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This exhibition displays multiple images of the presidents of the United States, including Gilbert Stuart's "Lansdowne" portrait of George Washington.

Archival materials reveal how individuals and society were affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

See 100 original drawings and artworks that were used to create postage stamps, including entries for the famous Elvis stamp design competition.

This exhibition explores the role of games as social and cultural activities in the diverse societies of pre-modern Asia.

The life of legendary Cuban-born singer Celia Cruz (1924-2003) is explored through costumes, wigs, shoes, photographs, video, and music.

The exhibition features 77 extraordinary objects showcasing the integration of art and daily life in Native cultures throughout the hemisphere.

View photos of European and Native Americans taken by Danish immigrant Benedicte Wrensted in her Pocatello, Idaho studio in the late 19th century.

This gallery provides an overview of mail service in America from colonial times through the 19th century, stressing the importance of written communication in the young nation.

Through freestanding, illustrated banners with text, this bilingual (English and Spanish) exhibition examines the experiences of bracero workers and their families while providing insight into Mexican American history and historical context to today's debates on guest worker programs.

Step into the culinary world of Julia Child, America's favorite chef!

On view are 20 portraits from an exhibition, which toured the U.S. from 1944 through 1954, entitled Portraits of Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin.

The exhibition tells the history of business aviation from open-cockpit biplanes used after World War I to the Lear jet.

This photographic exhibition highlights the behind-the-scenes research that advances scientific knowledge and inspires the museum's public educational programs.

The art of caricature—the distortion of the face or figure for satiric purposes—claims a long tradition in Western art. During the height of its vogue between the two world wars, caricature of the famous permeated the press and graced New York City café walls, theater curtains, and silk dresses.

Learn how music and dance continue to bind American Indian communities to all living things, to the earth, to the spirit world, and -- when people have deep ancestral claims to their dances -- to the past.