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Asia Trail
Asia Trail is home to the following Asian species: sloth bears, fishing cats, red pandas, clouded leopards, Asian small-clawed otters, giant pandas, and Japanese giant salamander.
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Asian Games: The Art of Contest
This exhibition explores the role of games as social and cultural activities in the diverse societies of pre-modern Asia.
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Audible Artworks: Selected African Musical Instruments
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Azucar! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz
The life of legendary Cuban-born singer Celia Cruz (1924-2003) is explored through costumes, wigs, shoes, photographs, video, and music.
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Beautiful Bodies: Form and Decoration of African Pottery
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Beauty Surrounds Us
The exhibition features 77 extraordinary objects showcasing the integration of art and daily life in Native cultures throughout the hemisphere.
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Bird House and the Outdoor Flight Exhibit
The National Zoo is home to hundreds of birds from all over the world.
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Body of Evidence: Selections from the Contemporary African Art Collection
Art using the human body—directly or indirectly—as a primary canvas for self-expression.
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Brave New World
Artist Theo Eshetu's Brave New World II is a compelling video installation.
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Caliphs and Kings: The Art and Influence of Islamic Spain
Eighty-nine objects -- dating from the time of the Arab conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in the 8th century to the final phase of Muslim life in Spain in the 16th century -- illustrate themes of longevity, continuity, and transmission in the Islamic decorative arts and sciences in medieval Spain.
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Caravan Kingdoms: Yemen and the Ancient Incense Trade
Explores how ancient Yemen grew fabulously wealthy because of the caravan trade routes of frankincense and myrrh.
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Ceramics at the National Museum of African Art
Drawn from the museum's extensive collection of ceramic works, 14 vessels represent various regions of the African continent.
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Chant Avedissian: A Contemporary Artist of Egypt
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Cheetah Conservation Station
Cheetahs can be seen engaged in natural behaviors in a grassland setting similar to their natural savanna habitat.
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Claiming Art/Reclaiming Space: Post-Apartheid Art from South Africa
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Corridos sin Fronteras: A New World Ballad Tradition
In this bilingual (English & Spanish) exhibition, vintage and modern recordings, broadsides, photographs, posters, musical instruments, and other memorabilia are used to explore the historical development of the corrido (ballad) in the New World over the past 200 years.
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Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of Siberia and Alaska
Jointly prepared by the Smithsonian and the Soviet Academy of Sciences, the exhibition presents the cultures of Alaska and Siberia from the end of the Ice Age Era to modern times.
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Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations
The history of Cyprus is revealed through a rich collection of antiquities, many of which are traveling outside the country for the first time.
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Devi: The Great Goddess
Six aspects of the Indian goddess Devi.
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Dream Worlds: Modern Japanese Prints and Paintings from the Robert O. Muller Collection
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