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  • Bold and Beautiful Vision: A Century of Black Arts Education in Washington, DC, 1900–2000

    Traces the story of the teachers and students who made Washington, D.C., a truly unparalleled center for Black arts education.

    March 23, 2024 – January 4, 2026

    Anacostia Community Museum

  • Meet Pachycephalosaurus!

    See a rare and nearly complete skull of Pachycephalosaurus, a dinosaur famed for its domed head.

    December 22, 2025 – December 28, 2025

    Natural History Museum

  • Sightlines: Chinatown and Beyond

    Sightlines: Chinatown and Beyond highlights the imprint of Asian Americans on the physical and cultural terrain of Washington, D.C.

    September 7, 2024 – November 30, 2025

    American Art Museum

  • The Electric Dr. Franklin

    Explore the Franklin's pioneering electrical work and objects showing the electrical science of Franklin’s era and later devices he influenced.

    November 20, 2021 – November 24, 2025

    American History Museum

  • My Computing Device

    My Computing Device showcases the complex story of how Americans came to use and own computers.

    August 28, 2019 – August 25, 2025

    American History Museum

  • John Akomfrah: Five Murmurations

    Five Mumurations considers Akomfrah’s insights into post-colonialism, diasporic experience, and memory.

    October 14, 2023 – August 24, 2025

    African Art Museum

  • ¡De última hora!: Latinas Report Breaking News

    Working in the fast-paced, ever-changing environment of broadcast news, these women shaped and shape the narrative for major historical events.

    September 15, 2023 – August 17, 2025

    American History Museum

  • ¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States

    The inaugural exhibition of the Molina Famliy Gallery, ¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States, reveals how Latinos have shaped the nation since before its founding.

    June 18, 2022 – July 20, 2025

    American History Museum

  • Forensic Science on Trial

    Explore historic cases where science has entered the courtroom and see how forensic science is used in the pursuit of justice.

    June 28, 2024 – July 6, 2025

    American History Museum

  • Picturing the Presidents: Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes from the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection

    To mark the presidential election of 2024, this exhibition presents daguerreotype and ambrotype portraits of eight men–from John Quincy Adams to Chester Arthur–who held the nation’s highest office during the nineteenth century.

    May 31, 2024 – June 8, 2025

    Portrait Gallery

  • In Slavery's Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World

    In Slavery's Wake examines how we think about, talk about, and represent the history of slavery, race, and globalization.

    December 13, 2024 – June 8, 2025

    African American History and Culture Museum

  • Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces

    This poignant exhibition tells personal stories of Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Native veterans who have served in the armed forces of the United States.

    June 17, 2024 – April 29, 2025

    American Indian Museum DC

  • Our Places: Connecting People and Nature

    Our Places explores how peoples’ experiences with nature inspire them to connect, care, and act.

    July 1, 2022 – March 28, 2025

    Natural History Museum

  • Music HerStory: Women and Music of Social Change

    Music HerStory explores the countless contributions of women changemakers, groundbreakers, and tradition-bearers.

    June 22, 2022 – March 24, 2025

    American History Museum

  • Voting by Mail: Civil War to COVID-19

    The presidential election year is the appropriate time to reflect on past examples of national voting by mail.

    August 24, 2024 – February 23, 2025

    Postal Museum

  • Inauguration 2025: Donald J. Trump

    A photograph of President-elect Donald J. Trump is displayed to coincide with the 60th presidential inauguration Jan. 20.

    January 13, 2025 – February 11, 2025

    Portrait Gallery

  • Gunboat Philadelphia

    Built in 1776, the gunboat Philadelphia is the oldest American fighting vessel in existence.

    July 3, 1965 – January 6, 2025

    American History Museum

  • Baseball: America's Homerun

    The National Postal Museum presents a blockbuster exhibition exploring America’s national pastime.

    April 9, 2022 – January 5, 2025

    Postal Museum

  • Africa Trail

    Cheetahs, ostrich, addaxes, kudus, and a Hartmann’s mountain zebra all reside on Africa Trail.

    August 19, 1992 – September 16, 2024

    National Zoo

  • Reckoning with Remembrance: History, Injustice, and the Murder of Emmett Till

    This display of the defaced historical marker helps preserve the memory of Emmett Till while demonstrating the contested nature of racism’s violent legacy in America.

    April 6, 2024 – September 15, 2024

    American History Museum

  • American Bison

    See American bison—the animal that inspired the founding of the National Zoo.

    August 30, 2014 – September 13, 2024

    National Zoo

  • Picturing Women Inventors

    Featuring stories of contemporary and historic women, this display of photos and graphics is dominated by lively, larger-than-life images of woman inventors.

    May 21, 2021 – September 11, 2024

    American History Museum

  • Objects of Wonder

    Explore the breadth, scope, and splendor of the world’s most extensive natural history research collection—more than 145 million artifacts and specimens.

    March 10, 2017 – September 8, 2024

    Natural History Museum

  • Sea Monsters Unearthed, Life in Angola's Ancient Seas

    This exhibition explores how these marine reptiles livedin the Cretaceous Period, and immerses visitors in an ancient ocean ecosystem.

    November 9, 2018 – September 3, 2024

    Natural History Museum

  • Nature of the Book

    Nature of the Book explores books of the hand-press era from the use of moveable type in Europe in about 1450 to the rise of mechanization in the 19th century.

    November 11, 2022 – September 3, 2024

    Natural History Museum


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