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American TrailSeptember 1, 2012 - Permanent Visit the American Trail, the Zoo's new home for seals, sea lions, and brown pelicans, which is modeled on the central California coast. Also located here are bald eagles, gray wolves, North American river otters, beavers, and ravens. |
National Zoo |
As We Grow: Traditions, Toys, GamesAugust 22, 2012 - Indefinitely See Native American toys from all over North, Central, and South America and find out what life lessons and traditions they teach. |
American Indian Museum |
Barbara Kruger: Belief + DoubtAugust 20, 2012 - December 2014 Famous for her incisive photomontages, Barbara Kruger (American, b. Newark, NJ, 1945) creates this immersive site-specific piece that explores themes of democracy, doubt, and belief. |
Hirshhorn Museum |
Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture August 4, 2012 - August 11, 2013 This banner exhibition highlights Native people who have been active participants in contemporary music for nearly a century. |
American Indian Museum Heye Center |
Experience Civil War Photography: From the Home Front to the BattlefrontAugust 1, 2012 - July 7, 2013 See stereo-view (3-D) photographs from the Civil War to learn how Americans experienced the conflict. |
Smithsonian Castle |
Urban Bird Habitat GardenJuly 25, 2012 - Permanent Learn the ingredients essential for creating a successful urban bird habitat in your own backyard. |
Smithsonian Gardens |
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Korean Tea Bowls for Japan Summer 2012 - Indefinitely View Korean tea bowls that were favored in the Japanese avant-garde tea ceremony known as wabicha. |
Freer Gallery |
Mary Baker Engen Restoration HangarSummer 2012 - Permanent Watch from the mezzanine as museum specialists restore the Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver and other treasures in the National Air and Space Museum's collection. |
Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center |
Girl Scouts 1912-2012June 1, 2012 - TBA Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts by learning about the organization's history. |
American History Museum |
The Inside Story: RadiographyMay 21, 2012 - Permanent View interesting X-rays to learn how animals move, eat, and play. |
National Zoo |
A Will of Their Own: Judith Sargent Murray and Women of Achievement in the Early RepublicApril 20, 2012 - September 2, 2013 Learn about the achievements of women in the late 18th century and see portraits of eight prominent American women of the period. |
Portrait Gallery |
American StoriesApril 12, 2012 - Indefinitely See more than 100 historic and cultural touchstones of American history from the museum’s vast holdings. |
American History Museum |
Mathew Brady's Photographs of Union Generals March 30, 2012 - May 31, 2015 Studio portraits of Union military leaders from George McClellan and Ambrose Burnside to William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses Grant by photographer Mathew Brady are on view. |
Portrait Gallery |
Fire & Ice: Hindenburg and TitanicMarch 22, 2012 - January 6, 2014 Learn about postal service aboard the Hindenburg and the Titanic, the largest flying and sailing post offices in history. |
Postal Museum |
SnowboardingFebruary 20, 2012 - TBA Learn about the history of snowboarding and see the Snurfer, one of the earliest snowboard prototypes. |
American History Museum |
Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran February 4, 2012 - Indefinitely View highly sophisticated ancient Iranian metalwork ranging from deep bowls to elaborate drinking vessels to objects in gold and silver. |
Sackler Gallery |
You Must Remember ThisFebruary 1, 2012 - Rotating Exhibition See costumes worn by movie stars and other memorablia from Warner Bros. Studio. |
American History Museum |
Systems at WorkDecember 14, 2011 - Permanent Learn how mail travels from sender to recipient and how the process has changed over the last 200 years! |
Postal Museum |
The First LadiesNovember 19, 2011 - Indefinitely View two dozen dresses worn by former first ladies. |
American History Museum |
Eternal Life in Ancient EgyptNovember 17, 2011 - Indefinitely Learn about Egyptian burial ritual and cosmology and what they reveal about life in ancient Egypt. |
Natural History Museum |