Learn how life on Earth evolved and see highlights from the museum's unrivaled collection of 46 million fossils.

Discover how the Inka (Inca) built more than 20,000 miles of roads over the Andes Mountains and through the jungles of Amazonia without wheeled vehicles, iron tools, or draft animals.

Learn how business and innovation helped the United States develop from a small dependent agricultural nation to one of the world's largest economies.

This exhibition explores the work of Alexander Gardner, who took the iconic cracked-plate portrait of President Abraham Lincoln on February 5, 1865.

See how self-taught Washington, D.C., artist "Mingering Mike" exercised his youthful fantasy of being a famous soul singer/songwriter in the late 1960s and the 1970s -- and reflected the aspirations of countless other kids who dreamed of being discovered.

To celebrate the history of Nigerian photography, this exhibition focuses on the collection of Chief Solomon Osagie Alonge, one of Nigeria's premiere early photographers.

How do we learn about dinosaurs and their ecosystems? Come see some of their fossils and find out!

Experience the majesty, diversity, and value of the nation's wilderness areas through large-format photographs by professional, amateur, and student photographers.

Learn about the latest developments in American technology. 

Relive the experiences of those who left the comforts of home and civilization to move into the western territories of the new United States in search of profit and a better life -- and of those displaced by westward expansion. 

Paintings, photographs, documents, and objects reveal the personal lives and professional rivalries of Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

Examine the relationship between China and the United States through stamps and mail.

What do we mean when we say someone is "cool"? Find out in this exhibition.

This exhibition explores the "American Dream" as lived by American Indians. Through photographs, artifacts, videos, and interactive stations, learn about the Indian American experience and their dynamic role in shaping American society.

Photographs, prints, drawings, and maps reveal how the Civil War affected life in the District of Columbia. 

Six murals by Atlanta-based artist Hale Woodruff for Talladega College, Alabama, trace the rise of African Americans from slavery to freedom.

Nearly 100 works show how Latino artists tackled classic American themes and actively participated in the artistic movements of their day.

This ground-breaking exhibition explores the theme of destruction in international contemporary visual culture.

Explore how the meanings of yoga changed over time as it became a global phenomenom through more than 120 masterpieces, including 10 folios from the first illustrated compilation of asanas made for a Mughal emperor in 1602 that have never been shown in the United States.

See a collection of modern baskets that reveal the central role basketry has played in the everyday life of Americans.