
AFRICAN ART MUSEUM »

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A Brave New World
August 9, 2010 - April 24, 2011 (new opening and closing dates)
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Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art
June 23, 2010 - November 28, 2010
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The Healing Power of Art: Works of art by Haitian children after the earthquake
June 17, 2010 - January 9, 2011 (new closing date)
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The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection Highlights
May 18, 2009 - September 18, 2011 (new closing date)
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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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Beyond: Visions of Our Solar System
May 26, 2010 - May 2, 2011
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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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Flight and the Arts
- Temporarily off view
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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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Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
- Indefinitely
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Outdoor Sculptures
- Permanent
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Pioneers of Flight, Barron Hilton
- Permanent (reopens Nov. 19, 2010)
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Sea-Air Operations
- Permanent
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Space Race
- Permanent
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The Golden Age of Flight
- Permanent
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The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age
- Indefinitely
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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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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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John Gossage: The Pond
August 27, 2010 - January 17, 2011
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Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg
July 2, 2010 - January 2, 2011
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Remembering the 'Running Fence' (new title)
April 2, 2010 - September 26, 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 Sculptures
- Indefinitely
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Renovating a Landmark: From Patent Office to Reynolds Center.
- Permanent
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Sculptures by Paul Manship
- Indefinitely
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With Liberty: Folk Art from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Permanent
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AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM »

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Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn
June 14, 2010 - September 30, 2011 (new closing date)
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Archives Center Cases: Solomon "Sol" Adler: Restless Inventor, 1901-1990
June 2010 - TBA
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Cosmos in Miniature: The Remarkable Star Map of Simeon De Witt (new title)
May 25, 2010 - Indefinitely (new closing dates)
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Holidays on Display
November 13, 2009 - Late Sept. 2010 (TBA)
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Invention Case: Hot Spots of Invention
November 6, 2009 - Summer 2011 (TBA)
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Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
January 16, 2009 - May 30, 2011 (new closing date)
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America on the Move
- Permanent
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American Presidency: A Glorious Burden, The
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Artifact Walls: Constitution Ave. Entrance Corridor
- Permanent
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Artifact Walls: Mall Entrance Corridor
- Permanent
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Bon Appetit! Julia Child's Kitchen at the Smithsonian
- 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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Invention at Play
- Indefinitely
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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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Lemelson Center Case: Jerome Lemelson: Toying with Invention
- Indefinitely
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Musical Instruments Hall
- Permanent
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National Treasures of Popular Culture
- Permanent
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On the Water: Stories from Maritime America
- 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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Stories on Money
- Indefinitely
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The Miniature World of Faith Bradford: The Dolls' House (new title)
- 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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Vantage Point: The Contemporary Native Art Collection
Upcoming: September 25, 2010 - August 7, 2011
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Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture
July 1, 2010 - January 2, 2011
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Cases: Orientation Exhibition
- Indefinitely
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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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Outdoor Sculptures
- Indefinitely
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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
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AMERICAN INDIAN MUSEUM HEYE CENTER »

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Hide: Skin as Material and Metaphor: Part II
Upcoming: September 4, 2010 - January 16, 2011
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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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Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner Connecting Communities through Language
August 9, 2010 - March 27, 2011
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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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National Design Triennial: Why Design Now?
May 14, 2010 - January 9, 2011
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Ted Muehling Selects: Lobmeyr Glass from the Permanent Collection
April 23, 2010 - January 2, 2011 (new closing date)
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FREER GALLERY OF ART »

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Chinamania: Whistler and the Victorian Craze for Blue-and-White (new title)
August 7, 2010 - August 7, 2011 (new opening and closing dates)
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Masterpieces of Chinese Painting
June 12, 2010 - November 28, 2010
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Cornucopia: Ceramics from Southern Japan
December 19, 2009 - January 9, 2011
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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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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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Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact
- Indefinitely
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Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Indefinitely
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HIRSHHORN MUSEUM & SCULPTURE GARDEN »

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Black Box: Superflex
August 9, 2010 - November 28, 2010 Rotating Exhibit
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Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers
May 20, 2010 - September 12, 2010
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ColorForms
March 11, 2010 - January 2, 2011
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Outdoor Installation: UP7TH
October 2, 2009 - Indefinitely (TBA)
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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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Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations
Upcoming: September 29, 2010 - May 1, 2011
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Losing Paradise: Endangered Plants Here and Around the World
August 14, 2010 - December 12, 2010
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Celebrating 100 Years at the National Museum of Natural History (new title)
May 29, 2010 - March 20, 2011
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The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins: What Does It Mean To Be Human?
March 17, 2010 - Permanent
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A Rare Encounter: The Hope and Wittelsbach-Graff Diamonds
January 29, 2010 - September 6, 2010 (new closing date)
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Cases by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries: Darwin's Legacy
September 10, 2009 - October 17, 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)
- Permanent
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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
- September 26, 2010 (new closing date)
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PORTRAIT GALLERY »

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Americans Now
August 20, 2010 - June 19, 2011 (new closing date)
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Glimpse of the Past: A Neighborhood Evolves
March 5, 2010 - September 25, 2011
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From FDR to Obama: Presidents on Time
February 12, 2010 - September 26, 2010
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The Struggle for Justice
February 12, 2010 - New Permanent
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Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009
October 23, 2009 - September 6, 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
- Indefinitely
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POSTAL MUSEUM »

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Collecting History: 125 Years of the National Philatelic Collection
August 8, 2010 - January 9, 2012 (new closing date)
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Pony Express: Romance vs. Reality
April 3, 2010 - Permanent (refurbished)
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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
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Amelia Earhart's Personal Collection
November 12, 2007 - Indefinitely
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Postal Inspectors: The Silent Service
February 7, 2007 - Indefinitely
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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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The Art of Cards and Letters
- Permanent
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RENWICK GALLERY »

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A Revolution in Wood: The Bresler Collection
Upcoming: September 24, 2010 - January 30, 2011
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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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The Healing Power of Art: Works of art by Haitian children after the earthquake
June 17, 2010 - January 9, 2011 (new closing date)
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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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Fiona Tan: Rise and Fall
Upcoming: September 25, 2010 - January 16, 2011
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Gods of Angkor: Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia
May 15, 2010 - January 23, 2011
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Perspectives: Hai Bo
March 27, 2010 - February 27, 2011
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Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia
April 1, 2007 - through 2011 (new closing date)
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The Arts of China
- Indefinitely
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Contemporary Japanese Porcelain
- Permanent
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Sculpture of South Asia and the Himalayas (new title)
- Indefinitely
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Sculpture: Monkeys Grasping for the Moon
- Indefinitely
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SMITHSONIAN CASTLE »

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Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection
June 18, 2010 - October 17, 2010 (new closing date)
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Editors' Picks: The Best of Smithsonian Magazine's 7th Annual Photo Contest
July 1, 2010 - February 28, 2011
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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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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 (lions and 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
- Temporarily Closed (reopens 2012 TBA)
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Small Mammal House
- Permanent
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Think Tank
- Permanent
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Wetlands Exhibition
- Permanent
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Last update: August 30, 2010, 19:16
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