All Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., including the National Zoo, and in New York City continue to be closed to support the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.
- In Memoriam: Freeman Dyson March 3, 2020 – March 13, 2020 Portrait Gallery
- In Memoriam: Kobe Bryant January 27, 2020 – March 1, 2020 Portrait Gallery
- In Memoriam: Don Larsen, 1929–2020 January 6, 2020 – January 27, 2020 Portrait Gallery
- In Memoriam: Walter Mercado, 1932-2019 November 7, 2019 – January 2, 2020 Portrait Gallery
- Royal Philatelic Society London's 150th Anniversary October 18, 2019 – October 19, 2019 Postal Museum
- In Memoriam: Jessye Norman, 1945-2019 October 3, 2019 – November 3, 2019 Portrait Gallery
- None Swifter Than These: 100 Years of Diplomatic Couriers September 14, 2019 – January 26, 2020 Postal Museum
- Feel the Sun in Your Mouth: Recent Acquisitions August 24, 2019 – February 2, 2020 Hirshhorn
- My Iran: Six Women Photographers August 10, 2019 – February 9, 2020 Sackler Gallery
- In Memoriam: Toni Morrison August 6, 2019 – November 7, 2019 Portrait Gallery
- Everyday Luxury: Silk Quilts from the National Collection July 30, 2019 – January 20, 2020 American History Museum
- Wyss Institute Selects July 12, 2019 – March 29, 2020 Cooper Hewitt
- In Memoriam: Lee Iacocca, 1924-2019 July 3, 2019 – July 29, 2019 Portrait Gallery
- Michael Sherrill Retrospective June 28, 2019 – January 5, 2020 Renwick Gallery
- Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination June 28, 2019 – January 5, 2020 Renwick Gallery
- The Evidence Room June 12, 2019 – September 8, 2019 Hirshhorn
- In Search of the Truth (The Truth Booth) June 8, 2019 – June 23, 2019 Hirshhorn
- American Myth and Memory: David Levinthal Photographs June 7, 2019 – October 14, 2019 American Art Museum
- In Memoriam: Leah Chase June 4, 2019 – June 30, 2019 Portrait Gallery
- Painting the Classics: Japanese Scrolls and Beyond June 1, 2019 – October 20, 2019 Freer Gallery of Art
- Painting the Classics: Japanese Screens May 25, 2019 – October 15, 2019 Freer Gallery of Art
- Whistler in Watercolor May 18, 2019 – November 3, 2019 Freer Gallery of Art
- Rirkrit Tiravanija: Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Green May 17, 2019 – July 24, 2019 Hirshhorn
- In Memoriam: I. M. Pei May 17, 2019 – June 5, 2019 Portrait Gallery
- Painting the Classics: Presence and Absence May 11, 2019 – October 15, 2019 Freer Gallery of Art
- The Way of the Kami May 11, 2019 – November 3, 2019 Freer Gallery of Art
- Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial May 10, 2019 – January 20, 2020 Cooper Hewitt
- In Mid-Sentence May 3, 2019 – March 8, 2020 Portrait Gallery
