Exhibitions

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View news releases below or see all of our publicly released upcoming exhibitions.

Side by side portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama
National Portrait Gallery Engages Audiences Across the Country With Five-City Tour of the Acclaimed Obama Portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald
Tour To Include Chicago, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Houston Starting June 2021
01.23.2020
Museums Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
ticket to Andrew Johnson impeachment

Ticket to Andrew Johnson's impeachment (courtesy National Museum of American History)

Statement on Collecting Objects Regarding the Impeachment of the President
01.21.2020
American History Museum Exhibitions
spiral artwork

Department of Seaweed: Living Archive, 2018–ongoing; Julia Lohmann (German, b. 1977), Violaine Buet (French, b. 1977) and Jon Lister (New Zealander, b. 1977); Seaweed and rattan; Dimensions variable; Photo: Pierre-Yves Dinasquet, Department of Seaweed.

"Partnering With Nature" Exhibition To be Presented at the World Economic Forum's 2020 Annual Meeting
On View in the Congress Centre Jan. 21 Through Jan. 24
01.15.2020
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
night sky
Smithsonian Opens Immersive Sound-and-Light Exhibition Celebrating the Natural Beauty of Australia
01.10.2020
Natural History Museum Exhibitions
woman next to a tent

Woman between tents, Resurrection City, Washington, D.C., 1968
Robert Houston, born 1935
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston, © Robert Houston

Smithsonian Poster Exhibition Exploring 1968 Poor People’s Campaign On View at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
01.10.2020
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
"Bias" Logo

"The Bias Inside Us"

Smithsonian Announces $1 Million Gift From the Otto Bremer Trust To Support Community Engagement Project on Implicit Bias
01.09.2020
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions Education News
Age Old Cities

"Age Old Cities"

For the First Time in the US, Visitors Can Experience “Age Old Cities”—A Virtual Journey to the Devastated Sites of Mosul, Aleppo and Palmyra
Immersive Exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art Highlights Importance of the Preservation of Cultural Heritage
01.09.2020
Freer|Sackler Exhibitions
Daisy Fellowes

John Singer Sargent, “Daisy Fellowes,” c. 1920, charcoal on paper. Private collection, Columbus, Georgia. Photo by Jim Cawthorne.

 

National Portrait Gallery Presents “John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal”
Features 50 Rarely Exhibited Charcoal Drawings by America's Master Portraitist
01.09.2020
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
baseball card

Anthony Rendon’s YMCA baseball card

Major League Baseball Player Anthony Rendon pictured at age 5 on a Houston YMCA Giants T-ball league card. The front is emblazoned with “Superstars” and the back includes his height of 3 ft., 10 in.  

Gift of Rene and Bridget Rendon to the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

“¡Pleibol!” Slides Into Smithsonian Fall 2020
Exhibition Will Explore Latina/o Impact Through Baseball Artifacts, Stories and Photos
01.08.2020
American History Museum Exhibitions
infinity rooms
Hirshhorn Acquires Three Major Works by Yayoi Kusama, Announces 2020 Legacy Exhibition
Exhibition Will Build on Hirshhorn’s 2017 Survey and Include Two Infinity Mirror Rooms, Sculptures and Early Painting
01.06.2020
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions New Acquisitions
The Wisdom of the Universe, 2014, acrylic on canvas

Christi Belcourt (Michif), The Wisdom of the Universe, 2014, acrylic on canvas, Collection Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Purchased with funds donated by Greg Latremoille, 2014, 2014/6. © Christi Belcourt

Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents the First Major Museum Exhibition to Explore the Achievements of Native Women Artists at Its Renwick Gallery
Nationally Touring Exhibition Opens in Washington, D.C., Feb. 21, 2020
12.17.2019
American Art Museum Exhibitions
soldiers sitting around a table

Sailors reading, writing, and relaxing at the Red Cross Rest Room in New Orleans.

National Archives (165-WW-127A-016)

National Museum of African American History and Culture Opens New Exhibition, “We Return Fighting”
12.12.2019
African American Museum Exhibitions

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