Current Exhibitions

My Visit

The Wright Brothers & the Invention of the Aerial Age

Explore who Wilbur and Orville Wright were, what they achieved and how they did it, and how the world reacted.

October 14, 2022 – Indefinitely

Air and Space Museum
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Nation of Speed

Nation of Speed paints a portrait of human ingenuity and explores how the pursuit of speed has shaped American culture and our national identity.

October 14, 2022 – Indefinitely

Air and Space Museum
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Destination Moon

The gallery shows how an extraordinary combination of things made it possible for humans to walk on the Moon—and how we are going back.

October 14, 2022 – Indefinitely

Air and Space Museum
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America by Air

America by Air traces the history of commercial aviation in the United States from airmail to airlines.

October 14, 2022 – Permanent

Air and Space Museum
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Rallying against Racism

This display features the “Fight the Virus, NOT the People” COVID-19 Banner, donated by the San Francisco Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA).

October 1, 2022 – November 2025

American History Museum
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We Belong Here: Marking the 50th Anniversary of Title IX

Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the federal legislation that unintentionally helped bring equality to sports.

June 23, 2022 – November 2025

American History Museum
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Really BIG Money

Artifacts and activities help young visitors understand that money can be a powerful and memorable way to learn about the world.

April 8, 2022 – Indefinitely

American History Museum
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Native New York

The exhibition encompasses 12 places in present-day New York, introducing visitors to the Native nations that call the region home.

October 25, 2021 – Ongoing

American Indian Museum New York
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Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.

This exhibition explores how art depicts Black resistance, resilience, and protest.

September 10, 2021 – Ongoing

African American History and Culture Museum
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The Only One in the Room: Women Achievers in Business and the Cost of Success

This display features the stories of eight strong women who made it to the top.

November 20, 2020 – TBA

American History Museum
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National Native American Veterans Memorial

The memorial welcomes and honors Native American veterans and their families, and educates the public about their extraordinary contributions.

November 11, 2020 – Permanent

American Indian Museum DC
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Floral Fashions: From Bouquets to Buttonholes

On display are over a dozen bouquet holders worn for both function and fashion by women during the Victorian era.

November 22, 2019 – Permanent

Ripley Center
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Ancestral Connections

Ancestral Connections explores how ten contemporary artists draw on aspects of their heritage—sometimes combined with personal experiences or tribal history—to create new and compelling works of art.

May 4, 2019 – Ongoing

American Indian Museum New York
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America's Listening

America's Listening tells the story of recorded sound and innovations that contributed to how we consume music and movies today.

October 19, 2018 – Indefinitely

American History Museum
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Art in Industry

Art in Industry looks back at a time when Americans embraced artistic skills as a way to build a consumer-oriented industrial economy.

March 22, 2018 – TBA

American History Museum
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Waterloo Boy

The development and use of gasoline-powered tractors in the early 1900s helped change the business of American farming.

February 22, 2018 – Indefinitely

American History Museum
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Americans

American Indians represent less than 1 percent of the U.S. population, yet names and images of Indians are everywhere. Americans invites visitors to ask why.

January 18, 2018 – Indefinitely

American Indian Museum DC
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Promise of Paradise: Ancient Chinese Buddhist Sculpture

The buddhas, bodhisattvas, and disciples in this exhibition were made to inspire and guide believers on their spiritual path. Their beauty imparted the promise of paradise.

October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely

Asian Art Museum, West Building
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Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran

View highly sophisticated ancient Iranian metalwork ranging from deep bowls to elaborate drinking vessels to objects in gold and silver.

October 14, 2017 – Permanent

Asian Art Museum, East Building
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America's Presidents

The nation’s only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House tells the American story through the individuals who have shaped it.

September 22, 2017 – Permanent

Portrait Gallery
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Common Ground: Our American Garden

This exhibition shares the stories of plants and how they are important to Americans.

June 28, 2017 – Permanent

Smithsonian Gardens
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Wallace H. Coulter Unity Square

Wallace H. Coulter Unity Square is where history will inspire you to participate—in the museum and in civic life.

June 28, 2017 – Permanent

American History Museum
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Many Voices, One Nation

Explore the 500-year journey of how many distinct peoples and cultures shaped and negotiated the culture of the U.S.

June 28, 2017 – Permanent

American History Museum
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American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith

Presents national treasures that represent American democracy—based on the bold American experiment to create a government “of the people, by the people and for the people.”

June 28, 2017 – Permanent

American History Museum
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Greensboro Lunch Counter

The sit-in of four African American college students at this Woolworth counter helped ignite a youth-led movement to challenge inequality throughout the South.

June 28, 2017 – Indefinitely

American History Museum

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