Exploring the human drama of key British scientific voyages by Sir Hans Sloane, Captain James Cook, and Charles Darwin during the Age of Sail, this exhibition presents the places, animals, plants, and people they encountered. 

Forty color photographs of caves offer a window into the beauty, life, and character of the fragile wilderness they portray. 

This exhibition highlights the paint-by-number fad initiated by Max S. Klein, owner of the Palmer Paint Co., and artist Dan Robbins and explores the cultural implications of the art fad.

View the watercolor paintings of Dakota life by Seth Eastman, Army officer and one of the leading pictorial historians of Native Americans in the 19th century.

One of baseball's great icons -- Roberto Clemente Walker (1938-1972), who was honored on 2 U.S. postage stamps -- is highlighted in this exhibition.

On view is a selection of herbals, the scientific illustrations that have helped taxonomists clarify their work.

Placing today's Internet in a historical context, this exhibition considers the technical and social issues associated with the creation of the international telegraph network.

Los Angeles-based artist Tim Hawkinson uses castoff materials, deadpan humor, kitsch imagery and quirky mechanics to create constructions and drawings that are subtle meditations on human nature and the passage of time.

On view are some 80 pieces of ceramics--ranging from functional wares to conceptual sculptures and from folk art to works that emphasize particular firing techniques. 

See the first large-format commemorative stamps issued in the United States: the 1893 Columbian issues.

See historic Kiowa and Comanche lattice cradleboards, which are among the most beautiful expressions of Plains Indian bead design of the late 19th and early 20th century.  Two new cradles were also created for this exhibition.

See cradleboards, clothing, and games offer insights into traditions that nurture the lives of Native children from the Great Plains.

The 29 Japanese paintings, ceramics, and lacquer works in this exhibition present various views of real and imagined places.

This small exhibition presents ceramic dishes used for "kaiseki," a light meal that originated in the Japanese tea ceremony but later also flourished in the context of stylish restaurants. 

This exhibition features 13 animated short films and some 60 related figure drawings created since the late 1980s by South African artist William Kentridge.

These 16 photographs show the immediacy and vitality of practitioners of the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomble, as well as the visual continuity of practices, symbols, and ideas between Africa and Brazil.