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.
- 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
- The Historical Buddha and Friends November 3, 2018 – May 5, 2019 Freer Gallery of Art
- Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today November 2, 2018 – August 18, 2019 Portrait Gallery
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Pulse November 1, 2018 – April 28, 2019 Hirshhorn
- 23rd Annual Nature's Best Photography: Windland Smith Rice International Awards October 29, 2018 – September 3, 2019 Natural History Museum
- Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women October 24, 2018 – February 2, 2020 African Art Museum
- Jeffrey Veregge: Of Gods and Heroes October 6, 2018 – February 17, 2020 American Indian Museum Heye Center
- Rebeca Méndez Selects October 5, 2018 – June 16, 2019 Cooper Hewitt
- Tablescapes: Designs for Dining October 5, 2018 – April 14, 2019 Cooper Hewitt
- Game Change: Elephants Prey to Preservation October 4, 2018 – February 1, 2020 Natural History Museum
- Japan Modern: Prints in the Age of Photography September 29, 2018 – January 24, 2019 Sackler Gallery
- Japan Modern: Photography from the Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck Collection September 29, 2018 – January 24, 2019 Sackler Gallery
- Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor September 28, 2018 – April 7, 2019 American Art Museum
- Scholten & Baijings: Lessons from the Studio September 14, 2018 – September 2, 2019 Cooper Hewitt
- Sean Scully: Landline September 13, 2018 – February 3, 2019 Hirshhorn
- John Lennon: The Green Album September 7, 2018 – September 2, 2019 Postal Museum
- Tino Sehgal: This You September 1, 2018 – October 14, 2018 Hirshhorn
- In Memoriam: Senator John S. McCain III August 27, 2018 – September 9, 2018 Portrait Gallery
- Celebrate: Leonard Bernstein's 100th Birthday August 23, 2018 – September 23, 2018 Portrait Gallery
- In Memoriam: Aretha Franklin August 17, 2018 – August 22, 2018 Portrait Gallery
- Pushing the Envelope: Mail Art from the Archives of American Art August 10, 2018 – January 4, 2019 Archives of American Art
- Taino: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean July 28, 2018 – November 12, 2019 American Indian Museum Heye Center
- Iridescence July 28, 2018 – October 27, 2019 Cooper Hewitt
