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.
- Dazzling Diversity August 8, 2017 – September 30, 2018 Natural History Museum
- Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend August 3, 2017 – January 5, 2020 Natural History Museum
- Everyday Beauty: Selections from the Photography and Film Collection July 7, 2017 – February 4, 2018 African American Museum
- Parallax Gap July 1, 2017 – February 11, 2018 Renwick Gallery
- One Life: Sylvia Plath June 30, 2017 – May 20, 2018 Portrait Gallery
- Religion in Early America June 28, 2017 – June 3, 2018 American History Museum
- Ai Weiwei: Trace at Hirshhorn June 28, 2017 – January 1, 2018 Hirshhorn
- Jim Chuchu's Invocations June 21, 2017 – June 24, 2018 African Art Museum
- Summer of Yoko Ono June 17, 2017 – September 17, 2017 Hirshhorn
- Marlene Dietrich: Dressed for the Image June 16, 2017 – April 15, 2018 Portrait Gallery
- Antebellum Portraits by Mathew Brady June 16, 2017 – June 3, 2018 Portrait Gallery
- Akunnittinni: A Kinngait Family Portrait June 10, 2017 – January 8, 2018 American Indian Museum Heye Center
- Esperanza Spalding Selects June 9, 2017 – January 7, 2018 Cooper Hewitt
- Nicolas Party: sunrise, sunset June 7, 2017 – October 1, 2017 Hirshhorn
- Donald Sultan: The Disaster Paintings May 26, 2017 – September 4, 2017 American Art Museum
- JFK Centennial Celebration May 25, 2017 – August 27, 2017 American History Museum
- Markus Lüpertz: Threads of History May 24, 2017 – September 10, 2017 Hirshhorn
- Moustiers Ceramics: Gifts from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Collection May 20, 2017 – May 27, 2019 Cooper Hewitt
- Trolley Mail May 19, 2017 – September 10, 2017 Postal Museum
- Celebrate: John F. Kennedy May 19, 2017 – July 9, 2017 Portrait Gallery
- Making | Breaking: New Arrivals May 19, 2017 – October 29, 2017 Cooper Hewitt
- Down These Mean Streets May 12, 2017 – August 6, 2017 American Art Museum
- Tracing American Journeys May 12, 2017 – June 10, 2019 American History Museum
- More Than a Picture: Selections from the Photography Collection May 5, 2017 – March 8, 2018 African American Museum
