This exhibition will examine the experiences of bracero workers and their families through photographs and audio excerpts from oral histories.

This exhibition chronicles the major technological developments in photographic processes from the origins of the medium until the advent of digital photography.

The Textile Learning Center's Activity Gallery provides opportunities for Museum visitors of all ages to learn about how textiles are made and the ways in which cultural traditions, the environment...

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...

This exhibition features a selection of 19 of the most artistically and culturally compelling objects The Textile Museum has acquired within the last five years. Exhibited pieces will include hats...

About 60 of Man Ray's photographs of African art, along with more than 40 photographs by his contemporaries, including Cecil Beaton, Walker Evans, and Alfred Stieglitz, will appear side-by-side with...

The six-foot-high plaster working model of the celebrated seated Lincoln statue by American sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850-1931), designed for the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, will be...

This exhibit features limited-edition prints from The Smithsonian Associates Art Collectors Program. On view are limited-edition works on paper created by American artists such as Sean Scully, Janet...

This collection, comprised of more than 3,000 works, provides a comprehensive survey of art by women from the 16th century to the present. The work in the collection represents a wide range of styles...

This exhibition presents students' interpretations of the neighborhoods Columbia Heights, Shaw, and the U Street Corridor in northwest Washington, D.C. through photography, writing and original...

Set in the museum's cafe, this installation pays homage to coffeehouse and cafe traditions. The exhibit features collages, board games, books, and artistic foods (both real and fake). In conjunction...

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 exhibit honors the creativity and talent of craft artists working today. The exhibition will feature the work of ceramic artist Christyl Boger, fiber artist Mark Newport, glass artist Mary Van...

This gallery highlights land-based aviation during World War II and features fighter aircraft from each of 5 countries.

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...

This major survey of Brian Jungen transforms the familiar and banal into exquisite objects that reference themes of globalization, pop culture, museums, and the commodification of Indian imagery. On...

Journey into the skin of the earth and explore the amazing world of soils. Completely familiar yet largely unknown, soils help sustain virtually every form of life on Earth. The exhibit will transport...

The Dutch Cabinet Galleries, which opened in 1995, provide a suite of intimately sized rooms for exhibiting the small-scale Dutch and Flemish paintings in the collections of the National Gallery of...

Human anatomy and forensic investigation provide intriguing information on people and events of America's past. This exhibition will examine history through 17th-century bone biographies, including...

This gallery explores overwater flight, focusing on carrier operations from 1911 to the present.

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

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.

The U.S. Botanic Garden's National Mall and fanciful garden-train exhibits have become a beloved Washington tradition, and this year we're serving up even more magic with larger and more amazing...

A one-of-a-kind interpretive exhibit, extraordinary in scale, the Sant Ocean Hall presents the global ocean from a cross-disciplinary perspective, highlighting the biological, geological, and...

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

This gallery illustrates the first 40 years of jet aviation (1939-1979), including the evolution of commercial and military jet aircraft.

The birds on view in the Museum cases have helped generations of visitors identify local species. Year-round and seasonal residents, migrants and vagrants- hundreds of species in all - are displayed...

In celebration of the National Archives 75th anniversary, a special exhibit will showcase big records, big events and big ideas. With the computer age in full swing, and as viewers struggle to see...

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

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...