Past Exhibitions

Academy: The Academic Tradition in American Art

Commemorate the 150th anniversary of the National Academy of Design -- founded by professional artists who were committed to the promotion of contemporary American art and to the training of art students -- in this exhibition featuring 180 works by 124 artists.

June 6, 1975 – September 1, 1975

American Art Museum
Stevengraphs

See more than 30 examples of small woven silk pictures, bookmarks, greeting cards and other amusing gift and souvenir items sold by the British firm of Thomas Stevens in the late 19th century.

July 1, 1975 – August 31, 1975

American History Museum
Firearms from the William G. Renwick Collection

Renwick assembled a comprehensive collection of firearms, tracing their evolution and development from the 14th to the 20th centuries.

June 1, 1975 – August 31, 1975

American History Museum
Photographs of the Deep-Ocean Floor

See about 30 color photographs of underwater scenes, some taken 5 miles down, by Walter Jahn, who employs special techniques to obtain his outstanding views.

July 8, 1975 – August 31, 1975

Natural History Museum
How They Made Their Mark

See pieces of furniture made before 1850, illustrating several ways craftsmen identified their work -- printed pasted paper labels, stencilled labels, etc.

August 1, 1975 – August 31, 1975

American History Museum
East Bank Artists

The Anacostia Neighborhood Museum creates a communal space for artists working east of the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. to share their work.

June 15, 1975 – August 24, 1975

Anacostia Community Museum
Tools of Trainmen

See 19th and 20th century equipment used by railroad men.

June 1, 1975 – July 31, 1975

American History Museum
Orthoptics

See about 20 devices used in orthoptics -- the diagnosis and theraputic treatment of ocular muscle disorders, e.g., crossed eyes.

July 1, 1975 – July 31, 1975

American History Museum
Bicentennial Presidential Quilt

The creation and gift of Mary Borowski, the white-on-white quilt on display is embellished with the embroidered signatures (facsimilies) of all U.S. presidents from George Washington to Gerald Ford.

July 1, 1975 – July 31, 1975

American History Museum
Old Ways in the New World

View musical instruments from 2 of the countries highlighted in the 1975 Festival of American Folklife, an accordian, hammered dulcimer, and a mandolin.

June 1, 1975 – July 31, 1975

American History Museum
Images of Nature

Admire the color photography of Warren Krupsaw in more than 50 photographs of animals, trees, flowers, terrain and other natural objects and scenes.

April 12, 1975 – July 1, 1975

Natural History Museum
H. H. Richardson and His Office

Acknowledge the work and staff of Henry Hobson Richardson, America's greatest Victorian architect, through more than 250 drawings and photographs.

March 21, 1975 – June 22, 1975

Asian Art Museum, East Building
Pennsylvania Academy Moderns, 1910-1940

Enjoy 43 paintings by artists who were pioneers in the emergence and acceptance of modern art in and around Philadelphia in the early 20th century.

May 9, 1975 – June 6, 1975

American Art Museum
Blacks in the Westward Movement

Historical and biographical materials show, in a western environment, Blacks in all phases of life--explorers, settlers, wranglers, trail bosses, soldiers, government agents, rustlers and con men.

February 9, 1975 – June 1, 1975

Anacostia Community Museum
High School Graphics IV

Admire 100 woodcuts, silk screens, etchings, monoprints and other works selected from a competition among private and public secondary schools in the Washington area.

April 11, 1975 – June 1, 1975

American Art Museum
Ornamental Turning

See examples of work done on a Holtsappfel lathe by Frank Knox of New York.

May 1, 1975 – May 30, 1975

American History Museum
Children of the White House

Among White House games and toys on view are a traveling games chest belonging to Todd Lincoln and "Sally, the White House Doll," made for Mary Louisa Adams by her aunt.

May 1, 1975 – May 30, 1975

American History Museum
Antique Radiator Emblems

View about 40 radiator emblems from early automobiles, as well as many catalogues and advertisements.

May 1, 1975 – May 30, 1975

American History Museum
Union Cases

See some 50 examples of photographic miniature cases, made by a molded method patented in the 1850s.

May 1, 1975 – May 30, 1975

American History Museum
Dorothy Shaver

View news clippings and photographs of the late president of Lord & Taylor, selected from a collection given to the Smithsonian by her sister.

May 1, 1975 – May 30, 1975

American History Museum
Recent Acquisitions: Prints and Drawings

See some 60 works from among those acquired during the last two years. The prints, drawings, watercolors, monotypes and collages are from the mid-19th century to 1974, including artists Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenberg, Louise Nevelson and Robert Rauschenberg.

February 14, 1975 – May 15, 1975

American Art Museum
Steuben, 70 Years of American Glassmaking

Enjoy a Steuben Glass retrospective with some 100 pieces featuring work done under Steuben's two long-time directors.

January 28, 1975 – May 11, 1975

American History Museum
American Art in the Barbizon Mood

Study the work of late 19th century American artists influenced by the French Barbizon school. Also included are works of French artists of the Barbizon school.

January 23, 1975 – April 10, 1975

American Art Museum
Coal

See samples of different types of coal found in the United States.

March 1, 1975 – March 30, 1975

American History Museum
Better to Hear You With

View a wide range of hearing aids.

March 1, 1975 – March 30, 1975

American History Museum

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