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.
- Waterloo Boy February 22, 2018 – Indefinitely American History Museum
- Former President Barack Obama by Artist Kehinde Wiley February 13, 2018 – mid-May 2021 Portrait Gallery
- Former First Lady, Michelle Obama by Artist Amy Sherald February 13, 2018 – mid-May 2021 Portrait Gallery
- Americans January 18, 2018 Through 2022 American Indian Museum
- The Batmobile January 12, 2018 – Indefinitely American History Museum
- The Garden Lounge November 16, 2017 – Indefinitely Natural History Museum
- Mark Bradford: Pickett's Charge November 8, 2017 – 2021 Hirshhorn
- Visionary: Viewpoints on Africa's Arts November 4, 2017 – Permanent African Art Museum
- Power in Southeast Asia October 21, 2017 – TBA Sackler Gallery
- What Absence Is Made Of October 19, 2017 – March 2020 Hirshhorn
- Xu Bing: Monkeys Grasp for the Moon October 14, 2017 – Permanent Sackler Gallery
- Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely Sackler Gallery
- Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia October 14, 2017 – November 29, 2020 Sackler Gallery
- Resound: Bells of Ancient China October 14, 2017 – July 5, 2021 Sackler Gallery
- Body Image: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely Freer Gallery of Art
- Engaging the Senses: Arts of the Islamic World October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely Freer Gallery of Art
- Promise of Paradise: Ancient Chinese Buddhist Sculpture October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely Freer Gallery of Art
- The Beginnings of Buddhism in Japan: Buddhist Art in Japan October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely Freer Gallery of Art
- Imperfectly Beautiful: Inventing Japanese Ceramic Style October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely Freer Gallery of Art
- The Power of Words in an Age of Crisis: Buddhist Art in Japan October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely Freer Gallery of Art
- In the Shadow of an Apocalypse: Buddhist Art in Japan October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely Freer Gallery of Art
- The Power to See Beauty: Charles Lang Freer October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely Freer Gallery of Art
- Rediscovering Korea's Past: Korean Ceramics October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely Freer Gallery of Art
- Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely Freer Gallery of Art
