Exhibitions

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Portrait of man and a separate image of a ceramic bowl

Left image: Sam Gilliam portrait by Fredrik Nilsen Studio. Right image: Sam Gilliam, “X for X,” 2021, acrylic and mixed media on panel in beveled frame, 48 x 48 x 4 inches (121.9 x 121.9 x 10.2 cm). Photo: Jonathan Nesteruk. Copyright 2022 Sam Gilliam /Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Hirshhorn’s Sam Gilliam Exhibition Will Spotlight His Decades-Long Investigation Into Abstraction
“Sam Gilliam: Full Circle” Will Debut New Paintings, May 25–Sept. 11
04.07.2022
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
Robinson Jersey

Jackie Robinson's Jersey

National Museum of African American History and Culture Displays Jackie Robinson’s Jersey in Honor of 75th Anniversary of Robinson’s Major League Debut
04.07.2022
African American Museum Exhibitions
Raytheon Technologies Space Age

Rendering of Raytheon Technologies' "Living in the Space Age."

National Air and Space Museum Receives $25 Million Gift From Raytheon Technologies
New “Living in the Space Age” Exhibition Anticipated To Open in 2025
04.06.2022
Air and Space Museum Exhibitions
Baseball jersey with "New York" embroidered on front
Loan from The Stephen Wong Collection
Lou Gehrig’s New York Yankees road jersey with Baseball Centennial arm patch, 1937–1939

Lou Gehrig’s New York Yankees road jersey with Baseball Centennial arm patch, 1937–1939

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New York Yankees jersey
Loan from The Stephen Wong Collection
Joe DiMaggio New York Yankees rookie home uniform, 1936

Joe DiMaggio New York Yankees rookie home uniform, 1936

DiMaggio wore this uniform during his spectacular rookie season. By May he was batting .411, and he finished the year with twenty-nine home runs and a World Series championship.

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Dodgers baseball jersey in a glass case
Loan from The Stephen Wong Collection
Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Dodgers road jersey, 1948

Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Dodgers road jersey, 1948

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Illustration of Jackie Robinson
Loan from United States Postal Service, Postmaster General’s Collection
20¢ Jackie Robinson (Black Heritage Series) approved stamp art by Jerry Pinkney, 1982

20¢ Jackie Robinson (Black Heritage Series) approved stamp art by Jerry Pinkney, 1982
Scott Catalogue USA 2016

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Antique advertising catalogue cover with type and handwriting
National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Baseball equipment illustrated advertising cover, circa 1880s

Baseball equipment illustrated advertising cover, circa 1880s
Scott Catalogue USA 206

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Baseball jersey with "Post Office" embroidered on front
National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Postal baseball team game-worn apparel

Postal baseball team game-worn apparel

Baseball teams composed of postal clerks and letter carriers first appeared in large cities around the turn of the twentieth century.

SI-82-2022

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Front cover of a catalogue with stamps and autograph
National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution
3¢ Centennial of Baseball Issue pane of fifty autographed by Postmaster General James A. Farley, 1939

3¢ Centennial of Baseball Issue pane of fifty autographed by Postmaster General James A. Farley, 1939

Scott Catalogue USA 855

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National Postal Museum Baseball, Americas Home Run
Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum To Open Baseball Exhibition
“Baseball: America’s Home Run” Opens April 9
03.22.2022
Postal Museum Exhibitions
Eartha Kitt looks at President Johnson inside White House room
Courtesy White House Photo Office Collection at LBJ Library, Yichi Okamoto, photographer
Eartha Kitt and President Lyndon B. Johnson

Entertainer Eartha Kitt (pictured with President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House in January 1968) was a supporter and honorary member of the Rebels with a Cause. After witnessing the appalling living conditions in Barry Farm–Hillsdale, Kitt spoke at a rally given by the Rebels.

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Courtesy the Jack Rottier Photograph Collection, 1953–83, Collection #C0003, Box 28, Folder 23, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Poor People’s Campaign in 1968

Etta Mae Horn (third from the left in the front row) marches for welfare rights at the opening of the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968. Horn was a member of the Band of Angels.

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Archival photo of a two story house
Report of the Schoolhouse Commission, 1908
Hillsdale School, ca. 1908
Hillsdale School, ca. 1908, a few years before it was demolished. From Report of the Schoolhouse Commission, 1908
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Group of teachers stand outside of a school
Courtesy the Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket, Massachusetts
Teachers in front of Barry Farm–Hillsdale’s Birney School, ca. 1910.
Teachers in front of Barry Farm–Hillsdale’s Birney School, ca. 1910. Community leader Emma V. Smith is pictured at top right.
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Three children stand on sidewalk on barren street

Children outside Barry Farm Dwellings, April 28, 1944. Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (LC-G613-45237)

Anacostia Community Museum Presents “We Shall Not Be Moved: Stories of Struggle from Barry Farm-Hillsdale”
Online Exhibition Focuses on Housing Equity and Justice in Historic DC Neighborhood
03.16.2022
Anacostia Community Museum Exhibitions
Person in red clothing and headdress stares forward
National Museum of American History Opens “Discovery and Revelation”
From Galileo to “God Helmet,” Exhibit Reveals Relationship of Religion and Science
03.10.2022
American History Museum Exhibitions
Japanese print depicting battle scene

Credit: Toyohara Kunichika / Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC: The Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz Collection, S2021.5.339a-c

National Museum of Asian Art Debuts Works on Paper Gallery With Exhibition of Recently Acquired Japanese Prints
“Underdogs and Antiheroes: Japanese Prints from the Moskowitz Collection” Will Open for the National Cherry Blossom Festival March 19
03.10.2022
Asian Art Museum Exhibitions
Three sculptures of standing figures on pedestals inside a building

Credit: Josh Weilepp/NMAAHC

Three Sculptures From Acclaimed Artist Elizabeth Catlett Coming to National Museum of African American History and Culture
03.09.2022
African American Museum Exhibitions
Room with mirrored walls filled with colorful polka-dotted balls

Visitors experiencing Yayoi Kusama's “Infinity Mirrored Room—My Heart Is Dancing into the Universe” (2018) at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Photo by Matailong Du. Wood and glass mirrored room with paper lanterns, 119 5/8 x 245 1/8 x 245 1/8 in. (304 x 622.4 x 622.4 cm). Courtesy Ota Fine Arts and Victoria Miro, London/Venice. © YAYOI KUSAMA. Purchased jointly by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2020), and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, with funds from the George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, by exchange.

Hirshhorn Announces April 1 Opening Date for “One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection”
Exhibition Builds on Record-Breaking 2017 Exhibition and North American Tour Initiated by the Hirshhorn
03.07.2022
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
Abstract painting by Oscar Howe

Oscar Howe (Yanktonai Dakota, 1915–1983), Umine Dance, 1958. Casein and gouache on paper, mounted to board, 18 x 22 in. Garth Greenan Gallery, New York 

“Dakota Modern: The Art of Oscar Howe” Presents Major Retrospective of the Yanktonai Dakota Artist’s Work
One of the 20th Century’s Most Innovative Native American Painters, Howe Challenged Stereotypes and Created Pathways for Native Painters
03.02.2022
American Indian Museum Heye Center Exhibitions
Cartoon of group of men entangled in electrical cord

“Watergate Breaks Wide Open” by Jack Davis, watercolor and ink on paperboard, 1973. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of TIME magazine.

National Portrait Gallery Presents “Watergate: Portraiture and Intrigue”
Commemorating the Watershed Moment’s 50th Anniversary, on View March 25–Sept. 5
02.22.2022
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Illustration of a man in robes

Portrait of a Gaofeng Yuanmiao, 1238 - 1295. Chūan Kinkō (mid-15th century) Japan, Muromachi period, 1392-1568 Ink on paper. H x W (image): 58.4 x 37.4 cm. Gift of Charles Lang Freer, Freer Gallery of Art. F1911.317a-b

National Museum of Asian Art Illustrates the Visual, Spiritual and Philosophical Power of Zen in Its Inaugural Exhibition for “The Arts of Devotion”
“Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan” Launches “The Arts of Devotion,” a Five-Year Initiative Dedicated to Furthering Civic Discourse and the Understanding of Religion
02.17.2022
Asian Art Museum Exhibitions
Exterior of Cooper Hewitt Museum
"Duro Olowu Selects" To Open in March at Cooper Hewitt
02.15.2022
Cooper Hewitt Exhibitions

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