To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic donation of the Hope Diamond and the museum's centennial, the museum is exhibiting for the first time ever the Hope Diamond in a new temporary setting called "Embracing Hope."

Brought together for the first time for a Directions project are two artists who examine the architectural and artistic "ruins" of the recent past.

View selected decorative metal objects from the Smithsonian Institution Castle Collection that trace the history of the Bradley and Hubbard Manufacturing Company from its start in 1852 to 1940.

More than 100 major works are featured in the first museum exhibition to focus on sexual difference in the making of modern American portraiture.

View objects from the museums' collections related to light - a symbol of discovery.

Get a glimps into the sometimes private, sometimes "out" lives, careers, and communities of gay American artists through letters, photographs, unpublished writings, and rare printed materials.

Wertheimer's 1956 photographs captured Elvis's transit to superstardom and the cultural transformation this singer helped launched.

This exhibition celebrates the millennium of the poet Firdawsi's Shahnama (Book of Kings), considered one of the greatest literary works ever written.

This retrospective examines over two decades of Argentinean Guillermo Kuitca's artworks.

On view is original art produced by Kadir Nelson for the creation of the Negro Leagues Baseball stamps, which pay tribute to the all-black professional baseball leagues that operated from 1920 to approximately 1960.

A whimsical display of colorful crocheted coral clusters, made of both yarn and found materials, honors the disappearing wonder, beauty, and diversity of living coral reefs.

Over 100 artifacts spanning some 400 years dating from the early 1600s illustrate the hardships and triumphs of the African American experience.

This film Pepperminta, shown on selected days, features the Swiss artist Rist's phantasmagorical adult fairy tale about the power of color.

Gain a contextual overview of Latin American artistic movements and trends reflected in works by 32 of Argentina's best living contemporary artists.

The exhibition narrates key moments in the Washington Post publisher's extraordinary life during extraordinary times.

The history of Cyprus is revealed through a rich collection of antiquities, many of which are traveling outside the country for the first time.

On view is the Cullinan Blue Diamond Necklace, featuring a bow motif with nine extremely rare blue diamonds totalling 5.32 carats and 251 additional diamonds

Artist Fiona Tan's photos, drawings, and video installations reveal the power of images in constructing memories and identities.

View significant works by 25 Native American artists in a range of media that highlight the museum's collection of contemporary art.

This exhibition features 66 objects produced in the 1980s and 1990s from the Charles and Fleur Bresler Collection to highlight contemporary wood turning's growing sophistication.