Current Exhibitions

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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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Claws and Paws Pathway

Meet binturongs, bobcats, Pallas' cats, and porcupines.

May 27, 2022 – Permanent

National Zoo
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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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The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room

The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room includes more than two hundred bronzes, paintings, silk hangings, and carpets that were created in Tibet, China, and Mongolia between the thirteenth and early twentieth centuries.

March 5, 2022 – Ongoing

Asian Art Museum, East Building
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Prehistoric Spirals: Earthenware from Thailand

Red painted spirals swirl in distinct patterns across the surfaces of these vessels, testifying to the sophisticated material and aesthetic cultures of northeastern Thailand more than two thousand years ago.

December 18, 2021 – Ongoing

Asian Art Museum, East Building
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Berns Quartz

At seven feet tall and more than 8,000 pounds in weight, the Berns Quartz is among the largest examples of quartz specimens on display in any museum in America.

October 27, 2021 – Indefinitely

Natural 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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Artist to Artist

Paired artworks, each representing two figures whose trajectories intersected at a creatively crucial moment.

October 1, 2021 – August 2, 2026

American Art Museum
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Laurie Anderson: Four Talks

Laurie Anderson has painted directly on the walls of the Hirshhorn in a stream-of-consciousness manner without preparatory sketches.

September 24, 2021 – Ongoing

Hirshhorn Museum
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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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The David H. Koch Hall of Fossils—Deep Time

Learn how life on Earth evolved and see highlights from the museum's unrivaled collection of 46 million fossils.

June 8, 2019 – Permanent

Natural History Museum
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Mega-toothed Shark

Come face-to-face with a 52-foot-long model of a female mega-toothed shark suspended above our new dining area.

May 24, 2019 – Permanent

Natural History Museum
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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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Naked Mole-Rats on the Move

The naked mole-rats at the National Zoo are having a blast in their new, multistory habitat with more than 25 feet of connecting tunnels.

September 1, 2018 – Permanent

National Zoo
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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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The Garden Lounge

The Garden Lounge serves as a welcoming interior garden rest and recharge area for visitors featuring live plants and a relaxing atmosphere.

November 16, 2017 – Indefinitely

Natural History Museum
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Mark Bradford: Pickett's Charge

The exhibtion forms a monumental circular “cyclorama” that transforms historic Gettysburg imagery into a series of eight powerful, abstract paintings.

November 8, 2017 – Ongoing

Hirshhorn Museum
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Visionary: Viewpoints on Africa's Arts

Visionary offers broad thematic connections between works from across the spectrum of times, places, and media represented in the museum’s holdings.

November 4, 2017 – Permanent

African Art Museum
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Setting the Bar: Arts of the Song Dynasty

Elegance and refinement in form, line, and color characterize the visual arts of China during the Song dynasty. As new technology enhanced ceramic production and the number of kilns rose, fresh approaches to decoration developed.

October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely

Asian Art Museum, West Building

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