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.
- Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths April 17, 2019 – October 14, 2019 African Art Museum
- Enrico David: Gradations of Slow Release April 16, 2019 – September 2, 2019 Hirshhorn
- Nature by Design: Paisley April 12, 2019 – November 11, 2019 Cooper Hewitt
- T.C. Cannon: At the Edge of America April 6, 2019 – September 16, 2019 American Indian Museum Heye Center
- Empresses of China's Forbidden City, 1644-1912 March 30, 2019 – June 23, 2019 Sackler Gallery
- Nature by Design: Katagami March 30, 2019 – October 27, 2019 Cooper Hewitt
- Nature by Design: Embroidered and Embellished March 30, 2019 – October 27, 2019 Cooper Hewitt
- Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence March 29, 2019 – January 5, 2020 Portrait Gallery
- Emily Howland Photography Album March 25, 2019 – March 31, 2019 African American Museum
- Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975 March 15, 2019 – August 18, 2019 American Art Museum
- Tiffany Chung: Vietnam, Past is Prologue March 15, 2019 – September 2, 2019 American Art Museum
- Bloom: Flowers from the Archives of American Art March 2, 2019 – October 6, 2019 Archives of American Art
- Section 14: The Other Palm Springs, California March 1, 2019 – February 17, 2020 American Indian Museum
- The REDress Project March 1, 2019 – March 31, 2019 American Indian Museum
- Orchids: Amazing Adaptations February 16, 2019 – April 28, 2019 Smithsonian Gardens
- The Peacock Room Revealed January 29, 2019 – April 21, 2019 Freer Gallery of Art
- Ella's Books: Volumes from the Library of Ella Fitzgerald January 1, 2019 – January 31, 2020 African American Museum
- Portraits of the World: Korea December 14, 2018 – November 17, 2019 Portrait Gallery
- The Road Ahead: Reimagining Mobility December 14, 2018 – March 31, 2019 Cooper Hewitt
- In Memoriam: George Herbert Walker Bush December 1, 2018 – January 1, 2019 Portrait Gallery
- Superheroes November 20, 2018 – January 12, 2020 American History Museum
- Recent Acquisitions November 16, 2018 – November 3, 2019 Portrait Gallery
- Disrupting Craft: Renwick Invitational 2018 November 9, 2018 – May 5, 2019 Renwick Gallery
- Charline von Heyl: Snake Eyes November 8, 2018 – April 21, 2019 Hirshhorn
