Exhibitions

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Man in baseball uniform stands above a group of young children whose backs are to the viewer

Roberto Clemente working off-season with kids in Carolina, Puerto Rico, 1962. Courtesy of The Clemente Museum.

New Traveling Exhibition Explores the History of Latinos and Baseball
National Tour Starts Jan. 23 at the Castle Museum in Saginaw, Mich.
01.21.2021
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
Four baseball players with their backs to the viewer talk to another player facing the camera in a baseball stadium
Courtesy of La Vida Baseball
Pleibol Exhibit: 2018 All-Star Game

Javier Báez (Chicago Cubs, center) chats with Edwin Díaz (Seattle Mariners, left), José Berríos (Minnesota Twins, right), and others before the 2018 All-Star Game, Washington, D.C.

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Young boy crouches in a field of grass with a baseball mitt in hand
Courtesy of Leopold E. Martinez
Pleibol Exhibit: Eddie Martinez

Eddie Martinez fields a ground ball at Bassett Park, La Puente, California, 1961.

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Red and pink RIFA poster
"¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now" Unites Historic Civil Rights-Era Prints With Works by Contemporary Graphic Artists
Features More Than 100 Artworks From the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Leading Latinx Collection
11.17.2020
American Art Museum Exhibitions
woman at a desk with group of men standing behind her.

Tillie Lewis and brokers, 1945

Courtesy of Haggin Museum

Even Though the Room Is Full, They Are “The Only One in the Room”
Eight Women Achievers Across Three Centuries Featured in Smithsonian Exhibit
11.13.2020
American History Museum Exhibitions
Astronaut Victor Glover

NASA photo

Smithsonian Collaborates With NASA Astronaut Victor Glover
Two Museums Will Help Tell Story of Glover’s Historic First Trip to the ISS
11.12.2020
Air and Space Museum Exhibitions Education News
Bright red sculpture "Marker"

Marker by Rania Hassan, courtesy of Golden Triangle BID

Smithsonian and Golden Triangle Expand Women’s History Initiative Into the Streets of Washington, D.C.
10.28.2020
Exhibitions
Kobe Bryant Jersey

Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, gift of Kobe Bryant

Honoring Kobe Bryant: Bryant’s Lakers Jersey Is Now on Display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
10.19.2020
African American Museum Exhibitions
Anthony Rendon's YMCA baseball card (young boy posing with bat)

National Museum of American History

Opening Day for “¡Pleibol!” To Coincide With MLB 2021 Season
New Book, Exhibition Will Explore Baseball’s Impact Through Artifacts, Stories and Photos
10.08.2020
American History Museum Exhibitions
Installation view of sculpture by Lauren Fensterstock

Lauren Fensterstock

Smithsonian American Art Museum Explores the Relationship Between Art and Nature in a New Exhibition at Its Renwick Gallery
“Forces of Nature: Renwick Invitational 2020” Opens Oct. 16
10.08.2020
Renwick Gallery Exhibitions
Girlhood Exhibition

"Girlhood (It's Complicated)" Exhibition

“Girlhood (It’s Complicated)” Opens at National Museum of American History
Museum Amplifies Role of Girls in History During 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage
10.02.2020
American Women's History Museum American History Museum Exhibitions
animated image of previous winners
National Portrait Gallery Announces Call for Entries for Sixth Triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
Selected Artworks Will Be Exhibited in Major Exhibition and Tour
10.01.2020
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Animation of two black, one white man
Courtesy of the artist and Haines Gallery, San Francisco
Paint Unpaint

Video still. Kota Ezawa, “Paint Unpaint,” 2014. Single-channel video; color; silent; 1:34 min. Gift of Elizabeth Miller and Daniel Sallick, 2017 (2017.028). Courtesy of the artist and Haines Gallery, San Francisco

 

 

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Composite photo of three video stills
Hirshhorn Museum Has Announced First Online Exhibition “In the Beginning: Media Art and History” Oct. 1
Hirshhorn Continues Its Commitment to New Media and Video Art Since 2005 Launch of Black Box
09.29.2020
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
Asian woman in red dress in front of grand piano
Courtesy of the artist and Kai Matsumiya Fine Arts
El Mundo

Video still. Rainer Ganahl, “El Mundo,” 2013. Two-channel video; color; sound; 55:00 min. Gift of Aaron and Barbara Levine, 2015 (15.1). Courtesy of the artist and Kai Matsumiya Fine Arts 

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Hand holding banana peel
© Camille Henrot Courtesy of the Artist
Grosse Fatigue

Video still. Camille Henrot, “Grosse Fatigue,” 2013.

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Black and white photo of Eleanor Roosevelt

“Eleanor Roosevelt” by Yousuf Karsh, gelatin silver print, 1944. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Gift of Estrellita Karsh, in memory of Yousuf Karsh. Copyright: Estate of Yousuf Karsh.

National Portrait Gallery Presents Major Exhibition “Every Eye Is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States”
09.29.2020
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Cover of 1940 edition of the Green Book
New York Public Library
The Green Book

“Green Book” cover, 1940.

Courtesy Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, New York Public Library.

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Dressed up Black boys sitting on hood of car
Library of Congress
All Dressed Up

Negro boys on Easter morning. Southside, Chicago, Illinois, 1941.

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Cover of Green Book 1940
New Smithsonian Exhibition Explores “The Green Book”
Opens Oct. 3 at Historic “Green Book” Site, the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis
09.23.2020
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
Humboldt Portrait

Friedrich Georg Weitsch, Portrait of Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), 1806, oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 36 3/8 in., Staatliche Museenzu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, photo: bpk Bildagentur/Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany/KlausGoeken Art Resource, NY

Smithsonian American Art Museum Extends Critically Acclaimed Exhibition “Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature and Culture” Through Jan. 3, 2021
Exhibition Was Shuttered When the Museum Closed as a Public Health Precaution Due to COVID-19
09.14.2020
American Art Museum Exhibitions
Church, Natural Bridge

Frederic Edwin Church. “The Natural Bridge, Virginia,” 1852, oil on canvas, 28 x 23 in. The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, gift of Thomas Fortune Ryan.

“Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature and Culture” Explores Renowned Naturalist’s Impact on American Identity
Smithsonian American Art Museum Is the Sole Venue for the Landmark Exhibition
09.14.2020
American Art Museum Exhibitions
Portrait of John Lewis
Copyright: Michael Shane Neal
The Struggle for Justice

“Congressman John Lewis” by Michael Shane Neal, oil on linen, 2020. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift from Jeffery and Cynthia Loring in memory of Congressman John Lewis. Copyright: Michael Shane Neal

 

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Portrait of Lincoln
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
America’s Presidents

“Abraham Lincoln” by George Peter Alexander Healy, oil on canvas, 1887. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942

 

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