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.
- Let's Get It Right: Work Incentive Posters of the 1920s July 27, 2018 – March 24, 2019 American History Museum
- The Case of Luisa Moreno July 20, 2018 – April 30, 2019 American History Museum
- One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey June 29, 2018 – May 19, 2019 Portrait Gallery
- The American Revolution: A World War June 23, 2018 – July 9, 2019 American History Museum
- Wish Tree for Washington, D.C. June 23, 2018 – September 3, 2018 Hirshhorn
- Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen June 21, 2018 – January 6, 2019 American Art Museum
- Georg Baselitz: Six Decades June 21, 2018 – September 16, 2018 Hirshhorn
- Does the body rule the mind, or does the mind rule the body? June 21, 2018 – August 12, 2018 Hirshhorn
- Daguerreotypes: Five Decades of Collecting June 15, 2018 – June 2, 2019 Portrait Gallery
- Color Decoded: The Textiles of Richard Landis June 9, 2018 – March 17, 2019 Cooper Hewitt
- Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture June 8, 2018 – June 2, 2019 African American Museum
- Remembering Robert F. Kennedy June 6, 2018 – July 8, 2018 Portrait Gallery
- Alexander Hamilton: Soldier, Secretary, Icon May 25, 2018 – March 3, 2019 Postal Museum
- Spreading the Word: Buddhist Art in Japan May 18, 2018 – November 4, 2018 Freer Gallery of Art
- Henrietta Lacks May 15, 2018 – March 31, 2019 Portrait Gallery
- Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now May 11, 2018 – March 17, 2019 Portrait Gallery
- Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color May 11, 2018 – March 17, 2019 Cooper Hewitt
- World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean May 9, 2018 – September 3, 2018 African Art Museum
- For Love of Place: Japanese Screens May 5, 2018 – November 4, 2018 Freer Gallery of Art
- RECOGNIZE May 3, 2018 – June 3, 2018 Portrait Gallery
- Postmen of the Skies May 1, 2018 – August 18, 2019 Postal Museum
- In Memoriam: Barbara Bush April 18, 2018 – April 29, 2018 Portrait Gallery
- The Senses: Design Beyond Vision April 13, 2018 – October 28, 2018 Cooper Hewitt
- Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal April 12, 2018 – January 2, 2019 American Indian Museum
