Three intimately scaled galleries present the types of works that were kept and enjoyed in the private chambers of Italian princes, humanists, and well-to-do merchants. In these rooms, known as...

Learn more about indigenous peoples from across the Western Hemisphere who continue to express the wisdom of their ancestors in celebration, language, art, spirituality and daily life.

Take a look at recent research that has been instrumental in unraveling some of the greatest mysteries of the universe.

A team of assistants executed Sol LeWitt's 'Wall Drawing #65,' a gift from Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, on a wall in the Concourse galleries around the corner from the East Building, Small Auditorium...

Consisting of two 16-foot lengths of polished steel that are gently curved to create a continuous convex and concave wall, 'S-Curve (2006),' recalls the exploration of form that Anish Kapoor most...

In 1969 Ailsa Mellon Bruce bequeathed to the National Gallery of Art her extensive collection of French impressionist and postimpressionist paintings. When the East Building opened in 1978, a series...

This exhibition features ledger drawings, a style of visual history, developed by Native warriors from the Northern and Southern Plains in the late 19th century.

The work sculptor Alexander Calder created for the East Building, 'Untitled, 1976,' is by far the largest example of what is called "motorless construction." The 76-foot-long mobile is constructed of...

Each highlighted object on display will be augmented with personal stories told by Lincoln and the people who knew him best. The exhibition will showcase more than 60 historical treasures associated...

'Theory of Boundaries' demonstrates an interest in the physical and mechanical processes that are involved in the act of painting.

The exhibition includes approximately 45 proofs for lithographs, etchings, and screenprints that the artist expanded in a range of media, including pastel, ink, and paint.

This exhibit presents 15 examples of artists' books that blur the lines between book and sculpture.

This exhibition of seven major paintings and a selection of prints and drawings, mostly drawn from the Gallery's own collection, charts Guston's career from 1949 to 1980.

Items on display in this exhibit trace the development of sports inventions and highlight aspects of universal design in sports technology development. Objects include the skis and tennis rackets...

Learn more about the Native peoples of the Chesapeake Bay region - what is now Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia and Delaware - through photographs, maps, ceremonial and everyday objects, and...

This exhibition of 228 objects highlights the Sackler Gallery's permanent holdings of Chinese art. On display are jades and bronzes, Buddhist sculpture and wall paintings, glass, lacquerware...

'Exploring the Early Americas' features selections from the more than 3,000 rare maps, documents, paintings, prints, and artifacts that make up the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress...

This exhibit features engaging photographs of Bob Hope making the presidents laugh and scores of political jokes from his 89,000-plus-page personal Joke File. Also on display are items from the Bob...

Gain insights into how the nation's founding documents were forged and the role that imagination and vision played in the unprecedented creative act of forming a self-governing country. Participate in...

The Library of Congress presents 'Maps in Our Lives,' an exhibition in recognition of a thirty-year partnership between the Library's Geography and Map Division and the American Congress on Surveying...

On display in the Library's Great Hall are two of the institution's greatest treasures, the Giant Bible of Mainz and the Gutenberg Bible. Displayed in separate cases, both have an interactive station...

Visitors to the Library's historic Thomas Jefferson Building are invited to enter directly in the first floor Great Hall. From there, two orientation galleries flanking the Great Hall present...

Experience the glamour and sophistication of the 1920s and 1930s in this permanent tribute to the brothers who helped provide a musical background to the period. The exhibition contains a wealth of...

Take a trip through a re-created version of Jefferson's library, which assembles 6,487 volumes that founded the Library of Congress, and learn how one of America's greatest thinkers was inspired...

Paul Nicklen's photography of icy landscapes, polar bears, walrus, leopard seals, penguins and more, illustrates both his passion for the environment and a deep commitment to conservation.

Encaustic monoprints are created with encaustic paint, a medium which dates back to ancient Greece.

This exhibit, celebrating the birth of political cartoonist Herbert Block, features 82 original cartoon drawings selected from the Library's Herb Block collection.

From over 17,000 entries submitted from the United States and around the world to the Smithsonian magazine for its 6th Annual Photo Contest, 50 finalists were selected. The images selected represent...

This exhibit commemorates the 100th anniversary of Serge Diaghilev's famous ballet company, the Ballets Russes. On display will be items from the music and papers of Diaghilev and Igor Stravinsky...

This exhibition demonstrates a convergence of two artists' aesthetics as a result of their time shared in a Dupont Circle studio space over the course of two years. On display will be several pairings...