This exhibition documents the development of community life of neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River.

This retrospective of Asher B. Durand's work brings together 60 of the most beautiful and famous American landscape paintings of the 19th century.

This retrospective of the celebrated lighting designer Ingo Maurer offers a comprehensive overview of his nearly four decades of work.

This exhibition examines for the first time the complete works of Piranesi (1720-1778) as a designer of architecture, elaborate interiors, and exquisite furnishings and his far-reaching influence on noted architects and designers of yesterday and today.

See more than 400 ceremonial and everyday objects featuring the art and culture of the people of the Northwest Coast.

See more than 56 vintage photographic prints by Lola Alvarez Bravo (1907-1993), widely recognized as Mexico's first woman photographer and a pioneer of modern photography.

Witness the full range of the Mexican presence in the Smithsonian's collections through art and artifacts that span several centuries.

View five cases featuring folk art made by a group of master artisans representing urban, rural, and indigenous communities across Mexico.

Now extinct, the great auk (Pinguinus impennis), a flightless bird, once inhabited the shores of the North Atlantic by the millions.

Japanese ceramics were among the first in Asia to display impressed or incised marks relating to their makers.

To reveal how the museum has augmented and expanded its contemporary holdings during the last century, this exhibition shows the shifts in the museum's collecting across a range of mediums.

See 15 large-scale banners that reveal the little-known but crucial role Native Americans played during World Wars I and II. Native Americans from more than a dozen tribes used their Native languages while in service to the U.S. military.

This retrospective of the work of Earl Cunningham (1893-1977) features 50 of the more than 400 canvases painted during his lifetime.

This exhibition features Chinese artists -- as early as the first century to present day -- who have turned to literature for inspiration for their paintings, works on silk and paper, and other objects.

See 27 finalists from over 8,000 photographs from around the world submitted to Smithsonian magazine's 4th Annual Photo Contest.

View snapshots, sketchbooks, and postcards-- to name a few -- that illustrate artists on vacation.

This exhibition reveals how the Postal Service responds to disasters -- natural or manmade -- that dramatically affect everyday life in an instant.

This exhibition presents 18th-century Cherokee and British life from two perspectives: Cherokee society in 1762 -- as seen by British lieutenant and diarist Henry Timberlake -- and British society of the same period.

As part of a project organized by the Sackler Gallery, a selection of objects reflects the influence of Portugal on African art forms and African artists' response to Portuguese presence in Africa, beginning in the 16th century.