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Newborn Ancestors: The Art and Articles of Plains Indian Children March 4, 2001 - May 27, 2001 See cradleboards, clothing, and games offer insights into traditions that nurture the lives of Native children from the Great Plains. |
American Indian Museum Heye Center |
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Real and Imagined Places in Japanese Art March 4, 2001 - October 21, 2001 The 29 Japanese paintings, ceramics, and lacquer works in this exhibition present various views of real and imagined places. |
Freer Gallery |
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Dinner for Five: Japanese Serving Dishes for Elegant Meals March 4, 2001 - October 21, 2001 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. |
Freer Gallery |
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William Kentridge February 28, 2001 - May 13, 2001 This exhibition features 13 animated short films and some 60 related figure drawings created since the late 1980s by South African artist William Kentridge. |
Hirshhorn Museum |
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Contemporary Art from India February 14, 2001 - October 24, 2001 |
Sackler Gallery |
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Manifestations of the Spirit: Photographs of Afro-Brazilian Religion by Phyllis Galembo February 2, 2001 - January 1, 2002 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. |
Natural History Museum |
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Indian Peace Medals from the Schermer Collection, National Portrait Gallery January 26, 2001 - June 4, 2001 View 19 peace medals presented by the U.S. government to Indian tribal leaders between 1793 and 1881 to secure treaties and cement political loyalties. Also see a complete 3-volume set of The History of Indian Tribes of North America by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall, one of the 19th century's most important works on the American Indian. |
Smithsonian Castle |
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Chinese Arts of the Brush, 17th-18th Century January 21, 2001 - July 22, 2001 Sixteen Chinese landscape paintings from the mid-17th to mid-18th century reflect the century long development in four major art centers after the Manchus took over China in 1644. |
Freer Gallery |
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Presidential Mail: On Official Business January 19, 2001 - March 26, 2001 "Franked" envelopes carry signatures of presidents from Jefferson to Carter. |
Postal Museum |
Madam on the Mallmid-January 2001 - May 28, 2001 This case discusses the archaeological findings on the site of the American Indian Museum. |
A&I |
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The Smithsonian at the Turn of the (20th) Century January 11, 2001 - April 18, 2001 |
A&I |
Encounters with the ContemporaryJanuary 7, 2001 - January 6, 2002 |
African Art Museum |
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Explore the Universe Preview December 22, 2000 - April 1, 2001 |
Air and Space Museum |
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Changing Taste: Indian Paintings of the 18th to the 20th Century December 17, 2000 - July 15, 2001 |
Sackler Gallery |
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Whistler and the Thames December 17, 2000 - June 17, 2001 This exhibition presents a collection of etchings, lithographs, and litho tints, as well as an oil painting and one pastel drawing of London's Thames River by American artist James McNeill Whistler. |
Freer Gallery |
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When the Spirit Moves: African American Dance in History and Art December 14, 2000 - June 1, 2001 |
A&I |
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Beauty, Honor, and Tradition: The Legacy of Plains Indian Shirts December 10, 2000 - October 1, 2001 View 50 mid-19th- to early 20th-century beaded, quilled, and painted shirts, which tell the stories of the artistic nature, philosophy, and values of the Plains Indians. |
American Indian Museum Heye Center |
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Simmons Mattress Company December 7, 2000 - March 28, 2001 Papers and objects related to the Simmons Mattress Company are on view. |
American History Museum |
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Persepolis: Documenting an Ancient Iranian Capital, 1923-1935 December 3, 2000 - May 6, 2001 |
Sackler Gallery |
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India through the Lens: Photography 1840-1911 December 3, 2000 - March 25, 2001 |
Sackler Gallery |
