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Exhibitions

View news releases below or see all of our publicly released upcoming exhibitions.

Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion Portrayed in Striking Artwork at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture

New Tapestry Recounts the Prophesy, History and Mythology of an Uprising
  • September 25, 2024
  • African American Museum
  • Exhibitions

Smithsonian and NASA Partner to Open Exhibition Exploring Ever-Changing Earth from Space and on the Ground

“NASA’s Earth Information Center at the National Museum of Natural History” Showcases Larger-than-Life Screen Pairing Real-Time Graphics with Short Feature Videos to Visualize Interconnected Changes on the Planet
  • September 24, 2024
  • Natural History Museum
  • Exhibitions

National Portrait Gallery Announces “Amy Sherald: American Sublime”

On view in Washington, D.C., Beginning Sept. 19, 2025
  • September 16, 2024
  • Portrait Gallery
  • Exhibitions

Hirshhorn Museum Opens “Basquiat × Banksy”

Focused Exhibition Opens Sept. 29
  • September 16, 2024
  • Hirshhorn Museum
  • Exhibitions

D.C. Community Clinic Objects Highlight Philanthropy in Smithsonian Exhibition

National Museum of American History Adds Latino Response to Health-Care Needs to “Giving in America” Exhibition
  • August 14, 2024
  • American History Museum
  • Exhibitions
Image of flat tapestry with horizontal stripes in varying shades of orange, yellow, pink and red.

“Sublime Light: The Tapestry Art of DY Begay” Celebrates Three Decades of Groundbreaking Work by Innovative Diné Artist

Tapestries Inspired by Landscape Embody Tradition and Innovation
  • August 13, 2024
  • American Indian Museum
  • Exhibitions

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Presents “Sightlines: Chinatown and Beyond” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Opening Sept. 7

Exhibition Celebrates Impact of Asian Americans in Washington, D.C.
  • August 9, 2024
  • Asian Pacific American Center
  • Exhibitions

Cooper Hewitt Announces “Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial”

  • August 6, 2024
  • Cooper Hewitt
  • Exhibitions
Poster with image of a postage stamp of an American flag and text about the stamp issue.

Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum To Open Voting by Mail Exhibition

“Voting by Mail: Civil War to Covid-19” Opens Aug. 24
  • July 30, 2024
  • Postal Museum
  • Exhibitions

National Museum of African American History and Culture Announces New Exhibition Exploring the Legacy and Impact of Mary McLeod Bethune

“Forces for Change” Opens Friday, July 19
  • July 19, 2024
  • African American Museum
  • Exhibitions

National Portrait Gallery and the Archives of American Art Present “Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Always to Return”

On View Oct. 18–July 6, 2025
  • July 11, 2024
  • Archives of American Art
  • Portrait Gallery
  • Exhibitions

Smithsonian’s “Forensic Science on Trial” Exhibition Explores What Happens When Science Enters the Courtroom

Crimes and Science Across 150 Years of History On View June 28
  • June 27, 2024
  • American History Museum
  • Exhibitions

National Museum of Asian Art Presents “An Epic of Kings: The Great Mongol Shahnama”

Reuniting More Than 20 Folios From a Dispersed Masterpiece of a Medieval Persian Manuscript—Nearly 700 Years Old
  • June 17, 2024
  • Asian Art Museum
  • Exhibitions

National Portrait Gallery Announces “This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance”

On view July 12–April 20, 2025
  • June 11, 2024
  • Portrait Gallery
  • Exhibitions

National Museum of African Art Presents “Bruce Onobrakpeya: The Mask and the Cross”

Highlights Celebrated Printmaker and His Legacy in Nigeria
  • June 7, 2024
  • African Art Museum
  • Exhibitions

National Museum of African American History and Culture To Display Space Devoted to Black Design

  • May 30, 2024
  • African American Museum
  • Exhibitions

National Museum of African Art Displays Nine Benin Bronzes on Loan From the Government of Nigeria

Special Exhibition To Mark the Museum’s 60th Anniversary
  • May 23, 2024
  • African Art Museum
  • Exhibitions

New Exhibition at the Renwick Gallery Celebrates Women Artists Who Revolutionized Fiber as a Powerful Medium for Contemporary Art

  • May 20, 2024
  • Renwick Gallery
  • Exhibitions

National Portrait Gallery Presents “Picturing the Presidents: Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes from the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection”

  • May 16, 2024
  • Portrait Gallery
  • Exhibitions

National Museum of Asian Art Presents “Shifting Boundaries: Perspectives on American Landscapes”

Engaging a Multiplicity of Viewpoints, Exhibition Looks at Paintings of New England From a New Angle, Considers Human Impact, Indigenous Histories and Environmental Changes
  • May 8, 2024
  • Asian Art Museum
  • Exhibitions

New Date: “OSGEMEOS: Endless Story” To Open Sept. 29

First US Museum Survey and Largest US Exhibit of Artwork by Brazil’s OSGEMEOS Will Showcase Almost 1,000 Artworks, Sept. 29–Aug. 3, 2025
  • April 26, 2024
  • Hirshhorn Museum
  • Exhibitions

“Zen and the Open Road” To Feature Most Famous Forgotten Motorcycle

On View in the National Museum of American History’s Transportation Gallery
  • April 9, 2024
  • American History Museum
  • Exhibitions

Quapaw Treaty of 1818 To Go On View at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian

  • April 3, 2024
  • American Indian Museum
  • Exhibitions

New Exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Examines Traditional and Innovative Designs by Amish Women Quilters

Presentation Features Recent Gift From Collectors Faith and Stephen Brown
  • March 27, 2024
  • American Art Museum
  • Exhibitions
  • New Acquisitions
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