
AFRICAN ART MUSEUM

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Artful Animals
July 1, 2009 - February 21, 2010 (new closing date)
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Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Highlights (new title)
May 18, 2009 - Indefinitely
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Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas
April 1, 2009 - July 26, 2009
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Artists in Dialogue: Antonio Ole and Aime Mpane
February 4, 2009 - August 2, 2009
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AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM

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Alan Bean: Painting Apollo, First Artist on Another World
Upcoming: July 16, 2009 - January 13, 2010
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Universal Dimensions: The Space Art of Wang Ming
April 9, 2009 - October 9, 2009
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Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
April 24, 2008 - Indefinitely
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AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM UDVAR-HAZY CENTER

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Berlin Airlift -- A Legacy of Friendship
June 15, 2009 - July 23, 2009 (closing date tentative)
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Case: Japanese American Pioneers of the Jet Age
May 2007 - TBA
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AMERICAN ART MUSEUM

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Graphic Masters II: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
June 19, 2009 - January 10, 2010
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Thomas Moran Landscapes and George Catlin Indian Portraits
May 8, 2009 - New Permanent
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Jean Shin: Common Threads
May 1, 2009 - July 26, 2009
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1934: A New Deal for Artists
February 27, 2009 - January 3, 2010
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The Honor of Your Company Is Requested: President Lincoln's Inaugural Ball
March 8, 2008 - January 18, 2010
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AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM

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Earl Shaffer and the Appalachian Trail
Upcoming: July 10, 2009 - October 11, 2009
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Stories on Money
June 11, 2009 - TBA (new opening date)
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Archives Center Cases: Stonewall: Fortieth Anniversary
May 30, 2009 - August 2, 2009
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On the Water: Stories from Maritime America
May 22, 2009 - New Permanent
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I Do Solemnly Swear: Photographs of the 2009 Inauguration
April 29, 2009 - July 12, 2009
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Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn: Jazz Composers and Their Signature Works
April 4, 2009 - June 28, 2009
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First Ladies at the Smithsonian
December 19, 2008 - New Permanent
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The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise
January 30, 2009 - February 28, 2010 (new closing date)
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Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
January 16, 2009 - Jan. 2011 (TBA)
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The Star-Spangled Banner: The Flag that Inspired the National Anthem
November 21, 2008 - New Permanent
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Artifact Walls: Constitution Ave. Entrance Corridor
November 21, 2008 - New Permanent
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Artifact Walls: Mall Entrance Corridor
November 21, 2008 - New Permanent
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Invention at Play
November 21, 2008 - TBA
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Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration
November 21, 2008 - January 3, 2010
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Thanks for the Memories: Music, Sports, and Entertainment History
November 21, 2008 - New Permanent
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Invention Case: Sporting Invention
January 7, 2009 - TBA
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Lemelson Center Case: Jerome Lemelson: Toying with Invention
November 21, 2008 - TBA
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AMERICAN INDIAN MUSEUM

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Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America
June 12, 2009 - September 13, 2009
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Cases: Orientation Exhibition
November 13, 2008 - TBA
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Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian
November 1, 2008 - August 16, 2009
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Outdoor Sculpture: Obelisk
September 11, 2008 - August 16, 2009 (new closing date)
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AMERICAN INDIAN MUSEUM HEYE CENTER

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Andrea Carlson
June 13, 2009 - January 10, 2010
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Annie Pootoogook
June 13, 2009 - January 10, 2010
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Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses
September 26, 2008 - September 13, 2009 (new closing date)
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Beauty Surrounds Us
September 23, 2006 - March 31, 2010
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ANACOSTIA COMMUNITY MUSEUM

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Jubilee: African American Celebration
December 7, 2008 - September 20, 2009 (new closing date)
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Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia
November 10, 2008 - Indefinitely
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COOPER-HEWITT, NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM

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Design for a Living World
May 14, 2009 - January 4, 2010
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Fashioning Felt
March 6, 2009 - September 7, 2009
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Shahzia Sikander Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection
March 6, 2009 - September 7, 2009
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FREER GALLERY OF ART

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The Texture of Night: James McNeill Whistler
June 6, 2009 - Through June 2010 (new closing date)
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Writing, Carving, and Rubbing: China's Calligraphic Arts
April 4, 2009 - October 26, 2009
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Moonlight and Clouds: Silver and Gold in the Arts of Japan
November 8, 2008 - November 8, 2009
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Golden Seams: The Japanese Art of Mending Ceramics
November 8, 2008 - November 8, 2009
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Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact
February 23, 2008 - Indefinitely
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Surface Beauty: American Art and Freer's Aesthetic Vision
February 23, 2008 - Indefinitely
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HIRSHHORN MUSEUM & SCULPTURE GARDEN

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Directions -- Walead Beshty: Legibility on Color Backgrounds
April 30, 2009 - September 13, 2009
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Black Box: Guido van der Werve
April 20, 2009 - October 11, 2009 Rotating Exhibition
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Strange Bodies: Figurative Works from the Hirshhorn Collection
December 11, 2008 - Fall 2009 (new closing date)
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NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

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Farmers, Warriors, Builders: The Hidden Life of Ants (new title)
May 30, 2009 - October 10, 2009
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Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake
February 7, 2009 - February 6, 2011
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Cases: The Art of African Exploration
December 9, 2008 - August 16, 2009
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The Sant Ocean Hall
September 27, 2008 - New Permanent
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Dig It! The Secrets of Soil
July 19, 2008 - January 3, 2010
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Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution
February 15, 2008 - New Permanent
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PORTRAIT GALLERY

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Reflections/Refractions: Self-Portraiture in the Twentieth Century
April 10, 2009 - August 16, 2009
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Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture
March 27, 2009 - August 2, 2009
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Presidents in Waiting
January 20, 2009 - January 3, 2010
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Portraiture Now: Feature Photography
November 26, 2008 - September 27, 2009
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One Life: The Mask of Lincoln
November 7, 2008 - July 5, 2009
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Tokens of Affection and Regard: Photographic Jewelry and Its Makers
October 24, 2008 - June 21, 2009
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POSTAL MUSEUM

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Delivering Hope: FDR & Stamps of the Great Depression
June 9, 2009 - June 6, 2010
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Art of the Stamp: Lincoln's Bicentennial (new title)
February 12, 2009 - October 26, 2009 (new closing date)
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Abraham Lincoln Certified Plate Proofs
November 15, 2008 - October 2010
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Alphabetilately: An Alphabet of Philately
September 26, 2008 - October 29, 2010 (new closing date)
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Victory Mail
March 6, 2008 - March 10, 2010 (new closing date)
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Amelia Earhart's Personal Collection
November 12, 2007 - Indefinitely
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Postal Inspectors: The Silent Service
February 7, 2007 - February 28, 2010 (new closing date)
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RENWICK GALLERY

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Grand Salon Installation: Paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
June 6, 2009 - New Permanent
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RIPLEY CENTER (INTERNATIONAL GALLERY)

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The Welsh Table
June 22, 2009 - September 21, 2009
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Jamestown, Quebec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings
May 18, 2009 - November 1, 2009 (new closing date)
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SACKLER GALLERY

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Moving Perspectives: Shahzia Sikander/Xun
Upcoming: July 18, 2009 - November 18, 2009
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The Tsars and the East: Gifts from Turkey and Iran in The Moscow Kremlin
May 9, 2009 - September 13, 2009
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The Tale of Shuten Doji
March 21, 2009 - September 20, 2009
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Moving Perspectives: Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba and Fiona Tan
March 14, 2009 - July 5, 2009 (new closing date)
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Perspectives: S-Curve by Anish Kapoor
November 22, 2008 - January 3, 2010 (new closing date)
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Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia
April 1, 2007 - through 2010
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SMITHSONIAN CASTLE

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World View: Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest
July 1, 2009 - January 17, 2010 (new closing date)
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Judges Desk and Chairs from "American Idol"
June 27, 2009 - September 13, 2009
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"Pile of Loot" from Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
May 4, 2009 - September 30, 2009
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Cases: Scientific Illustrators: Artists in Residence in the Castle
October 30, 2008 - TBA
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Last update: June 30, 2009, 09:06
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