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    Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour—Frederick Douglass Added

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    Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour—Frederick Douglass

    Sir Isaac Julien’s moving image installation interweaves period reenactments across five screens to create a vivid picture of Frederick Douglass.

    December 8, 2023 – August 9, 2026

    Portrait Gallery

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    Human/Nature: Why People Are Drawn to Living Things Added

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    Human/Nature: Why People Are Drawn to Living Things

    Bringing plants and other elements from nature into our living spaces can help people stay connected to natural cycles. 

    September 30, 2023 – Summer 2026

    Ripley Center

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    Galleries for Modern and Contemporary Art Added

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    Galleries for Modern and Contemporary Art

    The museum's permanent collection freshly examines the explosion of possibility in American art between the 1940s and today.

    September 22, 2023 – Ongoing

    American Art Museum

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    Treasures and Trouble: Looking Inside a Legendary Blues Archive Added

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    Treasures and Trouble: Looking Inside a Legendary Blues Archive

    Highlights from a one-of-a-kind archive documenting the blues as compiled by Robert “Mack” McCormick are featured in the museum’s Archives Center cases. 

    June 23, 2023 – Ongoing

    American History Museum

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    Cellphone: Unseen Connections Added

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    Cellphone: Unseen Connections

    Through authentic artifacts, immersive and digital experiences, and data visualization, Unseen Connections illuminates the world of cell phones.

    June 23, 2023 Through 2026

    Natural History Museum

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    Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art Added

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    Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art

    Let Connecting Stories inspire you to explore our collections further and to develop your own connection to the stories at the museum.

    April 29, 2023 – Ongoing

    Asian Art Museum, East Building

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    The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas Added

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    The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas

    The Art of Knowing brings together highlights from our collections to explore religious and practical knowledge across time, space, and cultures

    March 25, 2023 – Ongoing

    Asian Art Museum, East Building

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    Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky Added

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    Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky

    Discover why dark nights matter, rekindle your connection with the night sky, and consider how much light at night is enough.

    March 23, 2023 – December 2026

    Natural History Museum

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    Bird House Added

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    Bird House

    The Bird House and the surrounding bird plateau focuses on the cyclical journeys of migratory songbirds, waterfowl, and shorebirds.

    March 13, 2023 – Indefinitely

    National Zoo

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    Abraham Lincoln by W.F.K. Travers Added

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    Abraham Lincoln by W.F.K. Travers

    The life size portrait of Abraham Lincoln by W.F.K. Travers joins the America's Presidents exhibition. 

    February 10, 2023 – December 31, 2027

    Portrait Gallery

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    A Collector's Eye: Freer in Egypt Added

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    A Collector's Eye: Freer in Egypt

    Freer acquired a range of works, including the renowned Washington Codex—one of the oldest Bibles in the world—a digital copy of which will be on view along with an exceptional group of New Kingdom Egyptian glass vessels, a Byzantine jewelry set, amulets, and hundreds of beads, many of which will be seen in this exhibition for the first time.

    January 28, 2023 – Ongoing

    Asian Art Museum, West Building

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    Entertainment Nation Added

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    Entertainment Nation

    Entertainment Nation examines how entertainment brings Americans together, shapes us, and provides a forum for important national conversations.

    December 9, 2022 – Indefinitely

    American History Museum

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    Spirit in the Dark: Religion in Black Music, Activism, and Popular Culture Added

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    Spirit in the Dark: Religion in Black Music, Activism, and Popular Culture

    Spirit in the Dark examines Black religious life through a selection of photographs from the publisher of Ebony, Jet, and Negro Digest.

    November 18, 2022 – April 2026

    African American History and Culture Museum

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    Freer's Global Network: Artists, Collectors, and Dealers Added

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    Freer's Global Network: Artists, Collectors, and Dealers

    This exhibition looks closely at the interconnected web of artists, dealers, and collectors who helped shape the Freer Gallery of Art’s collection amid the shifting political and economic environment of the early twentieth century.

    October 15, 2022 – Ongoing

    Asian Art Museum, West Building

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    America by Air Added

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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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    Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery Added

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    Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery

    This exhibition tells the stories of the diversity of worlds circling our Sun and how exploring those worlds helps enhance our own understanding of Earth.

    October 14, 2022 – Permanent

    Air and Space Museum

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    Thomas W. Haas We All Fly Added

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    Thomas W. Haas We All Fly

    This gallery explores the many facets of general aviation, from sport to business to humanitarian, and introduces careers available in aviation.

    October 14, 2022 – Permanent

    Air and Space Museum

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    Early Flight Added

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    Early Flight

    Early Flight explores how in one short decade people in America and around the world were pushing boundaries, setting records, and advancing aircraft technology.

    October 14, 2022 – Indefinitely

    Air and Space Museum

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    One World Connected Added

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    One World Connected

    How flight fostered two momentous changes in everyday life: the ease in making connections across vast distances and a new perspective of Earth.

    October 14, 2022 – Indefinitely

    Air and Space Museum

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    The Wright Brothers & the Invention of the Aerial Age Added

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    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 Added

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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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    Rallying against Racism Added

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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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    Ancient Yemen: Incense, Art, and Trade Added

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    Ancient Yemen: Incense, Art, and Trade

    The fine alabaster statues and metalworks display the masterful skills of artists from ancient Yemen, who blended local ideas and Greek and Roman inspirations into new creations, underscoring the region’s remarkable artistic and cultural cosmopolitanism.

    September 3, 2022 – Ongoing

    Asian Art Museum, East Building

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    We Belong Here: Marking the 50th Anniversary of Title IX Added

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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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