Galleries - New & Upcoming - Favorites - Traveling - Tours Exhibitions for: - Kids - Art & Design - History & Culture - Science & Technology		African Art Museum Ceramics The beauty and richness of Africa's pottery resonates through traditional and modern ceramic works of art Air and Space Museum The Wright Flyer On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright made the first powered, piloted, and controlled flight in this heavier-than-air craft in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina Spirit of St. Louis The Ryan NYP was the airplane that Charles Lindbergh made his historic solo, nonstop, transcontinental flight from New York to Paris, May 20-21, 1927 Mercury Friendship 7 In this craft, John Glenn circled the globe three times in five hours before splashing down in the Atlantic American Art Museum Folk Art The museum’s Folk Art galleries display objects that affirm the basic human impulse to create Modern and Contemporary Art Art created since 1945 is featured in galleries dedicated to Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting and Pop Art American History Museum Museum closed for renovation until fall 2008 The Price of Freedom: Americans at War Surveys the history of America’s military from the French and Indian Wars to the present conflict in Iraq Star-Spangled Banner This flag inspired Francis Scott Key to write our national anthem America on the Move Examines how transportation has shaped our American identity Julia Child's Kitchen Gives visitors a peek into the working kitchen of one of the world’s best-known cooks American Indian Museum Our Lives: Contemporary Life and Identities Explores the forces in modern Native life that Native peoples are profoundly influenced by Our Peoples: Giving Voice to Our Histories Events that shaped the lives and outlook of Native peoples from 1491 to the present Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World Explores the annual ceremonies of Native peoples as a window on their ancestral teachings Anacostia Community Museum Real Justice Installed outside near the front entrance, this 15-foot weathered iron sculpture is dedicated to the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall Freer Gallery Japanese Screens Nearly twenty of the most important and stunning screens from the Freer Gallery of Art's Japanese collection Freer and Egypt Small Glass Vessels and Sculpture Collected by Charles Lang Freer South Asian Sculpture The sculpted human form, created in a range of media that includes stone, metal, wood, and clay, is the most striking and exuberant expression of South Asian art Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Calder Mobiles and Stabiles Alexander Calder's genius is epitomized by his found-object "Fish" and several mobiles on the third floor. Outdoors, see his red-blue "Six Dots over a Mountain" and soaring "Two Discs" Pop Art 1960s Pop Art and similar responses to American mass culture by Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Arneson, Wayne Thiebaud and George Segal enliven galleries National Zoo Sumatran Tigers Watch living, breathing, roaring tigers—get to know each of these ambassadors for wild tigers personally Think Tank A ground-breaking exhibit tackling the complex field of animal cognition Amazonia leads visitors into the realm of the Amazon River Basin Komodo dragons Lizards, snakes, turtles, frogs, and other smooth or scaly animals swim, step, and slither through numerous indoor exhibits at the Reptile Discovery Center Natural History Museum Dinosaurs Assembled here are fossils of dinosaurs that lived between 213 and 65 million years ago African Voices Examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africa’s peoples and cultures over time in the realms of family, work, community, and the natural environment Mammal Hall Explores the incredible diversity of mammals, including humans, and the processes by which they arose and continue to adapt O. Orkin Insect Zoo Live spiders, centipedes, millipedes, crustaceans and insects that visitors can hold year-round Portrait Gallery America’s Presidents The nation’s only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House Pocahontas Portrait American Origins, 1600-1900 takes the visitor from the days of contact between Native Americans and European explorers through the struggles of independence to the Gilded Age Postal Museum Airmail Service Mail service and commercial aviation moved forward together aboard the Wiseman-Cooke, the DeHavilland 4B, and the Stinson Reliant – vintage aircraft from the first half of the 20th century Stamps and Stories The beauty and lore of national and international stamps from 1847 to the present, highlighted by rarities from the National Philatelic Collection Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum Game Fish Transforms a trophy fish into a flamboyant multi-dimensional collage Ghost Clock A masterpiece of artistic illusion by one of America's leading art furniture makers Portal Gates A handsome image of fluid organic growth in rigid handwrought iron Sackler Gallery Chinese Jades and Bronzes A variety of materials, techniques, and motifs, which span almost six thousand years, are explored in this exhibition of 228 objects Modern Japanese Ceramics Twentieth-century Japanese artists give fresh interpretations to the time-honored art of porcelain Islamic Metalwork The Nuhad Es-Said collection, arguably the finest collection of Islamic metalwork in private hands, consists of twenty-seven inlaid brass, bronze, and steel objects dating from the tenth to the nineteenth century		Traveling With Kids? Tips and tricks to make your visit more enjoyable Grandparents' Guide to the Smithsonian Activities for Kids

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