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Displaying 25 of 5,257 exhibitions.

  • Neptune Encounter With the Voyager

    Watch the latest coverage of Voyager encountering Neptune via video monitors in Milestones of Flight and Space Hall.

    August 1, 1989 – September 8, 1989

    Air and Space Museum

  • Recent Acquisitions (1989)

    Visit 50 sculptures, paintings, prints, and photographs, including portraits of such well-known figures as Julia Westray Wood (by Rembrandt Peale), Senator William Pitt Fessenden of Maine, John Barrymore, Igor Stravinsky, Ezra Pound, and Alexander Calder.

    January 28, 1989 – September 5, 1989

    Portrait Gallery

  • The Deaf Way: Albert Newsam Lithographs

    See 4 portraits of Jaret Sparks, Luigi and Anibale Elena, and Robert Walsh by the deaf-mute artist, displayed in conjunction with the Deaf Way Conference.

    July 9, 1989 – September 5, 1989

    Portrait Gallery

  • Copley Portrait: Mrs. Humphrey Devereaux

    Painted in Boston in 1770, John Singleton Copley's Mrs. Humphrey Devereaux is on a 3-year loan from the National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.

    July 1, 1984 – August 31, 1989

    American Art Museum

  • The Perpetual Campaign: How Presidents Try to Persuade the People (and Vice Versa)

    Documenting the office of the president as it has evolved over the years, the exhibition celebrates the bicentennial of the first presidential inauguration on April 29, 1789.

    October 26, 1988 – August 31, 1989

    American History Museum

  • Recent Acquisitions

    See four recent acquisitions by Edward Moulthrop, Dale Chihuly, Frank Majore, and Dennis Adams.

    August 1, 1989 – August 31, 1989

    American Art Museum

  • Gold of Africa: Jewelry and Ornaments from Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal

    View more than 200 objects of adornment and regalia worn by people of and royalty of West Africa.

    April 5, 1989 – August 28, 1989

    African Art Museum

  • Isamu Noguchi Portrait Sculpture

    Take in 30 portrait sculptures by the Japanese-American artist, who died in January 1989. Primarily known for his large abstract sculptures, the artist also created many portraits of significant Americans between 1924 and 1950.

    April 15, 1989 – August 20, 1989

    Portrait Gallery

  • Sales Exhibition: Designs for Dining

    Admire and purchase crafts designed for the kitchen and dining room, including wooden bowls, baskets, and utensils; goblets; metalwork of iron and brass, ceramics; placements; and table runners.

    May 5, 1989 – August 13, 1989

    Renwick Gallery

  • Photography of Invention: American Pictures of the 1980s

    Celebrate the 150th anniversary of the invention of photography with these 185 non-traditional contemporary works by 90 artists.

    April 28, 1989 – August 13, 1989

    American Art Museum

  • John Muir's High Sierra: A Watercolor Diary by Tony Foster

    Enjoy watercolor paintings by Englishman Tony Foster of natural scenes in California's High Sierra region. 

    May 12, 1989 – August 13, 1989

    Natural History Museum

  • American Art Pottery, 1880-1930, from the Copper-Hewitt Museum

    Enjoy art pottery represented by 75 major examples of historical and authentic development around the turn of the century from the Goodman collection of the Cooper-Hewitt.

    March 25, 1988 – August 6, 1989

    Renwick Gallery

  • The Boat Show: Fantastic Vessels, Fictional Voyages

    See 18 three-dimensional "boats" made of glass, wood, hay, and other materials by 16 contemporary American artists.

    April 7, 1989 – August 6, 1989

    Renwick Gallery

  • Recent Installation: Market Day Outside the Walls of Tangier

    See paintings by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

    July 1, 1989 – July 31, 1989

    American Art Museum

  • Insect Sculptures

    Visit  a selection of sculptures of insects by two artists, Patrick Bremer and George Foster.  

    July 2, 1988 – July 31, 1989

    Natural History Museum

  • Stratigraphy's Golden Age: Murchison and his Silurian System

    Commemorate the 150th anniversary of Roderick Impey Murchison's publication of The Silurian System(1839), a landmark contribution to stratigraphy (a branch of geology). 

    July 3, 1989 – July 31, 1989

    American History Museum

  • Bound to Vary: Billy Budd, Sailor (Hand-bound Copies of Billy Budd)

    See 16 uniquely bound editions of the book Billy Budd, Sailor by 19th-century American author Herman Melville, in a variety of artistic styles and techniques.

    April 17, 1989 – July 30, 1989

    Renwick Gallery

  • Lahore: The City Within

    View 50 photographs by Pakistani photographer Samina Quraeshi of historical Lahore, a Mogul city and British colonial capital in northeast Pakistan.

    June 1, 1989 – July 29, 1989

    Ripley Center

  • The First Federal Congress: 1789-1791

    Celebrate the bicentennary of the first Congress, through portraits of significant members, their loved ones, and certain constituents who had cause to petition the legislature.

    March 2, 1989 – July 23, 1989

    Portrait Gallery

  • The Art of Paul Manship

    Enjoy a variety of work by Paul Manship--approximately 120 sculptures, medals, and works on paper drawn from holdings which the artist bequeathed to American Art.

    February 17, 1989 – July 23, 1989

    American Art Museum

  • Buster Simpson Works

    American artist Buster Simpson uses the waters of the Hirshhorn's circular fountain in a specially commissioned project. 

    May 10, 1989 – July 23, 1989

    Hirshhorn Museum

  • Directions: Ericka Beckman

    This multimedia installation by New York filmmaker and sculptor Ericka Beckman incorporates sound, light, and photographs.

    May 10, 1989 – July 23, 1989

    Hirshhorn Museum

  • 1989 Discover Graphics

    See etchings, lithographs, and other prints by high school students from the Washington, D.C. area.  

    May 20, 1989 – July 20, 1989

    Natural History Museum

  • L'Art de Vivre: Decorative Arts and Designs in France 1789-1989

    View more than 400 objects--including ceramics, glass, silver, textiles, fashions, and furniture--from both public and private collections, that celebrate the Bicentennial of the French Revolution.

    March 30, 1989 – July 16, 1989

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • Blockade and Airlift: Legend or Lesson? The Berlin Crisis of 1948-1949

    Aircraft models and more than 60 photographs illustrate the remarkable effort of the Berlin airlift.

    June 19, 1989 – July 7, 1989

    Air and Space Museum

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