Exhibitions

Bringing plants and other elements from nature into our living spaces can help people stay connected to natural cycles. Dive into the notion of biophilia, the innate need for humans to connect with living things, especially with plants and .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Some of the top predators on the planet live at the Great Cats exhibit—African lions, Sumatran tigers, and Amur tigers. At each enclosure, visitors can learn about the cats’ characteristics, including social structure, hunting, reproduction, .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

The Destination Moon exhibition features iconic objects from the Museum's unrivaled collection of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo artifacts, including Alan Shepard's Mercury spacesuit and spacecraft, a Saturn V F-1 engine, and Neil Armstrong's .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

The markings on mail provide valuable clues to the surprising ways mail has been transported over time, revealing challenges and even disasters encountered along the way. Learn to analyze and decipher these marking by tracing the journeys of .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest / Historias del bosque boreal focuses on the biodiversity and global importance of the our northern-most forests through first-person stories, commissioned objects, interactive experiences and .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Tsedaye Makonnen is a Washington, D.C.–based Ethiopian American artist. In the seven sculptures featured in this exhibition, she explores the dehumanization of Black women, femme people and their communities, finding connections in form, and .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

The Reptile Discovery Center celebrates the diversity, beauty and unique adaptations of more than 70 reptiles and amphibians. See one of the longest-lived residents at the Zoo—an Aldabra tortoise, estimated to be more than 100 years old. Catch .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

This exhibition of more than 900 objects, related to the individuals who have held the nation's highest office, explores the public, personal, ceremonial, and executive boundaries of the presidency. Composed of 11 thematic sections, the .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.