The museum explores the history and culture of Greenland through several exhibitions and display cases -- featuring artifacts, photographs, and contemporary art -- on view in various locations throughout the building.

Objects include snow goggles, handmade dolls by indigenous peoples, and miniature models of wooden sleds.

The life of legendary Cuban-born singer Celia Cruz (1924-2003) is explored through costumes, wigs, shoes, photographs, video, and music.

On view is a selection of works from the Archive Center's documentary photography collections.

See selected objects representing all of the museums that offer a tantalizing sample of the breadth and depth of the Smithsonian's vast collections.

Trace the history of the African American experience in the movie industry through ninety framed film posters that illuminate the impact of performers, writers, designers, directors, and producers on screen and behind the screens.

The story of the polio epidemic in the United States, from vaccine development to current world efforts to stop polio.

The museum's first exhibition devoted to the subject of technical textiles features highly engineered materials designed for ultimate performance.

This exhibition showcases 23 of the most beautiful of Whistler's small oil paintings -- many produced in his studio or from nature.

A selection of rarely seen images -- from formal publicity shots to casual snap shots -- of jazz artists performing, jamming, and relaxing.

This exhibition and a concurrent installation of screens in a neighboring gallery present paintings and objects from the 14th to 20th centuries that illustrate a variety of Japanese games and contests.

This small exhibition of 13 objects -- 12 ceramics and 1 scroll --compares 5 objects by the famed Kyoto potter Nonomura Ninsei that embody the new asethetic form of porcelains with prototypes of the Momoyama period.

On view in a case in the Winston Gallery are 12 extraordinary pearls that represent the breadth in color, shape, size, and luster of these natural gems.

Learn about the creative processes and printing techniques behind America's stamps as illustrated by stamps with air and space themes, including an "Inverted Jenny."