Past Exhibitions | Smithsonian Institution

Art of Cambodia

View a group of 10th to 13th century Cambodian stone sculptures and a display of Hindu stone, bronze, brass, and terra-cotta sculptures from South India dating from the 8th through the 14th century.

August 25, 1990 – February 28, 1993

Asian Art Museum, East Building

Aids Awareness Installation

See works from the museum's collections by architects and designers who have died of AIDS.

December 1, 1992 – February 28, 1993

Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

White House Needlepoint Christmas Ornaments

Admire a display of needlepoint Christmas ornaments used in the White House, including a Renwick ornament made by Barbara Bush.

January 15, 1993 – February 28, 1993

Renwick Gallery

Richmond Barthe/Richard Hunt: Two Sculptors, Two Eras

See 36 works and photomurals that survey the long and distinguished careers of 2 African American sculptors.

December 20, 1992 – February 28, 1993

Anacostia Community Museum

The Spirit of Party: Hamilton and Jefferson at Odds

The personal and political differences between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson are explored in this exhibition.

September 11, 1992 – February 15, 1993

Portrait Gallery

Vision & Revision: The Hand-colored Prints of Wayne Thiebaud

Explore the role of the unique hand-colored print in contemporary printmaking in 70 works by Thiebaud.

November 20, 1992 – February 15, 1993

American Art Museum

Prints by California Artists

More than 40 prints provide a brief overview of printmaking in California during the 20th century.

November 20, 1992 – February 15, 1993

American Art Museum

In Pursuit of Fame: Rembrandt Peale 1778-1860

Visit 75 paintings, letters, and publications that explore Peale's gift for using portraiture to express the social, philosophical, and political concerns of his time.

November 6, 1992 – February 15, 1993

Portrait Gallery

Pitchers, Pots, and Pipkins: Clues to Plantation Life

This case of 11 archaeological specimens provides evidence of the active culture of Africans and Native Americans within the plantation setting.

February 11, 1992 – February 1, 1993

Natural History Museum

American Women in War

Visit a showcase exhibit about the involvement of American women in U.S. military activities.

September 1, 1992 – February 1, 1993

American History Museum

Star Trek

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the debut of the television show Star Trek, this exhibition addresses the social, political, and cultural issues and themes raised in the series.

February 28, 1992 – January 31, 1993

Air and Space Museum

This American artist (b. 1945), noted for his fusion of text and environment, incorporates "found" texts from Kafka's Parables, the International Herald Tribune, and other sources in his site-specific installation.

October 1, 1992 – January 25, 1993

Hirshhorn Museum

Campaign Close-up: Photographs by Tipper Gore

View 40 photographs taken by the wife of the Vice President-elect during the 1992 Presidential Campaign and exhibited on the occasion of the 52nd Presidential Inaugural.

January 16, 1993 – January 24, 1993

American Art Museum

Pathways of Tradition: Indian Insights into Indian Worlds

Visit a selection of 103 objects representing a cross-section of American Indian cultures from the museum's one million artifact collection.

November 15, 1992 – January 24, 1993

American Indian Museum New York

Imperial Austria: Treasures of Art, Arms, and Armor from the State of Styria

For the first time outside of Europe, see over 250 works of art, arms, and armor that chronicle the vast changes that swept Austria and Europe from the late Middle Ages through the 17th century.

October 4, 1992 – January 24, 1993

Ripley Center

The Cutting Edge: 200 Years of Cut Crystal

See 15 exquisite crystal objects, such as decanters, bowls, and goblets from the 18th century to the present day that show both the evolution and the technological, aesthetic, and cultural story of the cut crystal object over the last 200 years.

October 4, 1992 – January 24, 1993

Ripley Center

American Crafts: The Nation's Collection

In celebration of the 20th anniversary, visit a gallerywide installation of 130 major craft objects showing the scope and prominence of the collection.

September 25, 1992 – January 24, 1993

Renwick Gallery

Life in the White House

Explore life in the White House as depicted by students with disabilities in this juried exhibition sponsored by the White House Historical Association and Very Special Arts.

November 9, 1992 – January 21, 1993

Ripley Center

Elephant Ivory

A showcase exhibit explores the use of ivory and its effect on the world elephant population.

August 4, 1992 – January 10, 1993

American History Museum

Albert Paley: Studies for the Renwick Gallery's Portal Gallery

View 8 drawings related to the creation of the gallery's signature Portal Gates, crafted by Albert Paley.

September 25, 1992 – January 10, 1993

Renwick Gallery

Eva Hesse: A Retrospective

Approximately 40 sculptures and wall reliefs and 60 drawings and paintings by Hesse reveal the process of their creation and suggest dream-like allusions to organisms or body parts.

October 15, 1992 – January 10, 1993

Hirshhorn Museum

Kiowa Culture in Transition, 1925-1955: The Photographs of Horace Poolaw

See 72 photographs that document fifty years of the Kiowa people and their struggle to reconcile traditional values with the pressures of mainstream American culture.

November 13, 1992 – January 5, 1993

American History Museum

Memory and Metaphor: The Art of Romare Bearden, 1940-1987

Follow the career of this African American artist through 140 works, including early cubist works of the 1940s, lyrical abstractionist works of the 1950s and 1960s, and photo-collages of the late 1960s.

October 2, 1992 – January 3, 1993

American Art Museum

1992 Trees of Christmas

Visit a variety of trees highlighting different time periods and a vast array of traditions by which Americans affirm their identity and affiliation to families, regions, aesthetics, ethnic origins, beliefs, and lifestyles.

December 12, 1992 – January 3, 1993

American History Museum

Recent Acquisitions/New Dimensions

See recent acquisitions by 9 modern artists from Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, South Africa, and Kenya featuring etchings, linocuts, watercolors, and ceramics.

May 6, 1992 – January 3, 1993

African Art Museum