Current Exhibitions

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Zen And the Open Road

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, the author's 1966 Honda Super Hawk motorcycle is on display.

April 15, 2024 – Ongoing

American History Museum
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World of Stamps

See stamps that have shaped history and honored people and places around the world.

September 22, 2013 – Permanent

Postal Museum
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World War II German Aviation

Learn the story of the rise and fall of the Luftwaffe (German air force) during World War II.

December 15, 2003 – Permanent

Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
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World War II Aviation

See aircraft that represent some of the major technological advancements during World War II.

December 15, 2003 – Permanent

Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
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World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation

Explore how the new technology of the airplane was adapted to warfare and changed how the world fights and flies.

July 28, 2025 – Indefinitely

Air and Space Museum
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Within These Walls

The house and the exhibition that surrounds it tell the stories of five of the many families who lived there from the mid-1760s to 1945.

May 16, 2001 – Permanent

American History Museum
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Window on Collections

These permanent displays feature more than 3,500 items from the museum's collection that reveal the remarkable breadth and diversity of Native American objects.

September 21, 2004 – Permanent

American Indian Museum DC
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Wegmans Wonderplace

Wegmans Wonderplace welcomes curious kids ages 0–6 and their grownups. Please also note that children may not visit Wegmans Wonderplace without an adult. Please check our events calendar for the latest hours.

December 9, 2015 – Indefinitely

American History Museum
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We Belong Here: Marking the 50th Anniversary of Title IX

Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the federal legislation that unintentionally helped bring equality to sports, this 30-foot display case illuminates three athletes’ stories.

June 23, 2022 – Indefinitely

American History Museum
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Waterloo Boy

The development and use of gasoline-powered tractors in the early 1900s helped change the business of American farming.

February 22, 2018 – Indefinitely

American History Museum
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Wallace H. Coulter Unity Square

Wallace H. Coulter Unity Square is where history will inspire you to participate—in the museum and in civic life.

June 28, 2017 – Permanent

American History Museum
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Visual Art and the American Experience

This art exhibition illustrates the critical role that African American artists played in shaping the history of American art.

September 24, 2016 – Permanent

African American History and Culture Museum
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Visionary: Viewpoints on Africa's Arts

Visionary offers broad thematic connections between works from across the spectrum of times, places, and media represented in the museum’s holdings.

November 4, 2017 – Permanent

African Art Museum
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Victory Garden

The Victory Garden represents a typical vegetable garden planted during World War II, when growing food for home consumption was an important part of the war effort.

Spring 2001 – Permanent

Smithsonian Gardens
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Vertical Flight

Learn about the history of helicopters from the first rotary-wing aircraft (autogiro) to the XV-15.

December 15, 2003 – Permanent

Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
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Urban Bird Habitat Garden

This garden is an oasis for many bird species; it provides for their basic needs; food, water, shelter, and a place to raise their young.

July 25, 2012 – Permanent

Smithsonian Gardens
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Unbound: Narrative Art of the Plains

This exhibition celebrates the full expression of narrative art among Native nations of the Great Plains.

June 1, 2024 – January 20, 2026

American Indian Museum DC
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Ultralight Aircraft

Explore the history behind ultralights from their early beginnings to rising popularity in the 1970s.

December 15, 2003 – Permanent

Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
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Twentieth-Century Americans

Four galleries showcase the major cultural, scientific, and political figures of the 20th century.

July 1, 2006 – Permanent

Portrait Gallery
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Tsedaye Makonnen: Sanctuary :: መቅደስ :: Mekdes

Explore sculptures that explore the dehumanization of Black women and themes related to the power of motherhood and sisterly solidarity.

December 13, 2024 – Ongoing

African Art Museum
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Treasures and Trouble: Looking Inside a Legendary Blues Archive Added

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Treasures and Trouble: Looking Inside a Legendary Blues Archive

Highlights from a one-of-a-kind archive documenting the blues as compiled by Robert “Mack” McCormick are featured in the museum’s Archives Center cases.

June 23, 2023 – Ongoing

American History Museum
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Thomas W. Haas We All Fly

This gallery explores the many facets of general aviation, from sport to business to humanitarian, and introduces careers available in aviation.

October 14, 2022 – Permanent

Air and Space Museum
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The Wright Brothers & the Invention of the Aerial Age

Explore who Wilbur and Orville Wright were, what they achieved and how they did it, and how the world reacted.

October 14, 2022 – Indefinitely

Air and Space Museum
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The Value of Money

The Value of Money examines global histories of exchange, cultural interaction, political change, and innovation.

July 1, 2015 – Indefinitely

American History Museum
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The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room

The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room includes more than two hundred bronzes, paintings, silk hangings, and carpets that were created in Tibet, China, and Mongolia between the thirteenth and early twentieth centuries.

March 5, 2022 – Ongoing

Asian Art Museum Sackler Gallery

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