Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang explores how past and present artistic expression is driven by contact between cultures and peoples.

From Althea Gibson's struggle to break the color barrier and excel as a tennis champion, through the "Battle of the Sexes" between tennis players Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, to the humanitarian efforts of baseball star Roberto Clemente, sports illustrate many facets of American life.

By recalling the natural landscape environment that existed prior to European contact, the museum's landscape design embodies a theme that runs central to the museum: returning to a Native place.

This exhibition provides an overview of the evolution and progression of voting techniques and examines the varied voting processes used today in various parts of the country.

This child-friendly exhibition reveals that most of the food we eat comes from a farm and allows visitors to lend a hand around the farm.

This exhibition on the rich tradition of African American storytelling is celebrated through videotaped interviews with professional writers telling compelling stories drawn from their own experiences and revealing how the world in which they live impacts their writing.

This exhibition celebrates the 50-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision that ended segregation in public schools, and reviews and examines its legacy through personal stories and artifacts.

Eighty-nine objects -- dating from the time of the Arab conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in the 8th century to the final phase of Muslim life in Spain in the 16th century -- illustrate themes of longevity, continuity, and transmission in the Islamic decorative arts and sciences in medieval Spain.

View 200 items illustrating the similar aesthetic characteristics found in Native American objects from different North American cultures.

On view are more than 50 children's and workers' illustrated metal lunch boxes and beverage containers dating from the 1890s through the 1980s to celebrate the history and endurance of American lunch boxes.

Through objects, photographs, and video presentations, Playful Performers is the first exhibition to look at children's masquerades in Africa.

This exhibition features some of the most spectacular pieces from Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England's collection.

On display are 35 limestone sculptures from an extraordinary cache of nearly 400 sixth-century Chinese Buddhist objects that were unearthed in 1996 in Qingzhou, Shandong province, China, at what used to be the site of the Longxing Buddhist temple.

Features the work of nine contemporary artists from the museum's collection.

This photography exhibition highlights the experiences of 25 Latino achievers.

This exhibition examines how transportation -- from 1876 to 1999 -- has shaped our American identity.

Travel to four continents to see some 274 mammals in lifelike poses in their natural habitat and learn about what they share in common and what makes them unique.

View 66 portraits that reflect the range of the National Portrait Gallery's collection, from Joseph Siffred Duplessis' 1785 classic depiction of Benjamin Franklin to Andy Warhol's 1984 pop portrait of singer Michael Jackson.