Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Examines the Life and Work of Robert Blackburn and Printmaking in the United States Tour Launches at Nelson-Atkins in Kansas City, Missouri, March 28 February 12, 2020 Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
“Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time” Opens at the National Museum of African Art April 11 Exhibition Features Major Loans From Museums in Mali, Morocco and Nigeria and Is on View in Washington for the First Time February 10, 2020 African Art Museum Exhibitions
Hirshhorn Announces the First US Museum Retrospective of Pioneering Abstractionist Sam Gilliam in More Than 15 Years Expansive Exhibition Will Trace Gilliam’s Six-Decade Career February 7, 2020 Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
Amazonia Exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo Now Includes a Guinea Pig Village February 3, 2020 National Zoo & SCBI Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery Presents Exhibition of Major Gifts “Visionary: The Cumming Family Collection” January 28, 2020 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery Presents a Portrait of the Late Kobe Bryant January 27, 2020 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery Engages Audiences Across the Country With Five-City Tour of the Acclaimed Obama Portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald Tour To Include Chicago, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Houston Starting June 2021 January 23, 2020 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Statement on Collecting Objects Regarding the Impeachment of the President January 21, 2020 American History Museum Exhibitions New Acquisitions
"Partnering With Nature" Exhibition To be Presented at the World Economic Forum's 2020 Annual Meeting On View in the Congress Centre Jan. 21 Through Jan. 24 January 15, 2020 Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
Smithsonian Opens Immersive Sound-and-Light Exhibition Celebrating the Natural Beauty of Australia January 10, 2020 Natural History Museum Exhibitions
Smithsonian Poster Exhibition Exploring 1968 Poor People’s Campaign On View at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport January 10, 2020 Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
Smithsonian Announces $1 Million Gift From the Otto Bremer Trust To Support Community Engagement Project on Implicit Bias January 9, 2020 Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions Education News
For the First Time in the US, Visitors Can Experience “Age Old Cities”—A Virtual Journey to the Devastated Sites of Mosul, Aleppo and Palmyra Immersive Exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art Highlights Importance of the Preservation of Cultural Heritage January 9, 2020 Asian Art Museum Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery Presents “John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal” Features 50 Rarely Exhibited Charcoal Drawings by America's Master Portraitist January 9, 2020 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
“¡Pleibol!” Slides Into Smithsonian Fall 2020 Exhibition Will Explore Latina/o Impact Through Baseball Artifacts, Stories and Photos January 8, 2020 American History Museum Exhibitions
Hirshhorn Acquires Three Major Works by Yayoi Kusama, Announces 2020 Legacy Exhibition Exhibition Will Build on Hirshhorn’s 2017 Survey and Include Two Infinity Mirror Rooms, Sculptures and Early Painting January 6, 2020 Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions New Acquisitions
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, 2020 December 17, 2019 American Art Museum Exhibitions
National Museum of African American History and Culture Opens New Exhibition, “We Return Fighting” December 12, 2019 African American Museum Exhibitions
Cooper Hewitt to Present Acclaimed "Contemporary Muslim Fashions" Exhibition December 5, 2019 Cooper Hewitt Exhibitions
National Museum of African American History and Culture To Present “Now Showing” Exhibition About African American Movie Posters On View Through Nov. 1, 2020 November 25, 2019 African American Museum Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery Presents “Portraits of the World: Denmark” Featuring Iconic Work by Danish Painter Michael Ancher Alongside Depictions of Artists’ Communities in New York City November 13, 2019 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Smithsonian Examines the Role of Gender Bias in Science “Challenging the Face of Science: The Bearded Lady Project” Opens Nov. 14 November 7, 2019 Natural History Museum Exhibitions
Freer Gallery of Art Celebrates a “Man Mad About Painting” Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art Holds Yearlong Exhibition of World-Renowned Japanese Artist Katsushika Hokusai November 5, 2019 Asian Art Museum Exhibitions
“The Green Book” History Is Explored in New Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Opening June 2020 at National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee October 31, 2019 Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
