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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.
December 9, 2023 – 2026 Freer Gallery of Art
December 8, 2023 – December 6, 2026 American Art Museum
December 8, 2023 – December 6, 2026 Portrait Gallery
November 21, 2023 – January 3, 2024 Portrait Gallery
November 18, 2023 – May 4, 2024 Freer Gallery of Art
November 18, 2023 – Fall 2024 African Art Museum
November 18, 2023 – August 11, 2024 Cooper Hewitt
November 3, 2023 – March 3, 2024 Hirshhorn
November 3, 2023 – October 27, 2024 Portrait Gallery
October 20, 2023 – September 2, 2024 Portrait Gallery
October 14, 2023 – TBA African Art Museum
October 7, 2023 – October 13, 2024 Sackler Gallery
September 30, 2023 – Summer 2025 S. Dillon Ripley Center
September 22, 2023 – Ongoing American Art Museum
September 22, 2023 – July 7, 2024 American Art Museum
September 15, 2023 – June 2, 2024 American Art Museum
September 15, 2023 – 2024 American History Museum
July 28, 2023 – January 15, 2024 American Art Museum
July 15, 2023 – January 28, 2024 Sackler Gallery
July 14, 2023 – June 2, 2024 Hirshhorn
July 7, 2023 – February 4, 2024 Cooper Hewitt
June 23, 2023 – June 9, 2024 Portrait Gallery
June 23, 2023 – Ongoing American History Museum
June 23, 2023 Through 2026 Natural History Museum
September 12, 2022 – December 31, 2023 African American History and Culture Museum
May 27, 2023 – January 1, 2024 American Indian Museum New York
November 21, 2023 – January 3, 2024 Portrait Gallery
October 28, 2022 – January 7, 2024 Portrait Gallery
November 23, 2022 – January 7, 2024 Hirshhorn
November 4, 2022 – January 7, 2024 Hirshhorn
May 19, 2023 – January 7, 2024 Anacostia Community Museum
July 30, 2021 – January 15, 2024 Portrait Gallery
July 28, 2023 – January 15, 2024 American Art Museum
August 13, 2022 – January 18, 2024 Freer Gallery of Art
July 15, 2023 – January 28, 2024 Sackler Gallery
February 25, 2023 – January 28, 2024 Freer Gallery of Art
March 24, 2023 – August 18, 2024 African American History and Culture Museum
October 14, 2022 – Permanent Air and Space Museum
September 3, 2022 – Indefinitely Freer Gallery of Art
June 22, 2022 – February 20, 2024 American History Museum
April 9, 2022 – January 5, 2025 Postal Museum
March 5, 2022 – Indefinitely Sackler Gallery
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 History and Culture Museum
September 24, 2016 – Permanent African American History and Culture 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
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 History and Culture Museum
December 9, 2015 – Indefinitely American History Museum
September 4, 2015 – Permanent Natural History Museum
July 1, 2015 – Indefinitely American History Museum
July 1, 2015 – Permanent 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
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