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  • Black Box: Hans Op de Beeck

    See Hans Op de Beeck's film Staging Silence with dreamlike black-and-white scenes evoking vintage film and the suspense of film noire.

    December 6, 2010 – March 27, 2011

    Hirshhorn Museum

  • Directions: Cyprien Gaillard and Mario Garcia Torres

    Brought together for the first time for a Directions project are two artists who examine the architectural and artistic "ruins" of the recent past.

    November 10, 2010 – March 27, 2011

    Hirshhorn Museum

  • The Peacock Room

    Do not miss the Peacock Room—the dining room in wealthy London shipowner Frederick R. Leyland's home—that James McNeill Whistler elaborately redecorated.

    1923 – April 8, 2011

    Asian Art Museum Freer Gallery

  • A Gateway to the 19th Century: The William Steinway Diary, 1861-1896

    Steinway's diary spans 36 years of one of the most dynamic periods in American history.

    December 17, 2010 – April 8, 2011

    American History Museum

  • The Kennedys 50 Years Ago

    On view are nine photographs of the Kennedys taken by Richard Avedon for Harpers Bazaar.

    January 3, 2011 – April 10, 2011

    American History Museum

  • Shahnama: 1000 Years of the Persian Book of Kings

    Celebrate the millennium of the poet Firdawsi's Shahnama (Book of Kings), considered one of the greatest literary works ever written.

    October 23, 2010 – April 17, 2011

    Asian Art Museum Sackler Gallery

  • 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

  • The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey; Where Art and History Intersect

    Over 100 artifacts spanning some 400 years dating from the early 1600s illustrate the hardships and triumphs of the African American experience.

    October 15, 2010 – May 1, 2011

    American History 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

  • R.C. Gorman: Early Prints and Drawings, 1966-1974

    See 28 early drawings and lithographs by Navajo artist R.C. Gorman (1931-2005) that foreshadow the monumental women and Indian madonnas that brought the artist international acclaim.

    January 13, 2011 – May 1, 2011

    American Indian Museum DC

  • 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

  • Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow

    This first major survey of the work of Alexis Rockman (b. 1962) features approximately 50 paintings and works on paper to trace the artist's development from the mid-1980s to the present.

    November 19, 2010 – May 8, 2011

    American Art Museum

  • Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964-1977

    This exhibition is the first survey of artworks in the United States by postwar German painter Blinky Palermo.

    February 24, 2011 – May 15, 2011

    Hirshhorn Museum

  • 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

  • Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life

    Explore the life and legacy of our 16th president through objects from the museum's collection.

    January 16, 2009 – May 30, 2011

    American History Museum

  • One Life: Katharine Graham

    The exhibition narrates key moments in the Washington Post publisher's extraordinary life during extraordinary times.

    October 1, 2010 – May 30, 2011

    Portrait Gallery

  • The International Sweethearts of Rhythm

    On view are archival materials related to the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, the world’s first integrated all-female big band.

    March 29, 2011 – May 31, 2011

    American History Museum

  • Negro Leagues Baseball Stamp Art

    View original art produced for stamps paying tribute to Negro Leagues Baseball that operated from 1920 to around 1960.

    October 20, 2010 – June 5, 2011

    Postal Museum

  • SPANS: Photographs from the Esther McCoy Papers at the Archives of American Art

    Artist Terence Gower uses archival photographs in the Esther McCoy Papers and his own drawings in this innovative, site-specific installation in dialogue with the glass canopy of the Kogod Courtyard.

    March 9, 2011 – June 5, 2011

    Archives of American Art

  • The Art of Cards and Letters

    This gallery emphasizes the art of letter writing, a cherished art form providing a window into American history.

    July 30, 1993 – June 6, 2011

    Postal Museum

  • Victory Mail

    This exhibition showcases the museum's collection of World War II V-mail correspondence.

    March 6, 2008 – June 6, 2011

    Postal Museum

  • Seasons: Chinese Landscapes

    Explore the moods evoked in seasonal Chinese landscape paintings.

    December 18, 2010 – June 12, 2011

    Asian Art Museum Freer Gallery

  • Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Warriors: Photographs by Gertrude Käsebier

    See some 60 photographs of Sioux Indians from Buffalo Bill's Wild West show taken by photographer Gertrude Käsebier (1852-1934).

    April 13, 2011 – June 15, 2011

    Ripley Center

  • Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay

    Explore fashion and textile designs from Sonia Delaunay's Atelier Simultané in Paris in the 1920s through 1940s.

    March 18, 2011 – June 19, 2011

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum


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