Exhibitions

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CHildren in Chef Camp T-shirts harvesting vegetables

Photo courtesy Fairbury Improvement Group
 

Smithsonian Showcases Innovation in Rural America in New Traveling Exhibition
Simultaneous Tours Begin in Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky and Michigan
05.15.2023
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
Man in tribal headgear overlooking mountains
Photo by Delvin Ortega, Ortega Films, Dominican Republic, August 17th, 2021
Taino Legacy: Boynayel Mota

Boynayel Mota, of the music and cultural group Taiguabo Yukayeke Kiskeya, overlooks the mountains of his Indigenous ancestors in Maguana Arriba, Dominican Republic.

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People in traditional dress at naming ceremony; priest touching woman with stick
Photo courtesy of Christina M. González image taken with support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation
Taino Legacy: Naming Ceremony

Woman receiving her Taíno name during a Taíno religious public ceremony by community Concilio Taíno Guatu-ma-cu-a-Boriken. Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, 2018.  

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Girl in native dress with face painting shaking gourd rattles
Photo by Teresita González-Crespo, 2017 Courtesy of the photographer
Taino Legacy: Areyto

Members of Concilio Taíno Guatu-Ma-cu-A-Borikén present an areyto (communal song-dance) for the public. Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, 2017.  

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Boynayel Mota of the music and cultural group Taiguabo Yukayeke Kiskeya

 

Boynayel Mota, of the music and cultural group Taiguabo Yukayeke Kiskeya, overlooks the mountains of his Indigenous ancestors in Maguana Arriba, Dominican Republic. Photo by Delvin Ortega, Ortega Films, Dominican Republic, Aug. 17, 2021.

Indigenous Legacy of the Caribbean Featured in New Smithsonian Exhibition
Tour Launches at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach, Florida, May 13
05.11.2023
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
Woman wearing headphones with tribal decorations

Lily Hope, “Memorial Beats,” 2021, thigh-spun merino and cedar bark with copper, headphones, and audio files, 16 x 4 x 10 in., The Hope Family Trust. Photo by Sydney Akagi.

New Work by Native American and Alaska Native Artists on Display at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Tenth Installment of the Renwick Invitational Opens May 26
05.09.2023
Renwick Gallery Exhibitions
ACM mural by Amir Khadar

Mural by Amir Khadar, courtesy Anacostia Community Museum

Anacostia Community Museum Presents “To Live and Breathe: Women and Environmental Justice in Washington, D.C.”
Exhibition Opens May 19
05.02.2023
Anacostia Community Museum Exhibitions
Promotional photo of artist Baseera Khan

Courtesy of Baseera Khan

Baseera Khan Debuts Artwork Commissioned During MTV and Smithsonian Channel Television Docuseries, The Exhibit, May 4 at the Hirshhorn
Presentation Includes Artist Lecture and Conversation, May 25
05.01.2023
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
Entrance to Mirror Mirror exhibition at NMAH

National Museum of American History

“Mirror, Mirror” Reflects the American Narrative
Smithsonian Exhibition Explores Disney Parks Through Maps, Objects, Stories and Photos
04.27.2023
American History Museum Exhibitions
Wolf staring into camera
© Tom Walker All Rights Reserved.
Knowing Nature: Timber Wolf

Timber wolf

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A bull caribou in the snow
©Tom Walker All Rights Reserved.
Knowing Nature: Bull caribou

A bull caribou

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Swimming loon with chick on its back
© Tom Walker All Rights Reserved
Knowing Nature: Loon with chick

A mother loon with chick on her back

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Birchbark canoe
Photo by James Kegley
Knowing Nature: Canoe

Birchbark Canoe handmade by John Ferris (Constance Lake First Nation)

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Handmade snowshoes
Photo by James Kegley
Knowing nature: Snowshoes

Snowshoes handmade by John Ferris (Constance Lake First Nation)

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Waxing gibbous moon rising over pine forest
Photo © Gary and Joanie McGuffin/themcguffins.ca
Knowing Nature: Gibbous Moon

A gibbous moon rises above a forest

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Purple wildflowers bloom in the foreground, snowy mountains in background
© Tom Walker All Rights Reserved.
Knowing Nature: Castner Glacier

Glacial moraine with blooming vetch

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Small herd of caribou walking across snow with mountains in background
Photo Courtesy Stephen Loring
Knowing Nature: Caribou Herd

A small herd of caribou

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Large green gem on black background

Photo by Jeff Scovil, courtesy of Bridges Tsavorite

Smithsonian Unveils Superb Lion of Merelani Gem
Spectacular Tsavorite Gemstone Goes on Public View in the National Museum of Natural History’s Gem Hall
04.13.2023
Natural History Museum Exhibitions
White caribou seen walking across a wintery scene with mountains and evergreen trees in the background

 Photo Courtesy Stephen Loring

Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Examines the Importance of the Boreal Forest
National Tour Begins April 19 at Michigan State University Museum in East Lansing, Michigan
04.12.2023
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
"Pullman Porters" by Hooks Brothers

Hooks Brothers, "Pullman Porters," undated, silver emulsion photograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Dr. Robert L. Drapkin Collection, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment. 

Smithsonian American Art Museum Acquisition of Expansive Collection From Robert Drapkin Doubles Its Authoritative Holdings of African American Photography
Images Represent African American History and Culture From the 1840s Through the 1970s
03.30.2023
American Art Museum Exhibitions
President William McKinley

"President William McKinley" by Francisco Oller y Cestero, oil on canvas, 1898. Collection of Dr. Eduardo Pérez and family.

National Portrait Gallery Presents “1898: U.S. Imperial Visions and Revisions” April 28–Feb. 25, 2024
First Major Smithsonian Exhibition To Examine the U.S. Intervention in Cuba and U.S. Expansion Into Guam, Hawaiʻi, Puerto Rico and the Philippines
03.28.2023
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Two baby bears wander around a grassy area

Two male Andean bear cubs named Sean and Ian are now on view at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C. Credit: Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Andean Bear Cub Brothers Now on View Outdoors at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo
03.27.2023
National Zoo & SCBI Exhibitions
Illustration of postage stamp and baseball with text: "National Postal Museum. Baseball: Americas Home Run"
Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum To Showcase New Objects in Baseball Exhibition
“Baseball: America’s Home Run” Reopens March 25
03.23.2023
Postal Museum Exhibitions
Exterior of African Art museum
“From the Deep: In the Wake of Drexciya with Ayana V. Jackson” Opens April 29 at National Museum of African Art
Exhibition Imagines Powerful Underwater World of African Spirits
03.21.2023
African Art Museum Exhibitions

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