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  • Beyond the Limits: Flight Enters the Computer Age

    The gallery illustrates how the electronic computer has revolutionized aerospace engineering, aviation, and spaceflight.

    May 12, 1989 – May 23, 2011

    Air and Space Museum

  • Beyond: Visions of Our Solar System

    View some 148 images of the Sun, the planets, and their moons taken over the last 50 years by unmanned robotic space probes.

    May 26, 2010 – May 2, 2011

    Air and Space Museum

  • Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations

    The history of Cyprus is revealed through a rich collection of antiquities, many of which are traveling outside the country for the first time.

    September 29, 2010 – May 1, 2011

    Natural History Museum

  • The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef

    A whimsical display of colorful crocheted coral clusters, made of both yarn and found materials, honors the disappearing wonder, beauty, and diversity of living coral reefs.

    October 16, 2010 – April 24, 2011

    Natural History Museum

  • Orchids: A View from the East

    This year's orchid exhibition showcases a variety of exotic live orchids that testify to the Chinese love for this enchanting plant.

    January 29, 2011 – April 24, 2011

    Natural History Museum

  • Celebrating 100 Years at the National Museum of Natural History

    This photographic exhibition highlights the behind-the-scenes research that advances scientific knowledge and inspires the museum's public educational programs.

    May 29, 2010 – March 20, 2011

    Natural History Museum

  • Quicktake: Tangible Earth

    Tangible Earth, the world's first interactive digital globe, shows dynamic changes in the world using interactive technology.

    February 18, 2011 – March 18, 2011

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • Gods of Angkor: Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia

    Learn about the fascinating story of bronze sculpture and casting in Cambodia through 36 exceptional works.

    May 15, 2010 – January 30, 2011

    Asian Art Museum Sackler Gallery

  • Cosmos in Miniature: The Remarkable Star Map of Simeon De Witt

    This exhibition features the oldest surviving Anglo-American star map, hand-drawn by Simeon De Witt, surveyor for George Washington.

    May 28, 2010 – December 5, 2010

    American History Museum

  • Darwin's Legacy

    To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, on view in two cases are objects and books related to the scientific voyage in the early 1830s that inspired his theory of evolution.

    September 10, 2009 – October 11, 2010

    Natural History Museum

  • A Rare Encounter: The Hope and Wittelsbach-Graff Diamonds

    The Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond is displayed together with the Hope Diamond for the first time.

    January 29, 2010 – September 6, 2010

    Natural History Museum

  • Yuungnaqpiallerput (The Way We Genuinely Live): Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival

    This exhibition reveals Yup'ik elders' scientific and spiritual knowledge for living in a sub-arctic environment.

    April 17, 2010 – July 25, 2010

    Natural History Museum

  • Since Darwin: The Evolution of Evolution

    This exhibition reveals the significant role Darwin's theories have played in explaining and unifying all the biological sciences.

    September 12, 2009 – July 18, 2010

    Natural History Museum

  • The Sant Ocean Hall Focus Gallery: Deeper Than Light

    This exhibition retraces a team of scientists' journey into this relatively undiscovered world using art, images, models, and multimedia.

    February 20, 2010 – May 23, 2010

    Natural History Museum

  • Quicktake: Tato Nano

    Enjoy a bright, sunshine yellow Nano, "the people's car" from India, along with diagrams and a short film describing its concept, development and production.

    February 18, 2010 – April 25, 2010

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • Blast from the Past

    This showcase features a 11.5-meter tubular core sample that shows physical and biological effects of Earth's collision with a giant asteroid 65 million years ago, which resulted in the extinction of the dinosaurs.

    June 27, 1997 – April 15, 2010

    Natural History Museum

  • Design USA: Contemporary Innovation

    Celebrate the accomplishments of the winners honored during the first 10 years of the prestigious National Design Awards.

    October 16, 2009 – April 4, 2010

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • Bobcat Machines

    On view are photographs, product literature, advertisements, and other documents related to the Bobcat Co.

    November 30, 2009 – January 17, 2010

    American History Museum

  • Alan Bean: Painting Apollo, First Artist on Another World

    View approximately 40 original paintings and drawings of the moon's landscape, fellow Apollo moonwalkers, and views of Earth from space by Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean.

    July 16, 2009 – January 13, 2010

    Air and Space Museum

  • Dig It! The Secrets of Soil

    This exhibition introduces the study of soil science and demonstrates the vital role soil plays in sustaining human welfare, assuring future agricultural productivity, and environmental sustainability.

    July 19, 2008 – January 10, 2010

    Natural History Museum

  • Sant Ocean Hall Focus Gallery: Going to Sea

    This first rotating exhibit in The Sant Ocean Hall Focus Gallery highlights the many reasons people have gone to sea throughout history. 

    September 27, 2008 – January 10, 2010

    Natural History Museum

  • Bats on Exhibit

    Hang out with some 15 bats of 3 species -- Big Fruit, Short-tailed, and Hammerhead -- in this recently opened exhibit.

    October 1, 1984 – December 31, 2009

    National Zoo

  • Sporting Invention

    In this showcase, items from drawings and prototypes to final products trace the development of sports inventions and highlight aspects of universal design in sports technology development.

    January 7, 2009 – October 30, 2009

    American History Museum

  • Farmers, Warriors, Builders: The Hidden Life of Ants

    This exhibition provides a look at life from an ant's point of view through large-format photographs of ants going about their daily business, a cast of an underground ant city, and a live ant colony.

    May 30, 2009 – October 12, 2009

    Natural History Museum

  • Universal Dimensions: The Space Art of Wang Ming

    See 35 works by Chinese painter and former air traffic controller Wang Ming.

    April 9, 2009 – October 9, 2009

    Air and Space Museum


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