Exhibitions

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National Museum of the American Indian and the Government of the Republic of Peru Sign a Memorandum of Understanding To Return the “Echenique Disc” to Peru

Indigenous Populations Centered Around the Sacred Valley of Cusco Support the Return

Smithsonian “FUTURES” To Unveil Five New Commissions by Leading Contemporary Artists

Visitors Can See Alternate Future Worlds as Imagined by Beatriz Cortez, Nettrice Gaskins, Soo Sunny Park, Devan Shimoyama, and Tamiko Thiel and /p in Their Smithsonian Debuts

Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center Spotlights Women Inventors in New Bilingual Display and Poster Show

Exhibition Reflects the Central Tenet of the Lemelson Center: Everyone Is Inventive

National Portrait Gallery Presents “Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands”

Chinese-born American Artist’s First Retrospective of Portraiture To Be on View Aug. 27– May 30, 2022

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National Museum of American History Reopens to the Public May 21

New Artifacts On View Include Bob Ross Objects and “Crazy Rich Asians” Gown Spotlight on Women’s History Exhibitions: “Girlhood (It’s Complicated)” and “Picturing Women Inventors”

Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces a Nationally Touring Exhibition Re-Examining the American West Through Modern and Contemporary Art

“Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea” Opens in Boise, Idaho, July 31

National Air and Space Museum Receives $10 Million Gift From Kenneth C. Griffin

New “Exploring the Planets Gallery” Anticipated To Open Next Year

Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Prepares for “The Obama Portraits Tour”

View Michelle Obama’s Likeness by Amy Sherald in Washington, D.C., Through May 23 With Free, Timed-Entry Passes

National Museum of the American Indian’s “Developing Stories: Native Photographers in the Field” To Feature Work of Photojournalist Donovan Quintero

What’s New at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Giant Panda Viewing Details

Free Timed-Entry Passes Available Beginning May 14

Smithsonian Announces New Interactive Installation by Acclaimed Artist Suchi Reddy as Centerpiece of “FUTURES”

‘Emotional AI’ Sculpture Blends Physics, Neuroscience and Data Technology With the Human Voice

X-wing Starfighter

National Air and Space Museum Welcomes Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter

Now on View in Restoration Hangar After Traveling From a Galaxy Far, Far Away

Smithsonian American Art Museum Reopens May 14

Critically Acclaimed Exhibitions Shuttered Due to the Global Pandemic Now Extended to Summer

Smithsonian FUTURES Teams With Autodesk To Debut Future of Human–A.I. Design

New A.I.-Designed Museum Experience Invites Visitors To Co-create Their Ideal Future City

Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum Presents Outdoor Exhibition on D.C. Region’s Food Justice Issues

Hirshhorn Presents Yoko Ono’s “Wish Tree for Washington, DC” for the First Time in a Virtual Activation on Instagram With #WishTreeDC, April 15–30

Open Invitation to the World Begins With Artists, April 15

Smithsonian Community Engagement Project on Implicit Bias Launches Tour at the Science Museum of Minnesota

Smithsonian “FUTURES” To Host Public Debut of Virgin Hyperloop’s Milestone ‘Pegasus’ Pod

XP-2 Prototype Carried World’s First Hyperloop Passengers in Historic Late 2020 Test Run

National Air and Space Museum Receives $10 Million Gift From Kislak Family Foundation

New “Jay I. Kislak World War II in the Air” Gallery Anticipated To Open in 2025

February 24, 2021
Air and Space Museum
Exhibitions

Arts and Industries Building

Smithsonian To Debut Groundbreaking ‘FUTURES’ Exhibition for Its 175th Anniversary

Historic Arts and Industries Building To Reopen for First Time in Nearly Two Decades With Smithsonian’s First Large-Scale Exploration of the Future

February 23, 2021
Arts and Industries
Exhibitions

Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum Presents Outdoor Exhibition on Revolutionary African American Men

New Traveling Exhibition Explores the History of Latinos and Baseball

National Tour Starts Jan. 23 at the Castle Museum in Saginaw, Mich.

"¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now" Unites Historic Civil Rights-Era Prints With Works by Contemporary Graphic Artists

Features More Than 100 Artworks From the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Leading Latinx Collection

November 17, 2020
American Art Museum
Exhibitions

Even Though the Room Is Full, They Are “The Only One in the Room”

Eight Women Achievers Across Three Centuries Featured in Smithsonian Exhibit

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