Current Exhibitions

My Visit

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A Century in the Making: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture Added

~~A Century in the Making: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture~~ Removed

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A Century in the Making: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture

This exhibit explores the journey toward fulfillment of the long-held dream of building the museum.

September 24, 2016 – Permanent

African American History and Culture Museum
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A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond

This exhibition illustrates the impact of African Americans on life in the United States—social, economic, political, and cultural.

September 24, 2016 – Permanent

African American History and Culture Museum
My Visit

Abraham Lincoln by W.F.K. Travers

The life size portrait of Abraham Lincoln by W.F.K. Travers joins the America's Presidents exhibition.

February 10, 2023 – December 31, 2027

Portrait Gallery
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Aerobatic Flight

Learn about the exhilarating and precise flying known as aerobatic flight.

December 15, 2003 – Permanent

Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
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African Voices

This exhibition examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africa's peoples and cultures.

December 15, 1999 – Permanent

Natural History Museum
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Airmail in America

This exhibition examines the critical role the postal system played in the creation of America's commercial aviation industry.

February 22, 2006 – Permanent

Postal Museum
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Always Ready: Firefighting in the 19th Century

Explores how the role of citizens in fighting fire changed dramatically over the 19th century along with the technology.

September 16, 2016 – Indefinitely

American History Museum
My Visit

America by Air

America by Air traces the history of commercial aviation in the United States from airmail to airlines.

October 14, 2022 – Permanent

Air and Space Museum
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America on the Move

This exhibition examines how transportation—from 1876 to 1999—has shaped our American identity.

November 22, 2003 – Permanent

American History Museum
My Visit

America's Listening

America's Listening tells the story of recorded sound and innovations that contributed to how we consume music and movies today.

October 19, 2018 – Indefinitely

American History Museum
My Visit

America's Presidents

The nation’s only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House tells the American story through the individuals who have shaped it.

September 22, 2017 – Permanent

Portrait Gallery
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American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith

Presents national treasures that represent American democracy—based on the bold American experiment to create a government “of the people, by the people and for the people.”

June 28, 2017 – Permanent

American History Museum
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American Enterprise

Learn how business and innovation helped the United States develop from a small dependent agricultural nation to one of the world's largest economies.

July 1, 2015 – Permanent

American History Museum
My Visit

Americans

American Indians represent less than 1 percent of the U.S. population, yet names and images of Indians are everywhere. Americans invites visitors to ask why.

January 18, 2018 – Indefinitely

American Indian Museum DC
My Visit

Ancestral Connections

Ancestral Connections explores how ten contemporary artists draw on aspects of their heritage—sometimes combined with personal experiences or tribal history—to create new and compelling works of art.

May 4, 2019 – Ongoing

American Indian Museum New York
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Applications Satellites

See how applications satellites have become an integral part of contemporary life.

November 1, 2004 – Permanent

Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
My Visit

Art in Industry

Art in Industry looks back at a time when Americans embraced artistic skills as a way to build a consumer-oriented industrial economy.

March 22, 2018 – TBA

American History Museum
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As We Grow: Traditions, Toys, Games

The toys, games, and clothing displayed offer children ways of learning traditions of families and people and represent many tribes and time periods.

August 22, 2012 – Permanent

American Indian Museum DC
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Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight

In the 1920s and 30s, aviation pioneers blazed new trails in the air. Pioneers of Flight celebrates this pivotal era of aviation.

July 28, 2025 – Indefinitely

Air and Space Museum
My Visit

Behind the Badge

Learn how the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the law enforcement arm of the Postal Service, helps protect you and discover tips to guard against scams and fraud.

June 27, 2014 – Indefinitely

Postal Museum
My Visit

Benin Bronzes

These artworks were some of the 29 pieces that were legally transferred to their country of origin, Nigeria, in fall 2022.

June 3, 2024 – December 31, 2026

African Art Museum
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Binding the Nation

This gallery provides an overview of mail service in America from colonial times through the 19th century.

July 30, 1993 – Permanent

Postal Museum
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Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall

Showcases some of the museum’s most iconic objects with artifacts arrayed along walls and suspended from the ceiling.

July 28, 2025 – Indefinitely

Air and Space Museum
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Added to My Visit Removed from My Visit

Bold and Beautiful Vision: A Century of Black Arts Education in Washington, DC, 1900–2000 Added

~~Bold and Beautiful Vision: A Century of Black Arts Education in Washington, DC, 1900–2000~~ Removed

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Bold and Beautiful Vision: A Century of Black Arts Education in Washington, DC, 1900–2000

Traces the story of the teachers and students who made Washington, D.C., a truly unparalleled center for Black arts education.

March 23, 2024 – January 4, 2026

Anacostia Community Museum
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Bravo!

Bravo! showcases individuals who have brought the performing arts to life.

July 1, 2006 – Indefinitely

Portrait Gallery

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