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State, Local, and Tribal Waterfowl Stamps July 4, 1998 - December 31, 1998 See more than 40 rare state, local, and tribal waterfowl stamps, part of the legacy of state and local conservation programs started to restore dwindling North American waterfowl populations; unlike federal duck stamps, most of these are nonpictorial. |
Postal Museum |
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Whistler and the Leylands July 3, 1998 - June 6, 1999 31 works--primarily etchings and drypoints--focus on Whistler's printmaking career under the patronage of Frederick Richards Leyland, a Liverpool ship owner. |
Freer Gallery |
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Directions: Tony Oursler: Video Dolls with Tracy Leipold July 2, 1998 - September 7, 1998 This first solo exhibition features video-animated sculptures by this New York-based artist. |
Hirshhorn Museum |
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Desert Voices, Desert Light/Luces y voces del desierto June 19, 1998 - August 30, 1998 See approximately 60 photographs of the Chihuahuan desert, accompanied by an audio of voices and sounds of the desert. |
Ripley Center |
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David Hockney's Grand Canyon June 19, 1998 - September 7, 1998 On view is a 24-foot-wide oil painting entitled A Bigger Grand Canyon that consists of 60 small canvases mounted as one continuous image. |
American Art Museum |
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Triumph of the Spirit: Carlos Alfonzo, A Survey (1975-1991) June 18, 1998 - September 13, 1998 This first career retrospective features the ideographic and autobiographical works of the Cuban-American painter, who died of AIDS in 1991. |
Hirshhorn Museum |
Charles Lang Freer and EgyptJune 13, 1998 - August 14, 2011 Some 70 small glass vessels, bronzes, amulets, and sculptures from the New Kingdom to the Roman Period are on view from Freer's eclectic collection of Egyptian artifacts. |
Freer Gallery |
Business WingsJune 12, 1998 - July 17, 2000 The exhibition tells the history of business aviation from open-cockpit biplanes used after World War I to the Lear jet. |
Air and Space Museum |
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African American Fiber Artists June 6, 1998 - October 11, 1998 View an exhibition that features textile, fiber, and wearable art. |
Anacostia Community Museum |
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Japanese Art in the Age of Koetsu June 6, 1998 - February 15, 1999 44 paintings, calligraphy, ceramics, and lacquerware created by Hon'ami Koetsu (1558-1637) and his contemporaries during Kyoto's cultural renaissance of the early 17th century are on view. |
Freer Gallery |
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The Collection in Context: Henry Moore's Stringed Figure No. 1 June 4, 1998 - September 7, 1998 A 1-gallery installation focuses on Stringed Figure No. 1 (1937), a cherrywood & string sculpture by this British artist. |
Hirshhorn Museum |
Speak to My Heart: Communities of Faith and Contemporary African American LifeMay 22, 1998 - September 19, 2000 Documents, photographs, and music explore the role of the black church in major American cities, including Washington, D.C. |
A&I |
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1848: New Border, New Nation May 16, 1998 - March 7, 1999 This showcase reviews the history surrounding the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Feb. 2, 1848), which ended the Mexican War of 1848. |
American History Museum |
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The Jewels of Lalique May 15, 1998 - August 16, 1998 Examine 230 pieces of Rene Lalique's (1860-1945) Art Nouveau jewelry along with early works in glass, 50 drawings for jewelry design and other memorabilia. |
Ripley Center |
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The Graceful Envelope: 1998 May 6, 1998 - April 30, 1999 These 75 hand-crafted envelopes were submitted by professional calligraphers from around the world. |
Postal Museum |
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Our Town: Mural Art of the New Deal Era May 1, 1998 - September 9, 1998 On view are 17 mural studies commissioned for U.S. Post Offices during the Great Depression as part of FDR's New Deal legislation. |
Postal Museum |
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Colonial Art from Puerto Rico: Selections from the Gift of Teodoro Vidal May 1, 1998 - January 3, 2000 13 paintings and santos, dating from the late 17th to early 20th centuries, are on view. |
American Art Museum |
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Natural Selections, Museum Photography by Chip Clark April 30, 1998 - September 7, 1998 |
Natural History Museum |
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Duke Ellington Renaissance Man April 24, 1998 - May 31, 1998 |
American History Museum |
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present April 22, 1998 - December 10, 1998 |
American History Museum |