Exhibitions

Materials, Methods, and Meanings: Craft in the Archives of American Art explores how artists working across craft disciplines have redefined their fields through inventive uses of materials, experimental techniques, and radical forms that carry.... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

From the California coast to the Kansas heartland to the streets of New York City, the photographs in Much Here is Beautiful: Photography Surveys of the U.S. Bicentennial present an expansive and evocative portrait of America with a focus on .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Timed with the U.S. semiquincentennial, the National Portrait Gallery commemorates the founding of its historic home with The Spirit of Invention: Patent Office and Patentees. This exhibition sketches the early history of the Patent Office—the .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Gain a richer understanding of Robert Rauschenberg’s innovative techniques, sustained legacy, and unique perspective on all things that fly. Explore 30 works by Robert Rauschenberg, many that have never been displayed before. Rauschenberg often.... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

The National Air and Space Museum holds one of the most comprehensive collections of aeronautical and space-related art in the world. There are approximately 7,000 works in the collection with pieces by notable artists including: Alexander .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Big Things for Big Rooms traces the development of immersive, large-scale artworks since the late 1960s. This presentation of 10 artworks—five on view for the first time at the Museum—is drawn largely from the Hirshhorn’s own collection. .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Art collector and American industrialist Charles Lang Freer founded the country’s first national art museum (that’s us!). Long before that, however, he worked with artists, architects, and designers to transform his Detroit home into a place .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Miniatures are a global and almost universal phenomenon. Their tiny size draws us in. Their intricate details inspire awe. The little worlds we can build with them stir our imagination. Whether a toy or a work of fine art, there is more to a .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.