This special holiday display features Christmas cards from the first families beginning with the Eisenhower administration to 1995.

This African American artist's 1st solo exhibit features his 1993 series "Erasures."

This comprehensive overview features some 60 sculptural and mixed-media installations by this experimental American artist. 

This inaugural exhibition presents the world views of indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere as reflected in more than 300 objects chosen by 23 Native Americans to illustrate the diversity and continuity of Native cultures.

This small display provides a brief history of the indigenous peoples of Manhattan,  the museum's mission, and the architecture of the Custom House.

See 15 selected historic philatelic items from the 18th to the 20th centuries.

78 works show how 16 individual sitters are portrayed by several artists in a variety of media. Subjects include Igor Stravinsky, Paul Robeson, and Albert Einstein.

Letters, documents, and photographs tell the story of Moritz Schoenberger, a Holocaust survivor who traveled aboard the S.S. St. Louis with Jewish refugees in 1939.

The varied uses of calligraphy are illustrated on 36 utilitarian and decorative works, spanning from the 7th to the early 19th centuries.

View 28 sculptures by Swedish artists Ulla and Gustav Kraitz created using traditional Chinese techniques.

This exhibition of rare stamps traces the history of the Hawaiian Kingdom, its rulers, and the political change that swept the territory in the 19th century.

This first solo exhibition by this Chicago-based artist features some 25 color photos, mostly new work from the 1990s.

This exhibition features portraits and experimental and avant garde photographs by this pioneer art photographer, who was a leader in the Photo-Secession movement at the turn of the century. 

This exhibit includes mixed-media installations by the Cuban-born, New York based artist.

A selection of photos traces pictorialism from the turn of the century through the 1930s. 

On view are 15 paintings and photos created between 1871 and 1904 from the permanent collection.

This exhibition examines the interaction between science and society from 1876 to the present.