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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • American Bison

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

    August 30, 2014 – September 13, 2024

    National Zoo

  • 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

  • Forces of Nature: Voices that Shaped Environmentalism

    View some of the key people whose work has influenced attitudes toward the environment in the United States from the late 19th century until today.

    October 20, 2023 – September 2, 2024

    Portrait Gallery

  • The Future of Orchids: Conservation and Collaboration

    The 28th annual orchid exhibition fills the entire Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery.

    January 27, 2024 – April 28, 2024

    Smithsonian Gardens

  • John Akomfrah: Purple

    An enveloping, hour-long symphony of image and sound, Purple (2017) weaves together original film with archival footage against a hypnotic score to address themes related to climate change

    November 23, 2022 – January 7, 2024

    Hirshhorn Museum

  • Reconstructing ‘Weatherbreak’ in an Age of Extreme Weather

    This month-long exhibitions will display the reconstruction of Weatherbreak—the first large-span geodesic dome to be erected in North America.

    July 5, 2023 – July 27, 2023

    American History Museum

  • Outbreak DIY: Epidemics in a Connected World

    Join epidemiologists, veterinarians, public health workers, and citizens as they rush to identify and respond to infectious diseases.

    November 3, 2022 – June 4, 2023

    Natural History Museum

  • Nature by Design: Botanical Lessons

    Botanical Lessons explores nature in the Smithsonian collections through thirteen botanical models on loan from the National Museum of American History, and a selection of illustrated books and periodicals from Smithsonian Libraries.

    June 8, 2019 – May 29, 2023

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • Building America's National Collection: 175 Years of Collecting

    See selected objects representing all of the museums that offer a tantalizing sample of the breadth and depth of the Smithsonian's vast collections. 

    May 8, 2005 – December 14, 2022

    Smithsonian Castle

  • Genome: Unlocking Life's Code

    With engaging interactives, 3D models, custom animation and videos of real-life stories, this exhibition examines the benefits and the challenges that genomics presents to modern society.

    October 21, 2021 – November 28, 2022

    Natural History Museum

  • Documenting Diversity: How Anthropologists Record Human Life

    Examine the ways anthropologists have recorded and shared their field observations using the technologies of their time.

    June 18, 2021 – October 18, 2022

    Natural History Museum

  • Unforgettable Behavior: Wildlife Photographer of the Year

    Unforgettable Behavior brings together exceptional images recognized in past years of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, which is owned and run by the Natural History Museum, London.

    November 3, 2021 – September 30, 2022

    Natural History Museum

  • Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World

    Outbreak invites visitors to join epidemiologists, veterinarians, public health workers, and citizens of all ages and origins as they rush to identify and contain infectious disease outbreaks.

    May 18, 2018 – September 30, 2022

    Natural History Museum

  • Nature by Design: Botanical Expressions

    Botanical Expressions focuses on key figures—Christopher Dresser, Emile Gallé, William Morris, and Louis Comfort Tiffany—whose knowledge of the natural sciences and personal practices of gardening enriched their creative output as designers.

    December 7, 2019 – September 25, 2022

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • Habitat

    Habitat is a two-year Smithsonian-wide exhibition exploring one big idea: Protecting habitats protects life.

    May 10, 2019 – September 5, 2022

    Smithsonian Gardens

  • Sophia Crownfield: Drawn from Nature

    From the 1890s to the 1920s, Sophia Crownfield designed prints for some of the most prominent silk and wallpaper manufacturers in the United States.

    February 4, 2022 – July 31, 2022

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • Celebrate Smokey: 75 Years of Fighting Wildfires

    A new Smokey Bear outdoor exhibit at Smithsonian’s National Zoo invites visitors to look back at the legacy of one of the most famous residents in the Zoo’s 130-year history.

    May 23, 2019 – July 31, 2022

    National Zoo

  • FUTURES

    Part exhibition, part festival, FUTURES presents nearly 32,000 square feet of new immersive site-specific art installations, interactives, working experiments, inventions, speculative designs, and “artifacts of the future,” as well as historic objects and discoveries from the Smithsonian.

    November 20, 2021 – July 6, 2022

    Arts and Industries Building


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