This exhibit commemorates the far-reaching impact of Steve Jobs’ entrepreneurship and innovation on our daily lives.

Learn about the achievements of women in the late 18th century and see portraits of eight prominent American women of the period.

See more than 100 historic and cultural touchstones of American history from the museum’s vast holdings.

Selections from Kano Kazunobu's 100-painting series depicting Buddhist disciples at work are featured.

This exhibition explores the cultural integration and diffusion of African American and American Indian people, especially those of blended heritage.

Learn about slavery in America through the lives of six slave families living at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello plantation.

Learn how mail travels from sender to recipient and how the process has changed over the last 200 years!

Learn about Egyptian burial ritual and cosmology and what they reveal about life in ancient Egypt.

Thomas Jefferson's “The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth" provides insight into his religious and moral beliefs.

This exhibition addresses the emotional importance of mail to troops and their families during wartime and the logistics of delivering mail to troops at war.

This exhibition presents the epic story of the horse's influence on American Indian tribes from the 1600s to the present.

Full-color photographs capture the awe-inspiring beauty of the cosmos as seen through high-powered terrestrial and orbiting telescopes.

To mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks, the museum offers a close-up view of more than 50 objects from the three sites: New York City; the Pentagon; and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. 

See how actress and stand-up comic Phyllis Diller kept track of her trove of 50,000 jokes.

Seven artists from across the country offer provocative artistic responses to the Asian experience in America and the meaning of being Asian American.

This exhibition reveals the true flavor, or "sabor," of Latin music in the United States and the influence Latin music genres have had on American popular music.

This exhibition explores the cultural integration and diffusion of African American and American Indian people, especially those of blended heritage. 

This one-room exhibition chronicles Ronald Reagan’s early years in Illinois through his acting and political career, to his presidency from 1981-1989.

Portrait miniatures from the museum’s collection are on view.

Archival materials reveal how individuals and society were affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.