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GPS: A New Constellation GPS: A New Constellation
October 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, 1964-1971 A Visual Journey: Photographs by Lisa Law, 1964-1971
October 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 Fountain Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden, including the Keith Fountain
October 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
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 Tigers Great Cats: Lions and Tigers
October 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 Prints Eyeing America: Robert Cottingham Prints
September 25, 1998 - January 31, 1999

American Art Museum
Frontier Photographer: Edward S. Curtis Frontier Photographer: Edward S. Curtis
September 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 Larrabee South Africa 1936-1949: Photographs by Constance Stuart Larrabee
September 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 Panama The Art of Being Kuna: Layers of Meaning Among the Kuna of Panama
September 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 Legrain African Forms in the Furniture of Pierre Legrain
August 16, 1998 - November 29, 1998

Looks at how African design influenced French Art Deco.

African Art Museum
A Collector's Vision of Puerto Rico A Collector's Vision of Puerto Rico
July 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 Wings Business Wings
June 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 Life Speak to My Heart: Communities of Faith and Contemporary African American Life
May 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 World Arts of the Islamic World
May 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
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 Abroad Project HOPE: Forty Years of American Medicine Abroad
April 17, 1998 - July 8, 1998

The history of "Health Opportunities for People Everywhere"

American History Museum
Celebrity Caricature in America Celebrity Caricature in America
April 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 Convention The Seneca Falls Convention
Spring 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 Geary Marilyn Monroe in Korea: Newly Discovered Photographs by David Geary
Spring 1998 - January 1999

David Geary, a navy medic, created several memorable portraits of the Hollywood star.

Portrait Gallery
Posters American Style Posters American Style
March 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

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