Current Exhibitions
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- 1898: U.S. Imperial Visions and Revisions April 28, 2023 – February 25, 2024 Portrait Gallery
- Mirror, Mirror for Us All: Disney Parks and the American Narrative / Experience April 28, 2023 – March 2024 American History Museum
- Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery April 19, 2023 – Ongoing Renwick Gallery
- A Journey of Taste: Freer and Japanese Scroll Mounting April 15, 2023 – March 3, 2024 Freer Gallery of Art
- Words of Wisdom: Buddhist Calligraphy from Japan April 1, 2023 – February 25, 2024 Freer Gallery of Art
- The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas March 25, 2023 – Ongoing Sackler Gallery
- Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures March 24, 2023 – August 18, 2024 African American History and Culture Museum
- Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky March 23, 2023 – December 2025 Natural History Museum
- Bird House March 13, 2023 – Permanent National Zoo
- Smithsonian Stories: African American Groundbreakers March 6, 2023 – Ongoing S. Dillon Ripley Center
- Rinpa Screens February 25, 2023 – January 28, 2024 Freer Gallery of Art
- Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings February 25, 2023 – April 28, 2024 Sackler Gallery
- Abraham Lincoln by W.F.K. Travers February 10, 2023 – December 31, 2027 Portrait Gallery
- A Collector's Eye: Freer in Egypt January 28, 2023 – Ongoing Freer Gallery of Art
- (re) Framing Conversations: Photographs by Richard Avedon, 1946-1965 December 9, 2022 – Fall 2023 American History Museum
- Entertainment Nation / Nación del espectáculo December 9, 2022 – Indefinitely American History Museum
- John Akomfrah: Purple November 23, 2022 – January 7, 2024 Hirshhorn
- Barro Colorado Island 100 Years of Discoveries and Wonder November 18, 2022 – January 2024 Natural History Museum
- Spirit in the Dark: Religion in Black Music, Activism, and Popular Culture November 18, 2022 – April 21, 2024 African American History and Culture Museum
- Nature of the Book November 11, 2022 – March 17, 2024 Natural History Museum
- A Window Suddenly Opens: Contemporary Photography in China November 4, 2022 – January 7, 2024 Hirshhorn
- Kinship October 28, 2022 – January 7, 2024 Portrait Gallery
- Freer's Global Network: Artists, Collectors, and Dealers October 15, 2022 – Ongoing Freer Gallery of Art
- The Wright Brothers & the Invention of the Aerial Age October 14, 2022 – Permanent Air and Space Museum
- America by Air October 14, 2022 – Permanent Air and Space Museum
- Nation of Speed October 14, 2022 – Permanent Air and Space Museum
- Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery October 14, 2022 – Permanent Air and Space Museum
- Thomas W. Haas We All Fly October 14, 2022 – Permanent Air and Space Museum