In 1955, the Swiss-born photographer Robert Frank won a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation grant to photograph American people and places. For two years, Frank traveled by car throughout the...

Enjoy this new audio tour that features more than 20 sculptures and more that will be added in the coming months.

Visitors explore a process called direct lost wax casting a method that yields a single, unique bronze cast of an artist's original clay and wax model.

The exhibition tells the story of country music icon Marty Stuart's personal experiences with some of the most famous stars of American music, highlighting several of the greatest performers on the...

Incorporating hundreds of objects, documents and photographs collected by the National Museum, this exhibition chronicles 130 years of Japanese American history, beginning with the early days of the...

The exhibition traces, for example, an itinerary of the Casbah and the European quarters through vintage postcards, and juxtaposes the long tradition of staged Orientalist representations of...

This exhibit shows how innovators throughout automotive history have sought to overcome automobile design and engineering challenges with the application of "out-of-the-box" thinking.

Beginning in the 16th century, a tradition of bronze sculpture developed in France that was influenced by achievements of the Italian Renaissance but soon revealed its own distinct force, refinement...

The photographs in this exhibition include early daguerreotypes, bromoil and platinum prints as well as contemporary Polaroids and chromogenic prints.

Taking Shape: Finding Sculpture in the Decorative Arts explores the shifting nature of the boundaries between sculpture and the decorative arts.

I Can't Feel My Face shares its title with a painting by KAWS and is a centerpiece of the exhibition, which explores the theme of contemporary portraiture as a vehicle of inherent emotive expression.

Classical Connections explores the influence of ancient art on the art of later centuries.

Each year, since 1974, Shelby Lee Adams returns to his home state of Kentucky to photograph the spectrum of distinctive individuals inside and outside their varied homes.

'The Samurai Re-Imagined' explores the roots of the popular Japanese art forms of manga (graphic novels) and anime (animation) in the traditional arts of Japan by examining images of the iconic...

This exhibition brings together over 100 photographs by Paul Outerbridge (American, 1896-1958) from all periods of his career, including his Cubist still life images, staged magazine photographs, and...

On display at the museum are examples Pre-Columbian art from Mexico, Central and South America. These works communicate the power and sophistication of the mysterious cultures that rose and fell in...

This new installation showcases the Bowers' extensive permanent collection of Native American art and artifacts in stone, shell, plant fiber (through spectacular basketry) and feathers.

This is an important collection of exquisite textiles and silver jewelry.

This exhibition features photographs by Carol Beck and Angela Fisher. Their images of African ritual practices are vivid, rich, intimate and intense.

This video installation by Nicole Cohen explores the intersection of historical interiors, contemporary popular culture, and fantasy. The project focuses on the Museum's collection of French seating...

Through his photographs, Eugene Richards shows the disappearing cultural landscape and exposes the desolate beauty of once inhabited places from the middle of America.

Meet the people who pioneered modern rock climbing and those who are taking it in incredible new directions: the determined free spirits, vagabonds, and visionaries who take part in one of the West's...

This series of galleries, Hall of Exploration, European Explorers, Missions and Ranchos, and Prominent Pioneers, illustrates the rich, colorful and diverse history of the people who settled the West...

Ganesha, the so-called "Elephant God," is one of the most adored and widely worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon. In a series of stunning photographs, New York-based artist Shana Dressler...

This collection portrays the evolution of Chinese technology, art and culture utilizing rare examples of bronze vessels, mirrors, polychrome potteries, sculptures, porcelains, paintings, ivory...

This exhibition explores La Roldana's life as well as the multifaceted techniques involved in the sculptures creation.