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Displaying 25 of 5,257 exhibitions.

  • Facing East: Portraits from Asia

    Through some 70 masterpieces, explore how portraits expressed cultural identities in Asia and the ancient Near East throughout millennia.

    July 1, 2006 – September 4, 2006

    Asian Art Museum, East Building

  • Information Age: People, Information and Technology

    Beginning with Samuel Morse's invention of the telegraph in the 1830s, this exhibition of more than 700 artifacts explores how information technology has changed our lives -- as individuals and as a society -- over the past 150 years. 

    May 9, 1990 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey

    See 50 color and black-and-white photographs of the Antarctic landscape by award-winning photographer Joan Myers. Large panoramas of Antarctica's beauty and desolation are juxtaposed with scenes of wildlife, people, and abandoned historic huts of early explorers. 

    May 18, 2006 – September 4, 2006

    Natural History Museum

  • American Quilt Legacy Case: Colonial Quilting Bee Quilt

    The American Quilt Legacy case features pieces from the museum's collection on a rotating basis, starting with a cotton applique quilt made in the 1930s by a woman's historical Colonial quilting bee.

    May 19, 2005 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Lance Armstrong's Tour de France Bicycle

    On view are the Trek 5500 bicycle he rode in the 2000 Tour de France and a "LIVESTRONG" wristband worn to raise awareness of cancer.

    December 14, 2005 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Honky-Tonk: Country Music Photographs by Henry Horenstein, 1972-1981

    Some 80 photographs by Henry Horenstein depict country music fans and performers.

    March 10, 2006 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Hip Hop Won't Stop: The Beat, the Rhymes, The Life

    This case features objects by DJs Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa, rapper MC Lyte, graffiti artist and MTV-VJ Fab 5 Freddy, and break dancer Crazy Legs to explore the four main elements that make up hip-hop: DJing, MCing (later turned into rapping), graffiti art, and break dancing.  

    July 10, 2006 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Hall of American Maritime Enterprise

    Survey 200 years of American History at sea and on inland waterways.

    August 11, 1978 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Photographs by John Paul Caponigro and Kendall Messick

    Capture the lives and traditions of the aging African American population of Corapeake, North Carolina through the images by 2 contemporary photographers.

    July 28, 2005 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Miles and Monk: New Jazz Acquisitions

    Trumpeter and composer Davis helped pioneer a variety of jazz styles, including cool jazz, hard bop, and jazz-rock fusion, through his distinctive lyrical style. Monk, known for his unorthodox chord voicings and unusual rhythms, helped pioneer bebop in the 1940s. 

    March 28, 2006 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Disneyland: The First 50 Years

    Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Disneyland with two rides -- a big teacup from Alice's Mad Tea Party and Dumbo the Flying Elephant -- from the original theme park in Los Angeles, California.

    June 9, 2005 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Stanley: Robot Car

    See an experimental robot named "Stanley," a modified Volkswagen Touareg that offers a glimpse into the future of "smart" cars. 

    July 1, 2006 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Agriculture Hall

    Hand and horse-drawn tools to present-day mechanized equipment illustrate the changes in rural America since the 18th century.

    January 23, 1964 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • The 1927 Mississippi River Flood

    This case explores this natural disaster through objects and images, including a Red Cross pamphlet and a lantern used during the disaster.

    December 14, 2005 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • History in the News: Collecting September 11

    The History in the News case features objects from the museum's collection related to the September 11 tragedy. Objects will be rotated several times a year, starting with items from June 2005 through September 2006. 

    June 11, 2005 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Whatever Happened to Polio?

    The story of the polio epidemic in the United States, from vaccine development to current world efforts to stop polio.

    April 12, 2005 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Showcase: Ray Charles: "The Genius"

    See selected objects related to musician Ray Charles.

    October 28, 2005 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Geoffrey Beene Dress

    See a sequined football jersey dress designed in 1967 by Geoffrey Beene.

    November 22, 2004 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Preserving the Star-Spangled Banner

    Visitors can view the Star-Spangled Banner through floor-to-ceiling windows of the specially designed, climate-controlled laboratory.

    May 28, 1999 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Wall Panels: Who Made the Star-Spangled Banner? Hint: It Wasn't Betsy Ross!

    Adjacent to the Star-Spangled Banner window wall, this small display explains that Mary Pickersgill (1776-1857), a professional flagmaker from Baltimore, was commissioned in 1813 to make two flags for Fort McHenry -- one of which became known as the Star-Spangled Banner.  

    May 26, 2006 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Muppets and Mechanisms: Jim Henson's Legacy

    To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the creation of Jim Henson's Muppets, on view are several cases featuring his groundbreaking work in puppetry and animatronics.

    May 19, 2006 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Your Smithsonian Libraries

    On view are 20 panels depicting items in the collections of each of the 20 Smithsonian Libraries and some 12 books that reveal the breadth and variety of the Libraries' holdings.

    May 26, 2006 – September 4, 2006

    American History Museum

  • Generous Friends: Building an Art Collection for the National Air and Space Museum

    Discover 72 artworks that provide a visual history of the people and events associated with the development of powered flight and space exploration.

    October 8, 2004 – August 25, 2006

    Air and Space Museum

  • Singgalot: Ties That Bind: From Colonial Subjects and "National" to Citizens, A Century of Filipino

    Explore the challenges and issues that confronted Filipinos from the annexation of the Philippines as a U.S. colony in 1898 to their struggles to acquire full U.S. citizenship during the 20th century through some 30 photo panels and images.

    May 18, 2006 – August 20, 2006

    Ripley Center

  • Black Box: Francis Alys

    Delve into the everyday rituals and habits of the metropolis of London by following 64 individual Coldstream Guards as they move through downtown in this film by Francis Alys.

    April 17, 2006 – August 14, 2006

    Hirshhorn Museum

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