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Chinese Pots for Tabletop Gardens: Honoring the World Bonsai Friendship Federation
May 27, 2005 - September 5, 2005

Sackler Gallery
Greenland
May 20, 2005 - July 17, 2005

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.

Natural History Museum
Greenland Research: Rasmussen's Circumpolar Research
May 20, 2005 - December 14, 2006

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

Natural History Museum
American Quilt Legacy Case: Colonial Quilting Bee Quilt
May 19, 2005 - September 4, 2006

American History Museum
Azucar! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz Azucar! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz
May 18, 2005 - May 29, 2006

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

American History Museum
Collecting Photographic Art in Archives
May 13, 2005 - August 10, 2005

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

American History Museum
The Smithsonian Institution: America's Treasure Chest The Smithsonian Institution: America's Treasure Chest
May 8, 2005 - April 30, 2013

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

Smithsonian Castle
Close Up in Black: African American Film Posters Close Up in Black: African American Film Posters
May 7, 2005 - July 28, 2005

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.

Ripley Center
Whatever Happened to Polio? Whatever Happened to Polio?
April 12, 2005 - September 4, 2006

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

American History Museum
Wildlife Photography Rotating Display
April 9, 2005 - July 24, 2006

National Zoo
Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance
April 8, 2005 - October 30, 2005

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

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Chinese Mountains of Immortality: A Focused Look
April 2, 2005 - September 25, 2005

Sackler Gallery
Small Masterpieces: Whistler Paintings from the 1880s Small Masterpieces: Whistler Paintings from the 1880s
April 2, 2005 - November 14, 2008

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

Freer Gallery
Jazz Photographs -- Composed and Improvised
March 28, 2005 - May 10, 2005

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

American History Museum
From Selma to Montgomery: The 40th Anniversary of the Voting Rights March
March 21, 2005 - September 11, 2005

American History Museum
In the Realm of Princes: The Arts of the Book in Fifteenth-Century Iran and Central Asia
March 19, 2005 - August 7, 2005

Sackler Gallery
Games, Contests and Artful Play in Japan Games, Contests and Artful Play in Japan
March 19, 2005 - October 23, 2005

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.

Freer Gallery
Rusticity Refined: Kyoto Ceramics by Ninsei Rusticity Refined: Kyoto Ceramics by Ninsei
March 19, 2005 - October 23, 2005

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.

Freer Gallery
The Allure of Pearls The Allure of Pearls
March 18, 2005 - September 5, 2005

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.

Natural History Museum
Stamps Take Flight
March 15, 2005 - March 19, 2006

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."

Postal Museum

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