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  • None Swifter Than These: 100 Years of Diplomatic Couriers

    The U.S. Department of State's 100 badged diplomatic couriers travel the globe safeguarding our nation's most sensitive information and materials.

    September 14, 2019 – January 26, 2020

    Postal Museum

  • Everyday Luxury: Silk Quilts from the National Collection

    A rare showing of the museum’s collection of late 19th-century silk quilts meant to be admired in the home.

    July 30, 2019 – January 20, 2020

    American History Museum

  • Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial

    Nature addresses the ways designers are exploring sustainable production methods, identifying new ways for protecting future generations, and deepening the understanding of, and relationship with, nature.

    May 10, 2019 – January 20, 2020

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • Superheroes

    This rotating showcase display presents artifacts from the museum’s collections that relate to superheroes, including comic books, original comic art, movie and television costumes and props, and memorabilia.

    November 20, 2018 – January 12, 2020

    American History Museum

  • Michael Sherrill Retrospective

    In his delicately rendered sculptures in clay, glass, and metal, Michael Sherrill seeks to elicit a sense of wonder from viewers, and to make them see the natural world anew.

    June 28, 2019 – January 5, 2020

    Renwick Gallery

  • American Stories

    See more than 100 historic and cultural touchstones of American history from the museum’s vast holdings.

    April 12, 2012 – January 5, 2020

    American History Museum

  • David Best's Temple

    David Best’s Temple transforms the Renwick Gallery’s Bettie Rubenstein Grand Salon into a glowing sanctuary, offering visitors a quiet place to reflect and pay tribute to lost loved ones.

    March 30, 2018 – January 5, 2020

    Renwick Gallery

  • Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence

    To commemorate the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, NPG presents the story of the historic crusade for American women’s rights.

    March 29, 2019 – January 5, 2020

    Portrait Gallery

  • Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination

    Ginny Ruffner (b. 1952) has imagined a gloriously complex and colorful alternative environment that viewers can access using AR’s technological lens.

    June 28, 2019 – January 5, 2020

    Renwick Gallery

  • In Memoriam: Walter Mercado, 1932-2019

    Known for his glimmering beaded-capes, Walter Mercado is a Puerto Rican television personality whose programs have been widely popular in both Latin America and the United States since the 1970s.  

    November 7, 2019 – January 2, 2020

    Portrait Gallery

  • 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta

    The world's rarest postage stamp, the 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, is prominently displayed in the museum’s William H. Gross Stamp Gallery.

    June 4, 2015 – December 22, 2019

    Postal Museum

  • Portraits of the World: Korea

    Pioneering feminist artist Yun Suk Nam (born 1939) uses portraiture to gain insights into the lives of women, past and present.

    December 14, 2018 – November 17, 2019

    Portrait Gallery

  • Taino: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean

    Explore the rural roots of the Taíno movement and find information about the legacy of Native peoples throughout the Spanish-speaking Caribbean islands and their U.S. diasporas.

    July 28, 2018 – November 12, 2019

    American Indian Museum New York

  • Nature by Design: Paisley

    Design’s tear-drop shaped motif popularly known as paisley has persisted, and its timeline of design variations reflect a diversity of natural forms.

    April 12, 2019 – November 11, 2019

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • In Memoriam: Toni Morrison

    Toni Morrison, the first black woman to become a Nobel laureate, wrote about the experiences of African Americans.

    August 6, 2019 – November 7, 2019

    Portrait Gallery

  • Whistler in Watercolor

    Whistler in Watercolor introduces museum visitors to the artist’s vast creative output and provides wide access to a rarely seen segment of his work.

    May 18, 2019 – November 3, 2019

    Asian Art Museum, West Building

  • The Way of the Kami

    Shinto centers on worship of kami (deities) that reside in the landscape, natural phenomena, and deceased ancestors. This exhibition highlights the artistic culture of Shinto belief.

    May 11, 2019 – November 3, 2019

    Asian Art Museum, West Building

  • Recent Acquisitions

    As the Portrait Gallery turns the corner on a new decade of its legacy, the museum presents an exhibition of historic and contemporary works newly acquired for its growing collection.

    November 16, 2018 – November 3, 2019

    Portrait Gallery

  • In Memoriam: Jessye Norman, 1945-2019

    The National Portrait Gallery commemorates the life of Jessye Norman, one of the twentieth century's greatest sopranos.

    October 3, 2019 – November 3, 2019

    Portrait Gallery

  • Iridescence

    Objects ranging from ancient to the contemporary show how the optical effects of iridescence have maintained a lasting impact on design.

    July 28, 2018 – October 27, 2019

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • Nature by Design: Katagami

    This exhibition highlights the traditional Japanese craft of katagami: paper stencils carved by master artisans for use in decorating textiles. 

    March 30, 2019 – October 27, 2019

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • Nature by Design: Embroidered and Embellished

    Throughout history, designers have observed nature, investigated its materials, and imitated and abstracted its patterns and shapes. A fanciful, romantic, and stylized interpretation of nature embellished men’s waistcoats in 18th-century France.

    March 30, 2019 – October 27, 2019

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • Painting the Classics: Japanese Scrolls and Beyond

    Painting the Classics comprises three exhibitions that explore how early modern Japanese artists reimagined narratives and poetry from Japan’s classical age.

    June 1, 2019 – October 20, 2019

    Asian Art Museum, West Building

  • Royal Philatelic Society London's 150th Anniversary

    The exhibition includes displays of Empire and Commonwealth treasures and royal autographs from the National Postal Museum’s collection, as well as a non-competitive exhibition of single-frame exhibits by RPSL’s North American members.

    October 18, 2019 – October 19, 2019

    Postal Museum

  • Painting the Classics: Presence and Absence

    Painting the Classics comprises three exhibitions that explore how early modern Japanese artists reimagined narratives and poetry from Japan’s classical age.

    May 11, 2019 – October 15, 2019

    Asian Art Museum, West Building


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