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  • Landscapes in Passing: Photographs by Steve Fitch, Robbert Flick, and Elaine Mayes

    See how three late-20th-century photographers view the American landscape—as drive-through scenery rather than the entrancing wilderness of the 19th century.

    July 26, 2013 – February 23, 2014

    American Art Museum

  • Modern Spirit: The Art of George Morrison

    Drawings, paintings, prints, and sculpture by Native American modernist George Morrison bring together concepts of abstraction, landscape, and spiritual reflection.

    October 24, 2013 – February 23, 2014

    American Indian Museum New York

  • Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa

    Learn about the complex and visually rich relationship between African artists and the land upon which they live, walk, and frame their days.

    April 22, 2013 – February 23, 2014

    African Art Museum

  • Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013

    The National Portrait Gallery presents 48 finalists' works that were selected from the third triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.

    March 23, 2013 – February 23, 2014

    Portrait Gallery

  • Exhibiting Freer's Bibles

    Two two rare biblical manuscripts are shown against the backdrop of Whistler's brilliant blue-and-gold decorations.

    November 16, 2013 – February 16, 2014

    Asian Art Museum, West Building

  • Views of Africa

    Explore diverse perspectives of the Earth, focusing on the dynamic landscapes of Africa.

    August 15, 2013 – February 16, 2014

    Air and Space Museum

  • Charles Freer and the Arts of Japan

    See works Charles Lang Freer collected during his visits to Japan between 1895-1911.

    August 24, 2013 – February 9, 2014

    Asian Art Museum, West Building

  • Korean Style in Japanese Ceramics

    See a selection of Japanese tea bowls inspired by Korean ceramic styles.

    August 24, 2013 – February 9, 2014

    Asian Art Museum, West Building

  • Yoga: The Art of Transformation

    Explore how the meanings of yoga changed over time as it became a global phenomenom through more than 120 masterpieces, including 10 folios from the first illustrated compilation of asanas made for a Mughal emperor in 1602 that have never been shown in the United States.

    October 19, 2013 – January 26, 2014

    Asian Art Museum, East Building

  • Little Golden Books

    Learn how Little Golden Books made children's literature more widely available and transformed children's reading habits.

    June 28, 2013 – January 12, 2014

    American History Museum

  • Fire & Ice: Hindenburg and Titanic

    Learn about postal service aboard the Hindenburg and the Titanic, the largest flying and sailing post offices in history.

    March 22, 2012 – January 6, 2014

    Postal Museum

  • Strange and Wondrous: Prints of India from the Robert J. Del Bonta Collection

    An exceptional group of 50 prints show how perceptions of Indian culture shifted through the centuries, from the Enlightenment to the colonial period and into modernity.

    October 19, 2013 – January 5, 2014

    Asian Art Museum, East Building

  • Handmade Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art

    See how artists imagined the holidays—through whimsical watercolors, quirky collages, and cheerful prints and drawings.

    November 27, 2013 – January 5, 2014

    Archives of American Art

  • Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake

    This exhibition features archaeological discoveries that reveal the historic importance of Jamestown and its contribution to the American way of life.

    February 7, 2009 – January 5, 2014

    Natural History Museum

  • A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum

    See how photography in America evolved from a documentary medium to an artistic genre.

    June 28, 2013 – January 5, 2014

    American Art Museum

  • Mr. TIME: Portraits by Boris Chaliapin

    See 26 portraits by Time magazine’s most prolific artist, Boris Chaliapin.

    May 17, 2013 – January 5, 2014

    Portrait Gallery

  • In/finite Earth: A National Juried Exhibition for Emerging Artists with Disabilities, Ages 16-25

    See how emerging artists with disabilities illustrate their innovative viewpoints at the intersection of environmentalism, creativity, and disability.

    October 24, 2013 – January 5, 2014

    Ripley Center

  • Making Marks: Prints from Crow's Shadow Press

    See prints by contemporary Native American artists working at Crow's Shadow Press.

    May 17, 2013 – January 5, 2014

    American Indian Museum New York

  • Grand Procession: Dolls from the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection

    See how five Native American artists turn a centuries-old tradition of doll making into a contemporary art form.

    April 20, 2013 – January 1, 2014

    American Indian Museum DC

  • High Art: A Decade of Collecting

    See how contemporary artists have depicted flight and space.

    July 26, 2013 – January 1, 2014

    Air and Space Museum

  • Featured Object: Storage Jar (Columnar Series)

    See a wheelthrown utilitarian vessel, is part of a suite of tall, columnar, lidded vessels made in the 1980s by Val Cushing.

    November 1, 1990 – December 18, 2013

    Renwick Gallery

  • The Incredible Bionic Man

    See the Bionic Man, a 6-foot-tall robot built entirely from bionic body parts and implantable synthetic organs.

    October 18, 2013 – December 10, 2013

    Air and Space Museum

  • A Measure of Earth: The Cole-Ware Collection of American Baskets

    See a collection of modern baskets that reveal the central role basketry has played in the everyday life of Americans.

    October 17, 2013 – December 8, 2013

    Renwick Gallery

  • Infinite Place: The Ceramic Art of Wayne Higby

    See ceramics by Higby, one of the most innovative second-generation artists coming out of the post-World War II American ceramic studio movement.

    October 17, 2013 – December 8, 2013

    Renwick Gallery

  • Permanent Collection

    Visit the permanent collection of the Renwick Gallery, featuring contemporary American crafts in glass, ceramics, metal, wood, and fiber.

    January 28, 1972 – December 8, 2013

    Renwick Gallery


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