Exhibitions

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View news releases below or see all of our publicly released upcoming exhibitions.

Antique black and white image of a man from the waist up wearing a suit, standing in front of a window.
NPG - Shadow to Substance, Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster by Southworth & Hawes, whole-plate daguerreotype, c. 1846. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; conservation made possible by a grant from the Smithsonian's Collections Care and Preservation Fund.

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NPG - Shadow to Substance, Unidentified woman

Unidentified woman by unidentified artist, whole-plate tintype, c. 1865. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

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Digital rendering of a museum gallery with wall text panels and a suspended airplane
Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
NASM - July 2025 Gallery Opening, Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight

Central to the transformation of the forthcoming new Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight gallery is the display of the Spirit of St. Louis (foreground).

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Computer rendering of a museum gallery with a large screen and chairs in front
Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
NASM - July 2025 Gallery Opening, Futures in Space

Rendering of the "Futures in Space" exhibition, opening July 28, 2025 at the Museum in Washington, DC.

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Digital rendering of a museum gallery with multiple interactive panels and planes suspended above.
Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
NASM - July 2025 Gallery Opening, World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation

Rendering of the "World War I: The Birth of Aviation" exhibition, opening July 28, 2025 at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

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Digital rendering of a large museum gallery with space equipment objects.
Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
NASM - July 2025 Gallery Opening, Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall

The new gallery will display more than 20 signature artifacts, including the Apollo Lunar Module LM-2.

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Digital rendering of a museum exhibition with colorful text panels and large stationary and hanging objects
Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
NASM - July 2025 Gallery Opening, Allan and Shelley Holt Innovations Gallery

Rendering of the "Aerospace and Our Changing Environment" exhibition, opening July 28, 2025 at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

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Vintage photo of women kneeling in a field holding flowers.
Eva Curtis (Iñupiaq) and Sadie Vestal (Iñupiaq) picking wildflowers  

Kotzebue, Alaska, June 23, 1951  

Lindell and Ethel Bagley Alaska collection, 379_001

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Vintage photo of a man playing a guitar on a porch
Photograph by William Stiles (1912–1980)
Thommy Mestokosho (Innu, 1937–2016) playing guitar

Québec, Canada, 1959

William F. Stiles collection of photographs and films, S02178  

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Close-up of blue velvet gown with beaded x shapes.
NMAI Gladstone Gowns - Close-up of Gown

Detailed image by Smithsonian Imaging Services, DPO/ODT

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Woman walking the red carpet in a dark blue velvet gown.
Mike Coppola/Getty Images Entertainment via Getty Images
NMAI Gladstone Gowns - Academy Awards Ceremony

Gladstone wore this show-stopping gown during the 96th Academy Awards ceremony. The cape features 216 hand-quilled and beaded petals. Of the design, Gladstone lauded, “I can literally feel the love poured into each quill and bead—the dress is alive with it.”

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Room with curved wall made of screens showing colorful images.
James Di Loreto, Smithsonian.
NMNH Hyperwall - Exhibition

A large Hyperwall—a giant video screen used to display NASA’s Earth Information Center data—will be the centerpiece of “NASA’s Earth Information Center at the National Museum of Natural History.” The Hyperwall in

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Painting of young girl in a black dress and red hat, holding a white teacup and saucer, in front of blue background.
Jon Etter
NPG Amy Sherald: "Miss Everything"

Amy Sherald, “Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance),” 2013; private collection; copyright Amy Sherald; photo: Jon Etter, courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth.

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Painting of a young man wearing a cowboy hat and American flag-patterned button down, with gold background
Joseph Hyde
NPG Amy Sherald: "What's precious..."

Amy Sherald, “What’s precious inside of him does not care to be known by the mind in ways that diminish its presence (All American),” 2017; private collection, Chicago; Copyright Amy Sherald; photo: Joseph Hyde, courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth.

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Poster with yellow background, and white and blue graphic of family.
NMAH Giving in America: Mary's Center
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NMAH Giving in America: Dr. Hernandez
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Image of flat tapestry in dark blue with light blue horizontal stripe across center.
Walter Larrimore for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
NMAI DY Begay: "Enchanted Indigo"

DY Begay (Diné, b. 1953), “Enchanted Indigo,” 2022. Wool and plant dye, 24 5/8 × 26 in. Private collection, New York. 

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Woman with dark hair and a blue shirt, sitting in front of a loom.
Photo by Peter Ellzey, 2022
NMAI DY Begay: Studio

DY Begay (Diné, b. 1953) in her studio. Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

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Image of flat tapestry that is red and blue.
Walter Larrimore for Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, 2023 
NMAI DY Begay: "Monumental Edge"

DY Begay (Diné, b. 1953), “Monumental Edge 2,” 2020. Wool, plant dye, insect dye, and synthetic dye, 77 1/2 x 39 in. Collection of Merrilee Caldwell and Marcus Randolph.

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Image of a multicolored jacket.
Sightlines: Safety Jacket

Safety Jacket: A Mourning in Chinatown, 2018. Terence Nicholson (American, born 1968). Mixed media. Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, 2022.1.1

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Computer mock-up of gallery with wood floors, blue walls, and black and white images.
Sightlines: Exhibition View
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Poster with image of a postage stamp of an American flag and text about the stamp issue.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
National Postal Museum - Voting By Mail, Poster for 5c stamp

Post Office Department poster for a 5c stamp issue carries a slogan for registering and voting, 1964.

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Black-and-white photograph of a group of Japanese American adults around a table examining and filling out documents.
National Archives
National Postal Museum - Voting By Mail, Japanese Americans vote in 1942

Japanese Americans prepare their absentee ballots to vote while incarcerated at Tule Lake, California, 1942.

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Unused form titled “Official Federal War Ballot.”
National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum - Voting By Mail, Federal War Ballot

Official Federal War Ballot issued in 1944 for absentee voting by members of the US Armed Forces

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