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Complete List of New & Upcoming Smithsonian Exhibitions

AFRICAN ART MUSEUM

Desert Jewels: North African Jewelry and Photography from the Xavier Guerrand-Hermes Collection
Upcoming: October 8, 2008 - January 11, 2009
TxtStyles: Fashioning Identity
June 11, 2008 - December 28, 2008 (new closing date)
El Anatsui's Nukae-1 (2006)
March 12, 2008 - Indefinitely
African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection
February 15, 2007 - March 22, 2009

AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM

Space: A Journey to Our Future
June 14, 2008 - January 11, 2009
Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
April 24, 2008 - Indefinitely
In Plane View: Abstractions of Flight
March 21, 2008 - January 2, 2009
America by Air
November 17, 2007 - New Permanent

AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM UDVAR-HAZY CENTER

Case: Japanese American Pioneers of the Jet Age
May 2007 - May 2009 (TBA)

AMERICAN ART MUSEUM

Graphic Masters I: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Upcoming: November 27, 2008 - May 25, 2009
Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities
September 26, 2008 - January 4, 2009
Local Color: Washington Painting at Mid-Century
July 4, 2008 - October 13, 2008
Earth and Sky: Photographs by Barbara Bosworth
June 20, 2008 - November 9, 2008
The Honor of Your Company Is Requested: President Lincoln's Inaugural Ball
March 8, 2008 - January 18, 2010
Grand Opening of the Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard
November 18, 2007 - New Permanent
Renovating a Landmark: From Patent Office to Reynolds Center.
November 17, 2007 - New Permanent

AMERICAN INDIAN MUSEUM

Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian
Upcoming: November 1, 2008 - August 16, 2009
Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living for Children
October 3, 2008 - January 4, 2009
Outdoor Sculpture: Obelisk
September 11, 2008 - Summer 2009 (TBA)
Outdoor Sculptures: Always Becoming
September 21, 2007 - Indefinitely

AMERICAN INDIAN MUSEUM HEYE CENTER

Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living for Children
October 3, 2008 - January 4, 2009
Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian
Upcoming: November 1, 2008 - May 17, 2009
Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses
September 26, 2008 - Sept. 2009
Beauty Surrounds Us
September 23, 2006 - March 31, 2010

ANACOSTIA COMMUNITY MUSEUM

Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia
May 18, 2008 - October 5, 2008
East of the River: Continuity and Change
September 15, 2007 - November 9, 2008

COOPER-HEWITT, NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM

Solos: Tulou/Affordable Housing for China (new title)
October 3, 2008 - April 5, 2009 (new closing date)
Wall Stories: Children's Wallpaper and Books
October 3, 2008 - April 5, 2009 (new closing date)
Curators Select: Recent Acquisitions, 2003-2008
September 12, 2008 - March 1, 2009
House Proud: Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Interiors from the Thaw Collection
August 12, 2008 - January 25, 2009

FREER GALLERY OF ART

Golden Seams: The Japanese Art of Mending Ceramics (working title)
Upcoming: November 8, 2008 - April 5, 2009 (new opening date)
Guests of the Hills: Travelers and Recluses in Chinese Landscape Painting (new title)
August 23, 2008 - February 22, 2009
Tea for Everyone: Japanese Popular Ceramics for Tea Drinking
March 8, 2008 - October 19, 2008 (new closing date)
Japanese Arts of the Edo Period, 1615-1868, Part 2
March 8, 2008 - October 19, 2008 (new closing date)
Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact
February 23, 2008 - Indefinitely
Surface Beauty: American Art and Freer's Aesthetic Vision
February 23, 2008 - Indefinitely

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM & SCULPTURE GARDEN

Directions -- Terence Gower, Public Spirit: The Hirshhorn Project
Upcoming: November 5, 2008 - March 22, 2009
The Panza Collection and Ways of Seeing: Giuseppe and Giovanna Panza
Upcoming: October 23, 2008 - January 11, 2009
Black Box: Semiconductor
August 25, 2008 - December 14, 2008 Rotating Exhibition
Currents: Recent Acquisitions
October 18, 2007 - November 16, 2008 (new closing date)

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

Nature's Best 2008 Photography Awards: Windland Smith Rice International Awards
Upcoming: November 22, 2008 - May 3, 2009 (dates tentative)
The Sant Ocean Hall
September 27, 2008 - New Permanent
Dig It! The Secrets of Soil
July 19, 2008 - January 3, 2010
Nature's Best Photography: Ocean Views
June 11, 2008 - October 26, 2008
Case: Botanica Magnifica
April 18, 2008 - TBA
The Lost Amazon: The Photographic Journey of Legendary Botanist Richard Evans Schultes
April 17, 2008 - November 2, 2008
Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution
February 15, 2008 - New Permanent
Discovering Rastafari!
November 2, 2007 - Indefinitely
Korea Gallery
June 8, 2007 - Indefinitely

PORTRAIT GALLERY

One Life: The Mask of Lincoln
Upcoming: November 7, 2008 - July 5, 2009
Tokens of Affection and Regard: Photographic Jewelry and Its Makers
Upcoming: October 24, 2008 - June 21, 2009
Women of Our Time: Twentieth-Century Photographs
Upcoming: October 10, 2008 - February 1, 2009
Four Indian Kings (special installation)
September 12, 2008 - January 25, 2009
Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture
May 9, 2008 - February 8, 2009
Herblock's Presidents: "Puncturing Pomposity"
May 2, 2008 - November 30, 2008
New Arrivals
March 21, 2008 - January 25, 2009
RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture
February 8, 2008 - October 26, 2008
Grand Opening of the Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard
November 18, 2007 - New Permanent
Renovating a Landmark: From Patent Office to Reynolds Center
November 17, 2007 - New Permanent
One Life: Kate: A Centennial Celebration
November 2, 2007 - September 28, 2008

POSTAL MUSEUM

Alphabetilately: An Alphabet of Philately
September 26, 2008 - October 29, 2009 (new closing date)
Victory Mail
March 6, 2008 - Indefinitely
Amelia Earhart's Personal Collection
November 12, 2007 - November 11, 2008
Part II: Rarity Revealed: The Benjamin K. Miller Collection
November 5, 2007 - March 2, 2009 (new closing date)
Postal Inspectors: The Silent Service
February 7, 2007 - February 28, 2009

RENWICK GALLERY

Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Glass
October 3, 2008 - January 11, 2009

RIPLEY CENTER (INTERNATIONAL GALLERY)

After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy (new title)
Upcoming: November 8, 2008 - March 9, 2009
Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968
Upcoming: November 8, 2008 - March 9, 2009
Green Light: A Juried Exhibition of Emerging Artists with Disabilities (new title)
September 17, 2008 - January 4, 2009
Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico, 1949-1989
September 17, 2008 - January 18, 2009 (new opening date)
Jim Henson's Fantastic World
July 12, 2008 - October 5, 2008

SACKLER GALLERY

Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur
Upcoming: October 11, 2008 - January 4, 2009
Moving Perspectives -- Yang Fudong/Cao Fei and Ou Ning
September 6, 2008 - November 30, 2008
Seascapes: Tryon & Sugimoto
July 12, 2008 - January 25, 2009
Perspectives -- Y.Z. Kami
March 15, 2008 - October 13, 2008
Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia
April 1, 2007 - through 2010

SMITHSONIAN CASTLE

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Eyes on the World: Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest
July 1, 2008 - January 15, 2009
Cases: American Heroes of the Olympic Spirit
June 20, 2008 - October 12, 2008

Last update: September 29, 2008, 18:31

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