Past Exhibitions | Smithsonian Institution

Living Marine Ecosystems

A small section of this exhibition is open as an experiment to measure public opinion and to measure if changes need to be made for the official June opening.

April 6, 1992 – January 3, 1994

Natural History Museum

Astonishment and Power: Kongo Minkisi and the Art of Renee Stout

View carved objects from natural and handmade components that are used by ritual specialists to change people's lives.

April 28, 1993 – January 2, 1994

African Art Museum

Jacob Kainen

This major retrospective exhibition covers Kainen's work from the 1950s and 1960s.

September 10, 1993 – January 2, 1994

American Art Museum

Mechanical Brides: Women and Machines from Home to Office

Visit an exhibition that links machines for the home and office to their life in the popular imagination.

August 17, 1993 – January 2, 1994

Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

1993 Holiday Celebration Exhibition

This exhibition presents the various ways the holiday season is celebrated.

December 11, 1993 – January 2, 1994

American History Museum

The Navajo: Portrait of a Nation

Visit a collection of photographic portraits and landscapes that reveal the people, the culture, and the land that comprise the Navajo Nation.

November 13, 1992 – December 31, 1993

American History Museum

Nuestros Bosques, Nuestra Herencia (Forests, Our Heritage)

Reflect on the concerns of people living in countries with neotropical forests in this 40-panel display of photographs and a miniature diorama of Yanomami Indians.

April 8, 1993 – December 16, 1993

National Zoo

Contemporary Self-Portraits from the James Goode Collection

See 25 artworks from Goode's collection that illustrate the variety of contemporary American self-portraiture.

July 30, 1993 – December 5, 1993

Portrait Gallery

Brushes with the Literary: Portraits by Washington Artist Marcella Comes Winslow

Portraits of famous writers give an insider's view of life in the nation's capital in the 1940s-50s when Marcella Comes Winslow's Georgetown home was an informal literary salon.

August 13, 1993 – December 5, 1993

Portrait Gallery

Dreaming the Other World: Figurative Art of the Baule, Cote d'Ivoire

View an exhibition that examines the Baule idea that each person has a mate of the opposite sex in the "Other World", and the sculptural depiction of these mates in relation to human aesthetics.

June 9, 1993 – November 30, 1993

African Art Museum

Pueblo Indian Watercolors

See 43 watercolors in the style of the San Ildefonso Pueblo dating from 1917 through the 40s.

September 24, 1993 – November 29, 1993

American Art Museum

Prints and Drawings from New Mexico

View works by various artists from New Mexico whose works helped shape today's public perceptions of the region.

September 24, 1993 – November 29, 1993

American Art Museum

Joined Colors: Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain

Visit 79 examples of 15th- and 19th-century Chinese porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration that are on loan from the Min Chiu Society, a group of Hong Kong collectors.

January 31, 1993 – November 28, 1993

Asian Art Museum, East Building

Through an ongoing partnership between Lucy Ellen Moten Elementary School and the Anacostia Museum, students and adults from the community join ceramic sculptor Martha Jackson Jarvis in creating a sculpture.

November 2, 1993 – November 28, 1993

Anacostia Community Museum

Expressions D.C.

See an exhibit that showcases the talents of residents of 4 D.C. youth detention centers.

October 10, 1993 – November 28, 1993

Anacostia Community Museum

In the Temple of Solomon and the Tomb of Caiaphas

In conjunction with a conference of Biblical scholars, 2 artifacts on loan from Israel are presented.

November 19, 1993 – November 28, 1993

Ripley Center

Manufactured Weather

This showcase focuses on the development of indoor climate controlling machinery.

February 16, 1993 – November 7, 1993

American History Museum

History-in-the-News: Cesar Chavez - Enduring Spirit (1927-93)

The showcase exhibit includes union organizer Cesar Chavez's black stadium jacket, photographs, a union flag, a union poster and buttons.

September 14, 1993 – November 5, 1993

American History Museum

Pipe Organ Revival: Traditional Organ Building in the United States

This showcase of photographs and artifacts explores the recent changes in the ancient craft of organ building.

January 19, 1993 – October 24, 1993

American History Museum

RAP Commissions Art Sale in 1993

View 25 lithographs, including works by Larry Rivers, Robert Indiana, and a serigraph by Sam Gilliam.

September 13, 1993 – October 24, 1993

Ripley Center

Always There: The African American Presence in American Quilts

Explore the history of African American quiltmaking from the late eighteenth century to the present. Organized by the Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc. of Louisville, KY, with additional materials supplied by the Anacostia Museum.

July 18, 1993 – October 17, 1993

Anacostia Community Museum

Choices

Learn how the 50 objects on view were selected to become a part of the museum's collection.

March 30, 1993 – October 17, 1993

Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

Paul Cadmus

A selection of 10 works by the artist is on view from the museum's permanent collection. This mini-retrospective includes the controversial 1934 painting The Fleet's In!

October 9, 1992 – October 10, 1993

American Art Museum

Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century

See an historical overview of 20th-century Native American art, along with a section on contemporary art, in this exhibition of 125 works.

May 24, 1993 – October 3, 1993

Ripley Center

Cartoons, Caricatures and Comics

See 250 works that demonstrate how cartoons, comics, and caricatures have functioned as popular and fine art.

June 28, 1993 – September 30, 1993

Arts and Industries Building