Past Exhibitions | Smithsonian Institution

Muttonman Discovers Columbus

Look at cartoons by the Navajo performance artist Vincent Craig to see how he evaluates his culture through incorporating humor and comedy in his works.

June 28, 1993 – September 30, 1993

Arts and Industries Building

The Golden Age of Sculpture from Sri Lanka

Observe 52 ancient masterpieces of bronze casting include Buddhist and Hindu sculpture that provide evidence of a distinct Sri Lankan aesthetic.

November 1, 1992 – September 26, 1993

Asian Art Museum, East Building

Tools for the Table: Designs for Dining

Discover approximately 40 European and American dining objects -- including porcelain, silver, glass, and plastic -- ranging from the early 18th century to the present.

May 4, 1993 – September 26, 1993

Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

A Memorial to Jan Palach

Visit an exhibition that documents the memorial built in Prague to Czech Jan Palach through 2 scale models designed by architect John Hejduk, accompanied by David Shapiro's poem.

April 6, 1993 – September 26, 1993

Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

Process of Design: Cheryl R. Riley

Follow the design process of two Coin Encrusted Tudor Tables as they relate to the artist's personal and African American culture identity, through renderings, photographs, and the finished tables.

April 27, 1993 – September 26, 1993

Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

Design and Fabric Technology: Pushing the Limits

Visit an exhibition that demonstrates unique and creative mergers of commercial and artistic concerns.

May 4, 1993 – September 26, 1993

Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

American Pressed Glass Tablewares, 1875-1900

See more than 100 examples of late 19th-century pressed glass tableware.

April 30, 1992 – September 19, 1993

American History Museum

The Past As Memory and Model: Display in Honor of the Opening of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

This exhibit case of original photographs of European synagogues and objects of the 1890s preserves the centuries-old heritage of Jewish communities.

April 20, 1993 – September 13, 1993

American History Museum

Jean Dubuffet 1943-1963: Paintings, Sculptures, Assemblages

Nearly 100 works from the first two decades of this French artist's career show the power, invention, and originality of his work, which ranks him alongside his European contemporaries Alberto Giacometti and Francis Bacon.

June 17, 1993 – September 12, 1993

Hirshhorn Museum

Collecting A to Z

See an exhibition that reveals a sampling of the breadth and diversity of the museum's recent acquisitions.

April 24, 1993 – September 12, 1993

Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

Air Power in World War II: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

Visit the 1st in a series of exhibitions on air power in World War II, each highlighting a particular aircraft.

May 20, 1992 – September 6, 1993

Air and Space Museum

Dinosaurs: A Global View

Paintings and drawings trace the evolution and life habits of dinosaurs from the Carboniferous and Permian periods to their rise to dominance in the Jurassic period.

June 5, 1993 – September 6, 1993

Natural History Museum

Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington

The exhibition focuses on the life and 50-year career of this legendary composer and band leader--"the Duke" (1899-1974).

April 29, 1993 – September 6, 1993

American History Museum

The Egypt Story: Photographs by Fred Maroon

See 29 photographs that record the people, places, structures, art, and events that reflect Egyptian life from ancient times to today

April 9, 1993 – August 22, 1993

Ripley Center

American Art at the 1893 World's Fair

To commemorate the centennial of the World's Columbian Exposition and the Columbian Quincentenary, the National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of American Art jointly present 100 paintings and artworks originally exhibited in Chicago in 1893.

April 16, 1993 – August 15, 1993

Portrait Gallery

American Art at the 1893 World's Fair

Approximately 100 of the more than 1,000 artworks originally exhibited in Chicago in 1893 at the Fine Arts Palace are exhibited by the National Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery in conjunction with the Columbus Quincentenary.

April 16, 1993 – August 15, 1993

American Art Museum

Saynday was Coming Along...Silverhorn's Drawings of the Kiowa Trickster

Original drawings by Silverhorn (1861-1940), the noted 19th-century American Indian artist, illustrate the adventures of Saynday, the Kiowa trickster.

March 6, 1993 – August 8, 1993

Natural History Museum

American Wicker

Trace the history of American woven furniture from the delicate, Japanese-inspired designs of the Aesthetic movement through the High Victorian era to the simplicity of the Arts and Crafts style.

April 2, 1993 – August 1, 1993

Renwick Gallery

Czech Cubism: Architecture and Design

Follow creative design from Czechoslovakia with furniture, ceramic, and metal objects--along with an exceptional collection of related drawings and original designs.

April 6, 1993 – July 25, 1993

Cooper Hewitt Design Museum