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  • Bold and Beautiful Vision: A Century of Black Arts Education in Washington, DC, 1900–2000

    Traces the story of the teachers and students who made Washington, D.C., a truly unparalleled center for Black arts education.

    March 23, 2024 – January 4, 2026

    Anacostia Community Museum

  • Meet Pachycephalosaurus!

    See a rare and nearly complete skull of Pachycephalosaurus, a dinosaur famed for its domed head.

    December 22, 2025 – December 28, 2025

    Natural History Museum

  • Sightlines: Chinatown and Beyond

    Sightlines: Chinatown and Beyond highlights the imprint of Asian Americans on the physical and cultural terrain of Washington, D.C.

    September 7, 2024 – November 30, 2025

    American Art Museum

  • The Electric Dr. Franklin

    Explore the Franklin's pioneering electrical work and objects showing the electrical science of Franklin’s era and later devices he influenced.

    November 20, 2021 – November 24, 2025

    American History Museum

  • Recent Acquisitions, 2023

    Recent Acquisitions showcases 21 additions to the National Portrait Gallery’s collection with an exclusive focus on portraits representing women or made by women.

    November 3, 2023 – October 6, 2025

    Portrait Gallery

  • Galleries for 18th to Early 20th Century Art

    Selections from the permanent collection offer insights into the rich artistic and cultural history of the United States.  

    July 1, 2006 – September 21, 2025

    American Art Museum

  • Cecilia Vicuña: Quipu Viscera

    Cecilia Vicuña’s site-specific installation is made of hanging skeins of red, brown, and pink unspun wool. 

    April 24, 2025 – September 21, 2025

    American Art Museum

  • The Peacock Room Comes to America

    The Peacock Room invites visitors into its captivating environment to to seek out unexpected resonances across cultures and eras.

    September 3, 2022 – September 15, 2025

    Asian Art Museum, West Building

  • The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture

    The Shape of Power examines the ways in which sculpture has shaped and reflected attitudes and understandings about race in the U.S.

    November 8, 2024 – September 14, 2025

    American Art Museum

  • My Computing Device

    My Computing Device showcases the complex story of how Americans came to use and own computers.

    August 28, 2019 – August 25, 2025

    American History Museum

  • Delighting Krishna: Paintings of the Child-God

    Delighting Krishna delves into the emotions and philosophy of the Pushtimarg tradition and the ingenuity of its artists.

    March 15, 2025 – August 24, 2025

    Asian Art Museum, East Building

  • John Akomfrah: Five Murmurations

    Five Mumurations considers Akomfrah’s insights into post-colonialism, diasporic experience, and memory.

    October 14, 2023 – August 24, 2025

    African Art Museum

  • Body Transformed: Contemporary South Asian Photographs and Prints

    The human form and the expressive power of photography and print media offer ways to examine the place of the individual in contemporary society.

    February 15, 2025 – August 17, 2025

    Asian Art Museum, East Building

  • Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo

    An in-depth look at three trailblazing American artists of Japanese descent in the story of modernism.

    November 15, 2024 – August 17, 2025

    American Art Museum

  • ¡De última hora!: Latinas Report Breaking News

    Working in the fast-paced, ever-changing environment of broadcast news, these women shaped and shape the narrative for major historical events.

    September 15, 2023 – August 17, 2025

    American History Museum

  • Making Home: Smithsonian Design Triennial

    Making Home explores the concept of home, bringing together wide-ranging perspectives on how design impacts and transforms lived experiences.

    November 2, 2024 – August 10, 2025

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • OSGEMEOS: Endless Story

    Explore works by Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo, highlighting their playful combination of universal themes and shared imagination.

    September 29, 2024 – August 3, 2025

    Hirshhorn Museum

  • Bruce Onobrakpeya: The Mask and the Cross

    See early commissioned art, from the late 1960s, for Catholic priests and parishes from the celebrated Nigerian sculptor and printmaker.

    June 21, 2024 – July 27, 2025

    African Art Museum

  • ¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States

    The inaugural exhibition of the Molina Famliy Gallery, ¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States, reveals how Latinos have shaped the nation since before its founding.

    June 18, 2022 – July 20, 2025

    American History Museum

  • Sublime Light: Tapestry Art of DY Begay

    Sublime Light celebrates more than three decades of innovation by DY Begay and showcases 48 of her most remarkable tapestries.

    September 20, 2024 – July 13, 2025

    American Indian Museum DC

  • Forensic Science on Trial

    Explore historic cases where science has entered the courtroom and see how forensic science is used in the pursuit of justice.

    June 28, 2024 – July 6, 2025

    American History Museum

  • Pumpkin

    The whimsical sculpture embodies two of Kusama’s most recognized motifs: pumpkins and polka-dots.

    December 10, 2016 – July 6, 2025

    Hirshhorn Museum

  • Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Always to Return

    Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Always to Return focuses on the artist’s deep engagement with portraiture and the construction of identity, as well as how history is told and inherited.

    October 18, 2024 – July 6, 2025

    Portrait Gallery

  • We Gather at the Edge: Contemporary Quilts by Black Women Artists

    The artists featured in We Gather at the Edge honor the Black story quilt tradition with work that envisions a more just and connected world.

    February 21, 2025 – June 22, 2025

    Renwick Gallery

  • Picturing the Presidents: Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes from the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection

    To mark the presidential election of 2024, this exhibition presents daguerreotype and ambrotype portraits of eight men–from John Quincy Adams to Chester Arthur–who held the nation’s highest office during the nineteenth century.

    May 31, 2024 – June 8, 2025

    Portrait Gallery


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