Exhibitions

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

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Smithsonian’s Freer|Sackler Traces Japanese Artists’ Response to Modernity With Two Exhibitions
“Japan Modern” Explores Photography and Prints in the 20th Century
09.17.2018
Asian Art Museum Exhibitions
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Hirshhorn Presents Acclaimed Artist Pat Steir’s Largest Site-Specific Work to Date
28 New Paintings Will Span Nearly 400 Feet Around Museum’s Inner-Circle Gallery
09.14.2018
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
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“John Lennon: The Green Album” Opens at National Postal Museum
Special Showing Coincides With U.S. Postal Service Issue of Music Icons Stamp
09.07.2018
Postal Museum Exhibitions
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“Within These Walls” Exhibition Uses Technology To Bring Stories to Life
Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History Updates Gallery With Theatrical Projections
08.31.2018
American History Museum Exhibitions
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Nudist Colony Opening at Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Watch Live 24/7 on New Webcam
08.27.2018
National Zoo Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery Celebrates the Centennial of Leonard Bernstein’s Birth
A Photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson Will Be on Display Aug. 23
08.22.2018
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Highlights Changing Landscape of Rural America
Simultaneous Tours Begin in Florida, Illinois and South Carolina
08.22.2018
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
Hirshhorn Announces Tino Sehgal’s ‘This You’
Internationally Acclaimed Artist’s Outdoor Work Will Debut Labor Day Weekend
08.09.2018
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
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“Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor” Opens Sept. 28 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition Presents the First Major Retrospective of an Artist Born Into Slavery
08.02.2018
American Art Museum Exhibitions
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Smithsonian’s New Fossil Hall To Open June 8, 2019
National Museum of Natural History Welcomes Return of the Nation’s T. rex
07.17.2018
Natural History Museum Exhibitions
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Ancient “Sea Monsters” Reveal How the Ever-Changing Planet Shapes Life, Past and Present
Never-Before-Seen Fossils From Angola Bring a Strange Yet Familiar Ocean Into View
05.30.2018
Natural History Museum Exhibitions
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Smithsonian Exhibition Explores the History and Challenges of Fighting Infectious Diseases
“Outbreak” Opens May 18
05.16.2018
Natural History Museum Exhibitions
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Hirshhorn Announces First US Retrospective of German Artist Georg Baselitz in 20 Years
Exhibition Coincides With Artist’s 80th Birthday
11.24.2017
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
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Smithsonian Unveils a Nearly 12-Foot-Tall Post Created by Activists Protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline
10.25.2017
American Indian Museum Exhibitions
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Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery Explores Rich Buddhist Heritage of Asia
“Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice across Asia” To Go On View Oct. 14
07.27.2017
Asian Art Museum Exhibitions
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Ancient Bells of China Resound Throughout Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery
Exhibition Offers Visitors Dynamic Experience of Bells From Chinese Bronze Age
07.12.2017
Asian Art Museum Exhibitions
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Sackler Gallery Reunites Monumental Utamaro Triptych April 8
Exhibition Explores the Fantasies and Realities of Edo Japan’s “Floating World”
03.10.2017
Asian Art Museum Exhibitions
Elaborately illuminated Qu'ran manuscript
Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery Presents First Major U.S. Exhibition of Qur’ans
“The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts” Will Be On View Oct. 22–Feb. 20, 2017
10.04.2016
Asian Art Museum Exhibitions
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Smithsonian Gardens Presents “Garden Inspirations”
Five Miniature Landscapes Delve Into the World of Miniature Gardening
09.23.2016
Smithsonian Gardens Exhibitions
Fireworks over the National Mall
Smithsonian Celebrates 100 Years of America’s National Parks
National Museum of Natural History and Smithsonian Channel Mark Centennial With New Exhibition and Documentary Film
07.25.2016
Smithsonian Channel Smithsonian Enterprises Retail Natural History Museum Exhibitions
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“The Cosmic Buddha in 3D” Exhibition To Open Jan. 30
Sixth-Century Sculpture Highlighted Through New Technology in Interactive Exhibition
01.11.2016
Digitization Program Office Exhibitions
(Roberto Clemente by Charles “Teenie“ Harris, gelatin silver print, 1960
National Portrait Gallery Honors Baseball
Roberto Clemente’s Portrait Chosen by the Public for Display
08.18.2015
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
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Ceramic Objects Yield Ancient Narratives of Central America’s First Peoples
Telling Representations of Indigenous Legacies Examined in Key Pieces from the Smithsonian Museum’s Vast Collection
03.04.2015
American Indian Museum American Indian Museum Heye Center American Latino Museum Exhibitions
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Smithsonian Exhibition Exploring the Power of Star Wars™ Costumes Begins National Tour January 2015
Exhibition Opens Jan. 31 at Seattle’s EMP Museum
10.29.2014
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions

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