On view are some 30 daguerreotypes by Augustus Washington, including the earliest know image of abolitionist John Brown.

Learn about the five postal sea clerks who perished aboard R.M.S. Titanic.

Photographs of the Nixon White House before, during, and after Watergate.

This exhibition features approximately 30 works of award-winning caricaturist Edward Sorel.

Through photographs, explore the life of writer Ernest Hemingway.

An in-depth look at the 10,000-year-old culture of the Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, is revealed through some 200 objects and artworks. 

On view are over 75 b&w and color portraits of major American figures by this German-born photographer (1915-1990).

A look at the life and work of this "soul painter."

Portraits of men who shared a passion for science.

The final resting place of the Institution's benefactor, James Smithson (1765-1829), is a small chapel-like room located at the north entrance to the Castle.

Six aspects of the Indian goddess Devi.

The artist has created figurative works in steel that evoke memories of her youth in southeastern Nigeria.

Concern about feathers for fashion adornment led to a campaign to preserve the nation's wildlife.

A look at the Washingtons from the perspective of their contemporaries.

Paul Robeson All-American football player, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Rutgers University, and world-renowned actor and singer was one of the twentieth century's most talented Americans. He was also one of this century's most controversial figures because of his outspoken criticism of American racism and his admiration for Soviet Communism.

Dominating the rotunda, in a setting that re-creates the Angolan bush, is the museum's 8-ton, 14-foot-tall African elephant.

Some 80 new and vintage photographs represent the full range of Halsman's (1906-1979) portraiture.

A retrospective about the man whose progressive ideas significantly shaped our national character.