Exhibitions

Explore Smithsonian exhibitions across museums and partners. Save exhibitions to MySmithsonian to keep a personal list and check back for updates.

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A collage showing a snowmobile on snow, a museum exhibit with a suspended narwhal model, and a ship among icebergs.
Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend dives deep into the narwhal's Arctic world to explore what makes this mysterious animal so important to understanding our changing climate.
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A collage showing two people beside a classic car, a yellow pickup truck lifted at an outdoor event, and a person working under a car hood.
Lowrider Culture in the United States / Cultura Lowrider en los Estados Unidos is a new exhibition from the Smithsonian that highlights a diverse selection of vibrant photographs and prints depicting lowrider culture and iconography while . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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Composite image showing a museum exhibit on nature and a collage with text “KNOWING NATURE” and boreal forest scenes.
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.
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A collage of three photos: people dancing, a group around a cooking table, and someone viewing a photo album.
Japanese War Brides explores the lives of the nearly 45,000 Japanese women who immigrated to America as wives of U.S. military servicemembers after World War II.
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Split image showing people with maracas in decorative attire on the left and a carved stone face on the right.
Visitors will learn about the Caribbean Indigenous survival journey through stories, contemporary crafts, musical instruments, and utilitarian objects.
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X-ray image of a fish showing its spine, ribs, fins, and skull in detail.
When we see the structure of a fish, we learn volumes about its behavior. Laid out in evolutionary sequence, from the most primitive jawless hagfishes to the most evolved spiny-finned species like the striped bass, the exhibition’s . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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A collage showing fish sculptures among succulents, a dragonfly sculpture on a pole, and a praying mantis sculpture in foliage.
The Habitat exhibition explores the stories and science of habitats, and the plants, animals, and humans that call them home.
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A collage showing two pilots in aircraft cockpits and two astronauts in a spacecraft wearing full suits.
Created in collaboration with the National Air and Space Museum, Black Wings chronicles the story of African Americans who, despite facing tremendous racial barriers, attained amazing achievements in aviation history.
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