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Tokens of Affection and Regard: Photographic Jewelry and Its Makers Tokens of Affection and Regard: Photographic Jewelry and Its Makers
October 24, 2008 - June 21, 2009

This poignant exhibition, drawn primarily from the collection of Larry J. West, features rare and exquisite jewelry containing portraits in the 19th century's four main photographic processes -- daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, and paper prints.

Portrait Gallery
The Panza Collection and Ways of Seeing: Giuseppe and Giovanna Panza The Panza Collection and Ways of Seeing: Giuseppe and Giovanna Panza
October 23, 2008 - January 11, 2009

Two exhibitions are on view: The Panza Collection and Ways of Seeing

Hirshhorn Museum
Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur
October 11, 2008 - January 4, 2009

This groundbreaking exhibition of recently rediscovered Indian paintings from the royal court collection of Marwar-Jodhpur (in the modern state of Rajasthan) has three sections devoted to the garden and cosmos leitmotifs.

Sackler Gallery
Women of Our Time: Twentieth-Century Photographs Women of Our Time: Twentieth-Century Photographs
October 10, 2008 - February 1, 2009

Portrait Gallery
Desert Jewels: North African Jewelry and Photography from the Xavier Guerrand-Hermes Collection Desert Jewels: North African Jewelry and Photography from the Xavier Guerrand-Hermes Collection
October 8, 2008 - January 11, 2009

Highlights from the collection are on view.

African Art Museum
Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Glass Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Glass
October 3, 2008 - January 11, 2009

This exhibition is the first retrospective to thoroughly examine the art of Italian master glass blower Lino Tagliapietra.

Renwick Gallery
Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living for Children Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living for Children
October 3, 2008 - January 4, 2009

See nearly 70 original watercolors used in the Eagle Books -- a diabetes-prevention series developed for Native schoolchildren.

American Indian Museum
Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living for Children Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living for Children
October 3, 2008 - January 4, 2009

See nearly 70 original watercolors used in the Eagle Books -- a diabetes-prevention series developed for Native schoolchildren.

American Indian Museum Heye Center
Wall Stories: Children's Wallpaper and Books Wall Stories: Children's Wallpaper and Books
October 3, 2008 - April 5, 2009

This exhibition explores the relationship between wallpapers and books created for children.

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Solos: Tulou/Affordable Housing for China Solos: Tulou/Affordable Housing for China
October 3, 2008 - April 5, 2009

In the fifth installment of the "Solos" series, the museum presents Tulou, a prototype for affordable housing being built in the city of Guangzhou by the Chinese architectural practice Urbanus.

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
The Sant Ocean Hall Focus Gallery: Going to Sea
September 27, 2008 - January 10, 2010

Natural History Museum
Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities
September 26, 2008 - January 4, 2009

American Art Museum
Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses
September 26, 2008 - February 7, 2010

This exhibition highlights Native women's identity through traditional dress and its contemporary evolution.

American Indian Museum Heye Center
Green Light: A Juried Exhibition of Emerging Artists with Disabilities
September 17, 2008 - January 21, 2009

View works by 15 award-winning emerging artists with disabilities, ages 16 to 25.

Ripley Center
Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico, 1949-1989 Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico, 1949-1989
September 17, 2008 - January 25, 2009

Examples of Puerto Rican poster art from the late 1940s to the late 1980s are on view.

Ripley Center
Four Indian Kings Four Indian Kings
September 12, 2008 - January 25, 2009

The year 2008 marked the 225th anniversary of the Treaty of Paris which ended the American Revolution. To commemorate this event, the National Portrait Gallery exhibited the earliest surviving full-length oil portraits of North American aboriginal people painted from life.

Portrait Gallery
Curators Select: Recent Acquisitions, 2003-2008 Curators Select: Recent Acquisitions, 2003-2008
September 12, 2008 - March 1, 2009

This exhibition features recent acquisitions to all four of the museum's collecting departments: Product Design and Decorative Arts; Drawings, Prints and Graphic Design; Textiles; and Wallcoverings.

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Outdoor Sculpture: Obelisk
September 11, 2008 - August 16, 2009

Obelisk (1987, ed. 2/6) is a 15 1/2 foot-tall, 1,500-pound, cast-bronze sculpture by renowned Native American artist Fritz Scholder (1937-2005; Luiseno) that was inspired by his long fascination with all things Egyptian.

American Indian Museum
Moving Perspectives -- Yang Fudong/Cao Fei and Ou Ning
September 6, 2008 - November 30, 2008

Sackler Gallery
Black Box: Semiconductor Black Box: Semiconductor
August 25, 2008 - December 14, 2008

The Black Box Theater showcases rotating exhibitions of contemporary artists who use film or video as their creative medium. Films or videos run continuously.

Hirshhorn Museum

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