Smithsonian Collaborates With NASA Astronaut Victor Glover Two Museums Will Help Tell Story of Glover’s Historic First Trip to the ISS November 12, 2020 Air and Space Museum Exhibitions Education News
Smithsonian and Golden Triangle Expand Women’s History Initiative Into the Streets of Washington, D.C. October 28, 2020 Exhibitions
Honoring Kobe Bryant: Bryant’s Lakers Jersey Is Now on Display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture October 19, 2020 African American Museum Exhibitions
Opening Day for “¡Pleibol!” To Coincide With MLB 2021 Season New Book, Exhibition Will Explore Baseball’s Impact Through Artifacts, Stories and Photos October 8, 2020 American History Museum Exhibitions
Smithsonian American Art Museum Explores the Relationship Between Art and Nature in a New Exhibition at Its Renwick Gallery “Forces of Nature: Renwick Invitational 2020” Opens Oct. 16 October 8, 2020 Renwick Gallery Exhibitions
“Girlhood (It’s Complicated)” Opens at National Museum of American History Museum Amplifies Role of Girls in History During 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage October 2, 2020 Smithsonian American Women's History Museum American History Museum Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery Announces Call for Entries for Sixth Triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Selected Artworks Will Be Exhibited in Major Exhibition and Tour October 1, 2020 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Hirshhorn Museum Has Announced First Online Exhibition “In the Beginning: Media Art and History” Oct. 1 Hirshhorn Continues Its Commitment to New Media and Video Art Since 2005 Launch of Black Box September 29, 2020 Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery Presents Major Exhibition “Every Eye Is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States” September 29, 2020 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
New Smithsonian Exhibition Explores “The Green Book” Opens Oct. 3 at Historic “Green Book” Site, the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis September 23, 2020 Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
Smithsonian American Art Museum Extends Critically Acclaimed Exhibition “Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature and Culture” Through Jan. 3, 2021 Exhibition Was Shuttered When the Museum Closed as a Public Health Precaution Due to COVID-19 September 14, 2020 American Art Museum Exhibitions
“Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature and Culture” Explores Renowned Naturalist’s Impact on American Identity Smithsonian American Art Museum Is the Sole Venue for the Landmark Exhibition September 14, 2020 American Art Museum Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery Has Announced “Birthright” by Maren Hassinger A Commission of the Portrait Gallery’s “IDENTIFY” Series Dedicated to Performance Art September 9, 2020 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center Announces Roof-Reconstruction Project June 26, 2020 Air and Space Museum Exhibitions Administrative News
Artist Arthur Jafa’s Renowned “Love is the Message, The Message is Death” To Be Streamed Continuously Online for the First Time, June 26–28 Co-Presented by the Hirshhorn Museum and the Smithsonian American Art Museum June 24, 2020 American Art Museum Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions Public Programs
Six Newborn Black-Footed Ferret Kits Can Be Viewed on New Webcam The Kits Were Born May 10 at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute May 15, 2020 National Zoo & SCBI Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery Announces Artist ADÁL as Winner of “The Outwin 2019” People’s Choice Award More Than 17,000 Votes Cast, Setting Triennial’s Record April 30, 2020 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions Public Programs
Natural History Exhibition Enlists Artists To Reflect on Humanity’s Growing, Pervasive Role on Earth Art Exhibition Is First-of-Its-Kind at National Museum of Natural History March 6, 2020 Natural History Museum Exhibitions
Smithsonian Marks 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage “Creating Icons” Exhibition To Mark the Centennial of the 19th Amendment March 4, 2020 American History Museum Exhibitions
“Unicorn of the Sea”—the Narwhal—Explored in Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Opens March 28, 2020, at Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History March 3, 2020 Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
Hirshhorn Presents Groundbreaking Artist Laurie Anderson’s Largest US Exhibition to Date “Laurie Anderson: The Weather” Surveys Pioneering Videos, Large-Scale Commissions and VR Experience, May 19–Sept. 7 February 27, 2020 Hirshhorn Museum Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
New Exhibition Series Highlighting the Work of Native Photojournalists Opens March 24 at the National Museum of the American Indian February 27, 2020 American Indian Museum Exhibitions
“Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature and Culture” Explores Renowned Naturalist’s Impact on American Identity Smithsonian American Art Museum Is the Sole Venue for the Landmark Exhibition February 25, 2020 American Art Museum Exhibitions
Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents the First Major Museum Exhibition To Explore the Achievements of Native Women Artists at Its Renwick Gallery Nationally Touring Exhibition Opens in Washington, D.C., Feb. 21 February 19, 2020 American Art Museum Exhibitions
