Exhibitions

Since the first U.S. postage stamps were issued in 1847, designers have been telling American stories on a small scale. Based on an exhibit first developed by United States Postal Service Art Directors Antonio Alcalá and Greg Breeding, the .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

This exhibition features new artworks acquired in the last decade at the National Museum of African Art. It explains why and how the museum collects, highlighting the ways in which these acquisitions introduce new voices or more fully tell .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

How would you tell your story? Works by more than 50 American artists explore identity, community, and history though the medium of the artist’s book. These works of art—each inspired by the form or function of the book—offer distinct .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

The revitalized Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden reopens following a four-year transformation of its 1.3-acre landscape. The renewed garden is designed to showcase more artworks from the national collection, welcome more visitors, and reunify the .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Creating Tradition: Innovation and Change in American Indian Art features more than 30 contemporary and historic pieces that highlight how artists continually innovate while drawing on past traditions and techniques.

In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World immerses visitors in the freedom-making practices of Black communities navigating both the histories and the legacies of racial slavery and colonialism.

A rare eighteenth-century portrait of Spanish military leader Bernardo de Gálvez (1746–1786) by Cuban painter José Nicolás de Escalera makes its U.S. premiere at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery after more than four generations in .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

The Flight Garden at the National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall explores the beauty and wonder of flight through the lens of plants. Flight Garden features two garden galleries. The Wind Garden explores how plants rely on the wind .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.