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Displaying 25 of 5,257 exhibitions.


  • Irving Penn Master Images

    Visit 60 photographs of noted Americans.

    March 30, 1990 – August 19, 1990

    Portrait Gallery

  • Photographic Treasures from the Collection

    This exhibition includes portraits of Mathew Brady, Alfred Stieglitz, dancer Martha Graham, and performer Gypsy Rose Lee, among others.

    March 30, 1990 – August 19, 1990

    Portrait Gallery

  • Missouri Portfolio: The Drawings of George Caleb Bingham

    View approximately 55 drawings, most of which are related to his paintings of western life.

    June 8, 1990 – August 19, 1990

    American Art Museum

  • Irving Penn Master Images

    Admire 60 fashion photographs, portraits, still lifes, nudes, ethnographic portraits, and recent photographs of skulls.

    March 30, 1990 – August 19, 1990

    American Art Museum

  • Gorilla: Struggle for Survival in the Virungas

    Color photographs by Michael "Nick" Nichols show a fragile ecosystem where people threaten the last 200 members of a nearly extinct species of mountain gorillas in Rwanda, Africa. 

    June 15, 1990 – August 12, 1990

    Natural History Museum

  • 20th-century Dinosaurs

    Marvel at 24 large, colorful, welded sculptures of dinosaurs by Jim Gary, made out of automobile and truck parts. 

    April 12, 1990 – August 10, 1990

    Natural History Museum

  • Recent Acquisition: The Trial of Red Jacket (by John Mix Stanley)

    Visit a painting by John Mix Stanley of the famous leader of the Seneca tribe defending himself against charges of witchcraft.

    June 29, 1990 – July 31, 1990

    American Art Museum

  • American Television from the Fair to the Family, 1939-1989

    The exhibition follows television's rise in status from mere furniture to the all-pervasive window on the world. 

    April 19, 1989 – July 31, 1990

    American History Museum

  • Orchid Illustrations by Regina Olson Hughes

    See watercolors by Department of Botany scientific illustrator and artist Dr. Regina Olson Hughes.  

    June 30, 1989 – July 30, 1990

    Natural History Museum

  • Albert Pinkham Ryder

    Document the evolution of his style through 82 paintings and 1 drawing.

    April 6, 1990 – July 29, 1990

    American Art Museum

  • Teaching Medallic Art

    Enjoy a 5-year retrospective of Pennsylvania State University medallic program, including 51 medals created by students and faculty. 

    April 9, 1990 – July 27, 1990

    American History Museum

  • 1990 Discover Graphics

    See etchings and lithographs created by local high school students selected to participate in the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program during 1989-1990 school year.

    May 20, 1990 – July 19, 1990

    Ripley Center

  • Sales Exhibition: Tree to Treen: Wooden Work

    View boxes, bowls, chairs, and kitchen utensils by 15 artists.

    April 13, 1990 – July 15, 1990

    Renwick Gallery

  • Dennis Adams Works

    Visit The Archive, a photographic installation of the plaza tunnel.  

    April 25, 1990 – July 8, 1990

    Hirshhorn Museum

  • VSJ-Varrio San Jose: Scenes from Urban Chicano Experience

    Documentary photographs taken by Miguel Gandert depict contemporary Hispanic life in Albuquerque and the villages of northern New Mexico. 

    April 3, 1990 – June 30, 1990

    American History Museum

  • Recent Acquisition: Drawing for the Southwest Pieta

    See a study for sculpture created for the city of Albuquerque by Luis Jimenez, Jr.

    June 1, 1990 – June 30, 1990

    American Art Museum

  • The Legacy of Cecil Sharp

    Celebrate the work of this English folklorist, who collected songs and dances of Appalachia and was instrumental in founding the Country Dance & Song Society of America.

    April 18, 1990 – June 30, 1990

    American History Museum

  • 1990 Presidential Scholars in the Arts

    See works of art by 6 high school award-winners.

    June 18, 1990 – June 23, 1990

    American Art Museum

  • Directions: Ilya Kabakov, Ten Characters

    A series of room-like environments allude to 10 fictitious characters living in a communal Moscow apartment.

    March 7, 1990 – June 10, 1990

    Hirshhorn Museum

  • George Ohr: Modern Potter (1857-1918)

    Enjoy approximately 75 examples of eccentric pottery.

    February 9, 1990 – June 3, 1990

    Renwick Gallery

  • Scouts on Stamps

    See an exhibition of postal stamps depicting Boy and Girl Scout activities worldwide.

    May 15, 1989 – June 1, 1990

    American History Museum

  • Portraits of Great Saturniid Moths

    View moth illustrations by Dr. John Cody, a Kansas psychiatrist.

    January 15, 1990 – June 1, 1990

    Natural History Museum

  • The Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovation, 1619-1930

    African American inventors, from prominent figures such as George Washington Carver to anonymous innovators, have made important contributions to American technology.

    May 21, 1989 – May 31, 1990

    Anacostia Community Museum

  • World Aerobatic Championship Trophies

    See 3 trophies won by U.S. Aerobatic Team in the 1988 world competition.

    December 1, 1989 – May 31, 1990

    Air and Space Museum

  • Recent Acquisition: After Wood

    View a rotating, geometric sculpture by Robert Hudson.

    May 1, 1990 – May 31, 1990

    American Art Museum


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