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With over two hundred exhibitions to choose from, we've highlighted select exhibitions from around the Smithsonian—or check out all of our exhibitions.
May 27, 2023 – January 1, 2024 American Indian Museum New York
May 26, 2023 – March 31, 2024 Renwick Gallery
May 25, 2023 – June 2, 2024 American Indian Museum
May 19, 2023 – January 7, 2024 Anacostia Community Museum
May 13, 2023 – September 2, 2024 Cooper Hewitt
April 29, 2023 – Ongoing Sackler Gallery
April 29, 2023 – January 29, 2024 African Art Museum
April 28, 2023 – March 2024 American History Museum
April 28, 2023 – February 25, 2024 Portrait Gallery
April 15, 2023 – March 3, 2024 Freer Gallery of Art
April 1, 2023 – February 25, 2024 Freer Gallery of Art
March 25, 2023 – September 10, 2023 Sackler Gallery
March 25, 2023 – TBA Sackler Gallery
March 24, 2023 – March 24, 2024 African American Museum
March 23, 2023 – April 2025 Natural History Museum
March 13, 2023 – Permanent National Zoo
March 6, 2023 – Ongoing S. Dillon Ripley Center
February 25, 2023 – April 28, 2024 Sackler Gallery
February 25, 2023 – January 28, 2024 Freer Gallery of Art
February 10, 2023 – September 10, 2023 Portrait Gallery
February 10, 2023 – December 31, 2027 Portrait Gallery
January 28, 2023 – Ongoing Freer Gallery of Art
December 10, 2022 – June 11, 2023 Sackler Gallery
December 9, 2022 – Indefinitely American History Museum
February 5, 2022 – May 29, 2023 African Art Museum
December 9, 2022 – May 29, 2023 Cooper Hewitt
June 8, 2019 – May 29, 2023 Cooper Hewitt
July 1, 2022 – June 11, 2023 Portrait Gallery
December 10, 2022 – June 11, 2023 Sackler Gallery
April 1, 2022 – July 16, 2023 Hirshhorn
October 1, 2021 – September 3, 2023 American Art Museum
June 10, 2022 – September 4, 2023 Cooper Hewitt
March 25, 2023 – September 10, 2023 Sackler Gallery
February 10, 2023 – September 10, 2023 Portrait Gallery
August 2, 2022 – September 17, 2023 Hirshhorn
November 27, 2019 – October 8, 2023 Freer Gallery of Art
October 14, 2022 – Permanent Air and Space Museum
September 3, 2022 – Indefinitely Freer Gallery of Art
April 9, 2022 – January 5, 2025 Postal Museum
March 5, 2022 – Indefinitely Sackler Gallery
June 8, 2019 – Permanent Natural History Museum
January 18, 2018 – Indefinitely American Indian Museum
November 8, 2017 – Ongoing Hirshhorn
November 4, 2017 – Permanent African Art Museum
September 22, 2017 – Permanent Portrait Gallery
June 28, 2017 – Permanent American History Museum
September 24, 2016 – Permanent African American Museum
September 24, 2016 – Permanent African American Museum
July 1, 2015 – Permanent American History Museum
December 12, 2014 – Indefinitely Cooper Hewitt
September 21, 2014 – January 25, 2025 American Indian Museum
November 21, 2008 – Permanent American History Museum
September 27, 2008 – Permanent Natural History Museum
October 17, 2006 – Permanent National Zoo
July 1, 2006 – Permanent American Art Museum
December 15, 2003 – Permanent Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
September 20, 1997 – Permanent Natural History Museum
April 8, 2022 – Indefinitely American History Museum
June 8, 2019 – Permanent Natural History Museum
May 24, 2019 – Permanent Natural History Museum
January 28, 2017 – Indefinitely Portrait Gallery
September 24, 2016 – Indefinitely African American Museum
December 9, 2015 – Indefinitely American History Museum
September 4, 2015 – Permanent Natural History Museum
July 1, 2015 – Permanent American History Museum
July 1, 2015 – Indefinitely American History Museum
September 1, 2012 – Permanent National Zoo
August 22, 2012 – Permanent American Indian Museum
November 17, 2011 – Permanent Natural History Museum
September 27, 2008 – Permanent Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum
October 17, 2006 – Permanent National Zoo
February 22, 2006 – Permanent Postal Museum
November 1, 2004 – Permanent Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
June 12, 2004 – Permanent National Zoo
November 22, 2003 – Permanent American History Museum
November 15, 2003 – Permanent Natural History Museum
September 20, 1997 – Permanent Natural History Museum
September 10, 1993 – Permanent Natural History Museum
July 30, 1993 – Permanent Postal Museum
Opened 1951 – Indefinitely American History Museum