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GPS: A New ConstellationOctober 17, 1998 - Permanent Located inside "Beyond The Limits" (gallery 213), this small exhibition examines the history, development, and current applications of the Global Positioning System (GPS). |
Air and Space Museum |
A Visual Journey: Photographs by Lisa Law, 1964-1971October 16, 1998 - April 11, 1999 On view are more than 60 of Lisa Law's photographs documenting the sweeping personal and cultural changes of the 1960s. |
American History Museum |
Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden, including the Keith FountainOctober 7, 1998 - Permanent The Folger Rose Garden features a bed of roses in a rainbow of colors, along with selected annuals, perennials, and woody plants chosen for year-round interest. |
Smithsonian Gardens |
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As Precious as Gold October 7, 1998 - September 9, 2002 A 42-ounce gold nugget, mining tools, maps, personal items, photographs, and a dog sled used to deliver the mail illustrate the story of the 1897-98 rush for gold in Alaska and the Klondike. |
Postal Museum |
Great Cats: Lions and TigersOctober 1, 1998 - Permanent See living, breathing, roaring Sumatran tigers and African lions and learn more about these endangered animals. |
National Zoo |
Eyeing America: Robert Cottingham PrintsSeptember 25, 1998 - January 31, 1999 |
American Art Museum |
Frontier Photographer: Edward S. CurtisSeptember 23, 1998 - September 27, 1999 This exhibition features images from Curtis's comprehensive 20-volume study The North American Indian (1907-1930) and examines the personal and professional struggles he faced in producing his landmark work. |
American History Museum |
South Africa 1936-1949: Photographs by Constance Stuart LarrabeeSeptember 20, 1998 - February 28, 1999 This exhibition examines Larrabee's vision and her ability to capture poignant moments in the history of South Africa. |
African Art Museum |
The Art of Being Kuna: Layers of Meaning Among the Kuna of PanamaSeptember 13, 1998 - March 21, 1999 See a 300-work exhibition focusing primarily on the "molas" (colorful, richly decorated applique blouses), for which the Kuna of Panama are world-renowned. |
American Indian Museum Heye Center |
African Forms in the Furniture of Pierre LegrainAugust 16, 1998 - November 29, 1998 Looks at how African design influenced French Art Deco. |
African Art Museum |
A Collector's Vision of Puerto RicoJuly 31, 1998 - October 16, 2000 Carnival masks and costumes, musical instruments, colonial art, and jewelry from Teodoro Vidal's collection explore Puerto Rican history and culture during the past 500 years. |
American History Museum |
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 |
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 |
Arts of the Islamic WorldMay 3, 1998 - Indefinitely The works on view here represent the three principal media for artistic expression in the Islamic world: architecture, the arts of the book, and the arts of the object. |
Freer Gallery |
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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 |
Project HOPE: Forty Years of American Medicine AbroadApril 17, 1998 - July 8, 1998 The history of "Health Opportunities for People Everywhere" |
American History Museum |
Celebrity Caricature in AmericaApril 10, 1998 - August 23, 1998 The art of caricature—the distortion of the face or figure for satiric purposes—claims a long tradition in Western art. During the height of its vogue between the two world wars, caricature of the famous permeated the press and graced New York City café walls, theater curtains, and silk dresses. |
Portrait Gallery |
The Seneca Falls ConventionSpring 1998 - Closed Held on July 19tha nd 20th in the year 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention was the first organized demand for women's rights and suffrage. |
Portrait Gallery |
Marilyn Monroe in Korea: Newly Discovered Photographs by David GearySpring 1998 - January 1999 David Geary, a navy medic, created several memorable portraits of the Hollywood star. |
Portrait Gallery |
Posters American StyleMarch 27, 1998 - August 9, 1998 120 posters by some 90 graphic designers and artists survey American poster design from the 1890s to the 1990s. |
American Art Museum |