
AFRICAN ART MUSEUM »

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Yinka Shonibare MBE
November 10, 2009 - March 7, 2010
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Artful Animals
July 1, 2009 - July 25, 2010
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Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Highlights
May 18, 2009 - Indefinitely
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Ceramics at the National Museum of African Art
- Indefinitely
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Pavilion Sculptures (rotating)
- Indefinitely
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AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM »

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Moving Beyond Earth
November 19, 2009 - Permanent
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America by Air
- Permanent
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Apollo to the Moon
- Permanent
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Beyond the Limits: Flight Enters the Computer Age
- Permanent
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Black Wings: The American Black in Aviation
- Permanent
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Early Flight, The Samuel P. Langley Gallery of
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Explore the Universe
- Permanent
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Exploring the Planets
- Permanent
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The Golden Age of Flight
- Permanent
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How Things Fly
- Permanent
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Jet Aviation
- Permanent
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Legend, Memory, and the Great War in the Air (WWI Aviation)
- Permanent
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Looking at Earth
- Permanent
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Lunar Exploration Vehicles
- Permanent
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Milestones of Flight
- Permanent
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Outdoor Sculptures
- Permanent
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Pioneers of Flight, Barron Hilton
- Permanent
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Sea-Air Operations
- Permanent
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Space Race
- Permanent
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Voyager: Around the World without a Pit Stop
- Permanent
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Welcome Center with Murals by Robert T. McCall and Eric Sloane
- Permanent
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World War II Aviation
- Permanent
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The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age
- Indefinitely
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Flight and the Arts
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Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
- Indefinitely
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AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM UDVAR-HAZY CENTER »

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Boeing Aviation Hangar
- Permanent
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Case: Japanese American Pioneers of the Jet Age
- Indefinitely
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Cases: Balloonamania
- Permanent
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James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
- Permanent
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World War II Prints by Robert Taylor
- Rotating Exhibition
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AMERICAN ART MUSEUM »

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Framing the West: The Survey Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan
February 12, 2010 - May 9, 2010
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Graphic Masters III: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
January 15, 2010 - August 8, 2010
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Thomas Moran Landscapes
May 8, 2009 - Permanent
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American Art through 1940
- Permanent
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American Experience
- Permanent
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Art Since 1945
- Permanent
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David Beck's MVSEVM
- Permanent
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Luce Foundation Center for American Art
- Permanent
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Lunder Conservation Center
- Permanent
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Modern and Contemporary Art
- Permanent
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Outdoor Sculpture: Modern Head by Roy Lichtenstein
- Indefinitely
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Outdoor Sculpture: Vaquero by Luis Jimenez Jr.
- Permanent
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With Liberty: Folk Art from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Permanent
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Sculptures by Paul Manship
- Indefinitely
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Renovating a Landmark: From Patent Office to Reynolds Center.
- Permanent
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AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM »

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The Modern Gown Gallery: A First Lady's Debut
March 10, 2010 - Permanent
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A Letter from George Washington, November 30, 1785
February 25, 2010 - May 7, 2010 (new opening date)
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Archives Center Cases: Selections from The Lockwood Greene Engineering Records, 1871-2004
January 19, 2010 - March 31, 2010
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Holidays on Display
November 13, 2009 - Sept. 2010 (TBA)
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Invention Case: Hot Spots of Invention
November 6, 2009 - Summer 2011 (TBA)
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Stories on Money
June 11, 2009 - Indefinitely
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On the Water: Stories from Maritime America
May 22, 2009 - Permanent
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Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
January 16, 2009 - Jan. 2011 (TBA)
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Artifact Walls: Constitution Ave. Entrance Corridor
November 21, 2008 - Permanent
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Artifact Walls: Mall Entrance Corridor
November 21, 2008 - Permanent
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Invention at Play
November 21, 2008 - TBA
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National Treasures of Popular Culture
November 21, 2008 - Permanent
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Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration
November 21, 2008 - April 11, 2010
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Lemelson Center Case: Jerome Lemelson: Toying with Invention
November 21, 2008 - TBA
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America on the Move
- Permanent
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American Presidency: A Glorious Burden, The
- Permanent
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Bon Appetit! Julia Child's Kitchen at the Smithsonian
- Permanent
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Bradford Dollhouse
- Permanent
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Cases: Taking America to Lunch
- Permanent (Reopened July 15, 2009)
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Communities in a Changing Nation: The Promise of 19th-Century America
- Permanent
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Electricity: Lighting a Revolution
- Permanent
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First Ladies at the Smithsonian
- Permanent
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Gunboat Philadelphia
- Permanent
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Landmark Object: Clara Barton's Red Cross Ambulance
- Permanent
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Landmark Object: Disneyland's Dumbo the Flying Elephant
- Permanent
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Landmark Object: George Washington Sculpture
- Permanent
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Landmark Object: Greensboro Lunch Counter
- Permanent
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Landmark Object: John Bull Locomotive
- Permanent
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Landmark Object: Vassar Telescope
- Permanent
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Musical Instruments Hall
- Permanent
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Outdoor Sculptures
- Permanent
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Power Machinery
- Permanent
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Price of Freedom: Americans at War, The
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Science in American Life
- Permanent
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The Star-Spangled Banner: The Flag that Inspired the National Anthem
- Permanent
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Within These Walls...
- Permanent
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AMERICAN INDIAN MUSEUM »

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IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas
November 10, 2009 - May 31, 2010
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Brian Jungen: Strange Comfort
October 16, 2009 - August 8, 2010
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Our Lives: Contemporary Life and Identities
- Permanent
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Our Peoples: Giving Voice to Our Histories
- Permanent
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Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World
- Permanent
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Return to a Native Place: Algonquian Peoples of Chesapeake
- Permanent
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Sculptures and Individual Art Installations
- Indefinitely
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Window on Collections: Many Hands, Many Voices
- Permanent Displays
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Outdoor Sculptures: Buffalo Dancer II and Always Becoming
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Cases: Orientation Exhibition
- TBA
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AMERICAN INDIAN MUSEUM HEYE CENTER »

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Hide: Skin as Material and Metaphor: Part I
March 6, 2010 - August 1, 2010
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Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America
December 11, 2009 - June 27, 2010 (new closing date)
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A Song for the Horse Nation
November 14, 2009 - July 7, 2011
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Beauty Surrounds Us
September 23, 2006 - Indefinitely (new closing date)
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Orientation Exhibition
- Indefinitely
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ANACOSTIA COMMUNITY MUSEUM »

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The African Presence in Mexico: From Yanga to the Present
November 8, 2009 - July 4, 2010
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Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia
November 10, 2008 - Indefinitely
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Outdoor Sculpture: Real Justice by Allen Uzikee Nelson
- Permanent
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ARTS & INDUSTRIES BUILDING »

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Garden: Mary Livingston Ripley Garden
- Permanent
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COOPER-HEWITT, NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM »

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Quicktake: Tato Nano
February 18, 2010 - April 25, 2010
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Quicktake: Rodarte
February 11, 2010 - March 14, 2010
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Design USA: Contemporary Innovation
October 16, 2009 - April 4, 2010
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FREER GALLERY OF ART »

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Cornucopia: Ceramics from Southern Japan
December 19, 2009 - January 9, 2011
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Children at Play in Chinese Painting
November 18, 2009 - May 23, 2010
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The Texture of Night: James McNeill Whistler
June 6, 2009 - June 6, 2010
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Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact
February 23, 2008 - Indefinitely
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Surface Beauty: American Art and Freer's Aesthetic Vision
February 23, 2008 - Indefinitely
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Ancient Chinese Pottery and Bronze
- Indefinitely
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Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas
- Indefinitely
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Arts of the Islamic World
- Indefinitely
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Black & White: Chinese Ceramics from the 10th-14th Centuries
- Indefinitely
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Buddhist Art
- Indefinitely
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Charles Lang Freer and Egypt
- Indefinitely
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Japanese Screens (rotating)
- Indefinitely
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Korean Ceramics
- Indefinitely
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Outdoor Sculpture: Twisted Form by Shiro Hayami
- Permanent
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The Peacock Room
- Permanent
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The Religious Art of Japan (rotating)
- Indefinitely
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Sculptures
- Permanent
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Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Indefinitely
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HIRSHHORN MUSEUM & SCULPTURE GARDEN »

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ColorForms
March 11, 2010 - January 2011 (TBD) (new opening & closing dates)
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Josef Albers: Innovation and Inspiration
February 13, 2010 - April 11, 2010 (new opening date)
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Black Box: Phoebe Greenberg
November 30, 2009 - April 11, 2010 Rotating Exhibiti
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Directions -- John Gerrard
November 5, 2009 - May 31, 2010
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Outdoor Installation: UP7TH
October 2, 2009 - Indefinitely (TBA) (new closing date)
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Permanent/Indefinite: Collection Highlights
- Indefinitely
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Outdoor Sculptures
- Indefinitely
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NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM »

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The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins: What Does It Mean To Be Human?
Upcoming: March 17, 2010 - Permanent
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The Sant Ocean Hall Focus Gallery: Deeper Than Light
February 20, 2010 - May 23, 2010
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A Rare Encounter: The Hope and Wittelsbach-Graff Diamonds
January 29, 2010 - August 1, 2010
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Nature's Best 2009 Photography Awards: Windland Smith Rice International Awards
November 12, 2009 - May 2, 2010
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Since Darwin: The Evolution of Evolution
September 12, 2009 - July 18, 2010
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Cases: Darwin's Legacy
September 10, 2009 - September 12, 2010
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Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake
February 7, 2009 - January 6, 2013
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African Elephant
- Permanent
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African Voices
- Permanent
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Birds of the District of Columbia
- Indefinitely
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Blast from the Past (case)
- Indefinitely
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Burgess Shale Diorama
- Indefinitely
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Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution
- Permanent
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Dinosaurs: Reptiles: Masters of Land
- Permanent
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Discovering Rastafari!
- Indefinitely
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Early Life: Earliest Traces of Life
- Indefinitely
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Fossil Mammals: Mammals in the Limelight
- Permanent
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Fossil Plants and Animals: The Conquest of Land
- Permanent
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Fossils Galore: A Grand Opening
- Permanent
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Garden: Butterfly Habitat Garden (outside, seasonal)
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Geology, Gems, and Minerals, Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of
- Permanent
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Ice Age: Ice Age Mammals and the Emergence of Man
- Permanent
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Insect Zoo, O. Orkin
- Permanent
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Korea Gallery
- Indefinitely
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Life in the Ancient Seas
- Permanent
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Mammals, Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of
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Osteology: Hall of Bones
- Permanent
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Outdoor Sculptures, including Sculptures from Nature
- Permanent
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Reptiles
- Permanent
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The Sant Ocean Hall
- Permanent
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Welcome to the National Museum of Natural History
- Permanent
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Western Cultures Hall: Origins of Western Culture
- Permanent
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PORTRAIT GALLERY »

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Glimpse of the Past: A Neighborhood Evolves
March 5, 2010 - January 8, 2012
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From FDR to Obama: Presidents on Time
February 12, 2010 - September 6, 2010
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The Struggle for Justice
February 12, 2010 - Permanent
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One Life: Echoes of Elvis
January 8, 2010 - August 29, 2010
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Portraiture Now: Communities
November 6, 2009 - July 5, 2010
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Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009
October 23, 2009 - August 22, 2010
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America's Presidents
- Permanent
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American Origins, 1600-1900
- Permanent
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Jo Davidson: Biographer in Bronze
- Permanent
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Lunder Conservation Center
- Permanent
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Twentieth-Century Americans
- Permanent
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Renovating a Landmark: From Patent Office to Reynolds Center
- Permanent
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New Arrivals (rotating)
- Indefinitely
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POSTAL MUSEUM »

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Delivering Hope: FDR & Stamps of the Great Depression
June 9, 2009 - June 6, 2010
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Abraham Lincoln Certified Plate Proofs
November 15, 2008 - October 2010
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Alphabetilately: An Alphabet of Philately
September 26, 2008 - October 29, 2010
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Victory Mail
March 6, 2008 - May 31, 2011 (new closing date)
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Amelia Earhart's Personal Collection
November 12, 2007 - Indefinitely
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The Art of Cards and Letters
- Permanent
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Binding the Nation
- Permanent
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Customers and Communities
- Permanent
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Moving the Mail
- Permanent
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Philatelic Gallery
- Permanent
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RENWICK GALLERY »

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The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946
March 5, 2010 - January 30, 2011
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Grand Salon Installation: Paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
June 6, 2009 - Permanent
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Octagon Room
- Permanent
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Permanent Collection
- Permanent
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Sales Exhibitions
- Indefinitely
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RIPLEY CENTER (INTERNATIONAL GALLERY) »

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Women and Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America
January 15, 2010 - April 25, 2010 (new closing date)
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Panamanian Passages
October 14, 2009 - May 31, 2010
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Graphic Eloquence: Limited-Edition Prints from The Smithsonian Associates Art Collectors Program
- Permanent
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Posy Holders
- Indefinitely
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SACKLER GALLERY »

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Perspectives: Hai Bo
Upcoming: March 27, 2010 - February 27, 2011 (new closing date)
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In the Realm of the Buddha
March 13, 2010 - July 18, 2010
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Moving Perspectives: Yeondoo Jung
November 21, 2009 - March 14, 2010
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Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia
April 1, 2007 - through 2010
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The Arts of China
- Indefinitely
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Contemporary Japanese Porcelain
- Permanent
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Sculpture of South and Southeast Asia
- Indefinitely
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Sculpture: Monkeys Grasping for the Moon
- Indefinitely
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SMITHSONIAN CASTLE »

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World View: Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest
July 1, 2009 - April 11, 2010
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Smithsonian Information Center
- Permanent
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Smithson's Crypt
- Permanent
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The Smithsonian Institution: America's Treasure Chest
- Permanent
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Exhibit Panels: The West Wing: A Chronology
- Permanent
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Featured Areas: Children's Room, The Commons, Schermer Hall
- Permanent
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Garden: Enid A. Haupt Garden
- Permanent
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Garden: Folger Rose Garden, including the Keith Fountain (seasonal)
- Permanent
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Cases: Scientific Illustrators: Artists in Residence in the Castle
- May 30, 2010 (new closing date)
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ZOO »

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Animals on View
- Permanent
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Amazonia
- Permanent
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Asia Trail
- Permanent
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Bald Eagle Refuge
- Closed; reopens 2012 (TBA)
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Beaver Valley
- Closed; reopens 2012 (TBA)
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Bird House and the Outdoor Flight Exhibit
- Permanent
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Cheetah Conservation Station
- Permanent
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Elephant House
- Permanent
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Giant Panda Habitat, Fujifilm
- Permanent
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Gibbon Ridge
- Permanent
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Great Ape House
- Permanent
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Great Cats (tigers)
- Permanent
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Heritage Gardens: African American and Native American
- Permanent
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How Do You Zoo?
- Permanent
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Invertebrates
- Permanent
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Kids' Farm
- Permanent
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Lemur Island
- Permanent
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Outdoor Sculptures: The Gathering, Lions, and Uncle Beazley
- Permanent
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Pollinarium
- Permanent
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Prairie Dog Playland
- Permanent
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Reptile Discovery Center
- Permanent
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Seals
- Closed; reopens 2012 (TBA)
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Small Mammal House
- Permanent Renovated 1983
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Think Tank
- Permanent
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Wetlands Exhibition
- Permanent
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Last update: March 11, 2010, 18:43
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