Exhibitions

This exhibition presents young visitors with really big money; that is, money that is large in size, quantity, or denomination. It features striking objects from the National Numismatic Collection, such as Swedish plate money, German billion-.... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Elephant Trails is more than an exhibit; it is also an extensive conservation program built on decades of science. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s rich history of caring for and studying Asian elephants spans more than a century. Scientists at.... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

The Pollinator Garden is composed of four habitats: wetland, meadow, wood's edge, and urban backyard. Informational signage discusses the connections between plants and butterflies and explains the life cycles of butterflies. As many as 30 .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

One of the most memorable images from the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City is the symbolic act of protest by Tommie Smith, winner of the men’s 200-meter race. During the medal ceremony, Smith bowed his head and raised his fist as an assertion .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Pullout frames display tens of thousands of stamps and pieces of mail from the National Philatelic Collection, along with the Postmaster General’s Collection and the Benjamin K. Miller Collection. A large case displays medals, including the .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Laurie Anderson is one of the leading multimedia artists of our time, and her innovative work in performance, music, technology, and visual art has profoundly influenced popular culture for more than forty years. In 2021, as part of The Weather.... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s reopened and reimagined modern and contemporary galleries feature a new installation, American Voices and Visions: Modern and Contemporary Art, that freshly examines the explosion of possibility in American.... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

This exhibition showcases the museum’s unrivaled collection of 46 million fossils, presents the most up-to-date scientific research on how life on Earth has evolved, and presents the fossil record in new ways to show how dinosaurs and other .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.