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Featured events and exhibitions
With over two hundred exhibitions to choose from, we've highlighted select exhibitions—or see them all. Looking for tours, lectures, films, performances? See our Event Calendar.
Just Opened
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Marcel Duchamp: The Barbara and Aaron Levine Collection
November 9, 2019 – October 12, 2020
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Elephants and Us: Considering Extinction
November 1, 2019 – September 13, 2020
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The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today
October 26, 2019 – August 30, 2020
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Pat Steir: Color Wheel
October 24, 2019 – May 10, 2020
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Picturing the American Buffalo: George Catlin and Modern Native American Artists
October 11, 2019 – April 12, 2020
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Lee Ufan: Open Dimension
September 27, 2019 – September 13, 2020
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Sacred Dedication: A Korean Buddhist Masterpiece
September 21, 2019 – March 22, 2020
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Face Values
September 20, 2019 – May 17, 2020
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None Swifter Than These: 100 Years of Diplomatic Couriers
September 14, 2019 – January 26, 2020
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My Computing Devices
August 28, 2019 – February 2020
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Feel the Sun in Your Mouth: Recent Acquisitions
August 24, 2019 – February 23, 2020
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My Iran: Six Women Photographers
August 10, 2019 – February 9, 2020
Closing Soon
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Portraits of the World: Korea
December 14, 2018 – November 17, 2019
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Ella's Books: Volumes from the Library of Ella Fitzgerald
January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019
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Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend
August 3, 2017 – January 5, 2020
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Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence
March 29, 2019 – January 5, 2020
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Manifesto: Art x Agency
June 15, 2019 – January 5, 2020
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Jeffrey Veregge: Of Gods and Heroes
October 6, 2018 – January 5, 2020
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Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination
June 28, 2019 – January 5, 2020
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Michael Sherrill Retrospective
June 28, 2019 – January 5, 2020
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David Best's Temple
March 30, 2018 – January 5, 2020
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Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial
May 10, 2019 – January 20, 2020
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None Swifter Than These: 100 Years of Diplomatic Couriers
September 14, 2019 – January 26, 2020
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Superheroes
November 20, 2018 – January 31, 2020
Kids' Favorites
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The David H. Koch Hall of Fossils—Deep Time
June 8, 2019 – Permanent
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Mega-toothed Shark
May 24, 2019 – Permanent
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Superheroes
November 20, 2018 – January 31, 2020
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The Batmobile
January 12, 2018 – Indefinitely
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Explore! with the National Portrait Gallery
January 28, 2017 – Indefinitely
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Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
September 24, 2016 – Indefinitely
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Still Life with Spirit and Xitle
August 6, 2016 – Indefinitely
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Wegmans Wonderplace
December 9, 2015 – Indefinitely
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African Elephant
September 4, 2015 – Permanent
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Spark!Lab
July 1, 2015 – Permanent
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Patrick F. Taylor Object Project
July 1, 2015 – Permanent
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Immersion Room
December 12, 2014 – Indefinitely
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Connect with U.S. Stamps
September 22, 2013 – Permanent
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American Trail
September 1, 2012 – Permanent
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As We Grow: Traditions, Toys, Games
August 22, 2012 – Permanent
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Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt
November 17, 2011 – Indefinitely
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Sant Ocean Hall
September 27, 2008 – Permanent
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Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution
February 15, 2008 – Permanent
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Asia Trail
October 17, 2006 – Permanent
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Human Spaceflight
November 1, 2004 – Permanent
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Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World
September 21, 2004 – September 2020
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Kids' Farm
June 12, 2004 – Permanent
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America on the Move
November 22, 2003 – Permanent
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Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of Mammals
November 15, 2003 – Permanent
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Explore the Universe
September 21, 2001 – Permanent
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Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals
September 20, 1997 – Permanent
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Space Race
May 16, 1997 – Permanent
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How Things Fly
September 20, 1996 – Permanent
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Insect Zoo, O. Orkin
September 10, 1993 – Permanent
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Moving the Mail
July 30, 1993 – Permanent
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Gunboat Philadelphia
July 3, 1965 – Permanent
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The Dolls' House
Opened 1951 – Indefinitely
Featured, Don't Miss
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I Am... Contemporary Women Artists of Africa
June 20, 2019 – July 5, 2020
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Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery
March 29, 2019 – Indefinitely
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Ruby Slippers and American Culture Displays
October 19, 2018 – 2020
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Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World
May 18, 2018 – 2021
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Former President Barack Obama by Artist Kehinde Wiley
February 13, 2018 – Indefinitely
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Americans
January 18, 2018 Through 2022
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Mark Bradford: Pickett's Charge
November 8, 2017 – 2021
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America's Presidents
September 22, 2017 – Permanent
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American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
June 28, 2017 – Permanent
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Greensboro Lunch Counter
June 28, 2017 – Indefinitely
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Objects of Wonder
March 10, 2017 – TBD 2021
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Slavery and Freedom
September 24, 2016 – Permanent
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Musical Crossroads
September 24, 2016 – Permanent
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Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall
Opened July 1, 2016
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The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire
June 26, 2015 – June 1, 2020
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Experience America
August 14, 2014 – Permanent
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Gems of American Philately
September 22, 2013 – Permanent
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Barbara Kruger: Belief + Doubt
August 20, 2012 – TBA
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The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
November 11, 2004 – Permanent
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World War II Aviation
December 15, 2003 – Permanent
Smithsonian Year of Music
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One Life: Marian Anderson
June 28, 2019 – May 17, 2020
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Ella's Books: Volumes from the Library of Ella Fitzgerald
January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019
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America's Listening
October 19, 2018 – Indefinitely
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Resound: Bells of Ancient China
October 14, 2017 – mid-2020
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Sounding American Music
June 21, 2017 – TBD
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Musical Crossroads
September 24, 2016 – Permanent
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Places of Invention
July 1, 2015 – Indefinitely
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Big Band
March 31, 2015 – Indefinitely
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Grand Piano made by Bluthner, Leipzig, Germany, 1900
August 13, 2014 – Indefinitely
American Women's History
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In Memoriam: Toni Morrison
August 6, 2019 – January 31, 2020
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One Life: Marian Anderson
June 28, 2019 – May 17, 2020
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Women of Progress: Early Camera Portraits
June 14, 2019 – May 31, 2020
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Storied Women of the Civil War Era
May 24, 2019 – May 8, 2022
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Portrait of Julie Packard by Hope Gangloff
April 23, 2019 – August 16, 2020
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Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence
March 29, 2019 – January 5, 2020
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All Work and No Pay: A History of Women's Invisible Labor
March 4, 2019 – February 2020
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Ella's Books: Volumes from the Library of Ella Fitzgerald
January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019
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Portraits of the World: Korea
December 14, 2018 – November 17, 2019
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Special Olympics at 50
July 10, 2018 – January 2020
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Former First Lady, Michelle Obama by Artist Amy Sherald
February 13, 2018 – Indefinitely
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The Four Justices
October 28, 2013 – Indefinitely
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The First Ladies
November 19, 2011 – Indefinitely
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The Struggle for Justice
February 12, 2010 – Permanent
Asia Meets America
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Portraits of the World: Korea
December 14, 2018 – November 17, 2019
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My Iran: Six Women Photographers
August 10, 2019 – February 9, 2020
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Chiura Obata: American Modern
November 27, 2019 – May 25, 2020
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Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia
October 14, 2017 – November 29, 2020
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Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran
October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely
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Many Voices, One Nation
June 28, 2017 – Permanent
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Resound: Bells of Ancient China
October 14, 2017 – mid-2020
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Body Image: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent
October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely
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Engaging the Senses: Arts of the Islamic World
October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely
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Promise of Paradise: Ancient Chinese Buddhist Sculpture
October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely
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The Beginnings of Buddhism in Japan: Buddhist Art in Japan
October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely
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Imperfectly Beautiful: Inventing Japanese Ceramic Style
October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely
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The Power of Words in an Age of Crisis: Buddhist Art in Japan
October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely
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In the Shadow of an Apocalypse: Buddhist Art in Japan
October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely
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Rediscovering Korea's Past: Korean Ceramics
October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely
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Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China
October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely
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Setting the Bar: Arts of the Song Dynasty
October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely
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Center of the World: China and the Silk Road
October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely
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Art and Industry: China's Ancient Houma Foundry: Chinese Bronzes
October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely
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Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades
October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely
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Power in Southeast Asia
October 21, 2017 – TBA
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Forgotten Workers: Chinese Migrants and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad
May 10, 2019 – Spring 2020
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The Peacock Room in Blue and White
May 18, 2019 – Indefinitely
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Hokusai: Mad about Painting
November 23, 2019 – November 2020
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Dewing's Poetic World
November 27, 2019 – November 2020
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Elephant Trails
September 3, 2010 – Permanent
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Asia Trail
October 17, 2006 – Permanent
