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Displaying 25 of 5,242 exhibitions.


  • One Life: Echoes of Elvis

    This exhibition features Elvis Presley and celebrates the 75th anniversary of his birth.

    January 8, 2010 – August 29, 2010

    Portrait Gallery

  • Revealing Culture

    Witness a groundbreaking exhibition of contemporary art by 55 artists with disabilities that features over 130 works in a range of media.

    June 8, 2010 – August 29, 2010

    Ripley Center

  • Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment

    The exhibition explores for the first time the rich history and the cultural significance of Harlem's Apollo Theater.

    April 23, 2010 – August 29, 2010

    American History Museum

  • Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009

    The National Portrait Gallery presents finalists' works that were selected from the second triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.

    October 23, 2009 – September 6, 2010

    Portrait Gallery

  • 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

  • Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers

    The first American retrospective in nearly 30 years of this highly influential French artist's career examines his life and work.

    May 20, 2010 – September 12, 2010

    Hirshhorn Museum

  • Outdoor Installation: UP7TH

    The Hirshhorn Museum debuts new works by animator David Polonsky.

    October 2, 2009 – September 17, 2010

    Hirshhorn Museum

  • Archives Center Cases: Solomon "Sol" Adler: Restless Inventor, 1901-1990

    In several cases are drawings and documents related to inventor Solomon "Sol" Adler, who developed the first sewing machine that offered decorative stitches.

    June 1, 2010 – September 22, 2010

    American History Museum

  • From FDR to Obama: Presidents on Time

    The show includes approximately 30 works of presidential cover art, representing a variety of mediums, from traditional oil paintings to a pop-art sculpture bust of Richard Nixon made from strips of newspaper headlines.

    February 12, 2010 – September 26, 2010

    Portrait Gallery

  • Origins of Western Culture

    This hall explores some examples from various cultures in the western world including northern Iraq, ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome.

    Natural History Museum

  • Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Remembering the "Running Fence"

    Some 50 preparatory drawings and collages, along with photos and other media, document the creation and installation of this epic project.

    April 2, 2010 – September 26, 2010

    American Art Museum

  • Lists: To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts and Other Artists' Enumerations from the Archives of American Art, Part 2

    This exhibition celebrates a common document -- the "list" -- as a key to the habits and thinking of some of the most celebrated artists of the 19th and 20th centuries.

    June 9, 2010 – September 27, 2010

    Archives of American Art

  • Holidays on Display

    This exhibition examines the art, industry, and history of holiday displays across the United States, primarily between the 1920s and the 1960s, at the height of their popularity.

    November 13, 2009 – September 30, 2010

    American History Museum

  • Annie Pootoogook

    Visit 39 works that chronicle the social, economic, and cultural realities of Inuit life in the Canadian North by Annie Pootoogook (Inuit, b. 1969).

    June 13, 2009 – October 10, 2010

    American Indian Museum New York

  • 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

  • Read My Pins: The Madeline Albright Collection

    See pins from former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's collection, highlighting her use of jewelry as a tool of diplomacy and capturing her wit.

    June 18, 2010 – October 17, 2010

    Smithsonian Castle

  • Directions: Pipilotti Rist

    This film Pepperminta, shown on selected days, features the Swiss artist Rist's phantasmagorical adult fairy tale about the power of color.

    October 14, 2010 – October 28, 2010

    Hirshhorn Museum

  • Heritage Gardens: African American and Native American

    On view are living examples of plants used by Native Americans and African Americans for food and medicines.

    August 1, 1992 – November 1, 2010

    National Zoo

  • New Arrivals

    The recently acquired works displayed in this installation span more than two centuries of American history and culture.

    January 30, 2009 – November 14, 2010

    Portrait Gallery

  • Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art

    Trace the story of the beautiful coiled basket on two continents, demonstrating the enduring contribution of African peoples and cultures to American life in southeastern United States.

    June 23, 2010 – November 28, 2010

    African Art Museum

  • Black Box: Superflex

    The Black Box theater showcases rotating exhibitions of contemporary artists who use film or video as their creative medium. Currently on view is Superflex's Flooded McDonald's.

    August 9, 2010 – November 28, 2010

    Hirshhorn Museum

  • Masterpieces of Chinese Painting

    Trace the development of Chinese painting across the generations from 960-1911.

    June 12, 2010 – November 28, 2010

    Asian Art Museum Freer Gallery

  • View From Up North: Americans Experience Mexico, circa 1890-1945

    As part of the museum's celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, on view in several cases are artifacts that show how Americans have experienced Mexico from the late 1800s to the mid-1900s.

    September 23, 2010 – November 30, 2010

    American History Museum

  • 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

  • Losing Paradise: Endangered Plants Here and Around the World

    Compelling botanical illustrations convey the vital importance of plant conservation.

    August 14, 2010 – December 12, 2010

    Natural History Museum


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