Exhibitions

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Empty street lined with posters attached to fences on each side — Andrea Jones, Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum

Men of Change: Nash Street

Nash St at Night at the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum’s exhibition, Men of Change: Taking it to the Streets in Deanwood, D.C.

Credit: Andrea Jones, Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum

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Duke Ellington composing at the piano, 1928. Valentino Sarra, Duke Ellington Collection. Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum Presents Outdoor Exhibition on Revolutionary African American Men

02.01.2021

Traveling Exhibition Service Anacostia Community Museum Exhibitions

Valentino Sarra, Duke Ellington Collection. Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Men of Change: Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington composing at the piano, 1928.

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Man in baseball uniform stands above a group of young children whose backs are to the viewer — Roberto Clemente working off-season with kids in Carolina, Puerto Rico, 1962. Courtesy of The Clemente Museum.

New Traveling Exhibition Explores the History of Latinos and Baseball

National Tour Starts Jan. 23 at the Castle Museum in Saginaw, Mich.

01.21.2021

Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions

Four baseball players with their backs to the viewer talk to another player facing the camera in a baseball stadium — Courtesy of La Vida Baseball

Pleibol Exhibit: 2018 All-Star Game

Javier Báez (Chicago Cubs, center) chats with Edwin Díaz (Seattle Mariners, left), José Berríos (Minnesota Twins, right), and others before the 2018 All-Star Game, Washington, D.C.

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Young boy crouches in a field of grass with a baseball mitt in hand — Courtesy of Leopold E. Martinez

Pleibol Exhibit: Eddie Martinez

Eddie Martinez fields a ground ball at Bassett Park, La Puente, California, 1961.

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"¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now" Unites Historic Civil Rights-Era Prints With Works by Contemporary Graphic Artists

Features More Than 100 Artworks From the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Leading Latinx Collection

11.17.2020

American Art Museum Exhibitions

woman at a desk with group of men standing behind her. — Tillie Lewis and brokers, 1945

*Courtesy of Haggin Museum*

Even Though the Room Is Full, They Are “The Only One in the Room”

Eight Women Achievers Across Three Centuries Featured in Smithsonian Exhibit

11.13.2020

American History Museum Exhibitions

Smithsonian Collaborates With NASA Astronaut Victor Glover

Two Museums Will Help Tell Story of Glover’s Historic First Trip to the ISS

11.12.2020

Air and Space Museum Exhibitions Education News

Bright red sculpture "Marker" — Marker by Rania Hassan, courtesy of Golden Triangle BID

Smithsonian and Golden Triangle Expand Women’s History Initiative Into the Streets of Washington, D.C.

10.28.2020

Exhibitions

Kobe Bryant Jersey — *Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, gift of Kobe Bryant*

Honoring Kobe Bryant: Bryant’s Lakers Jersey Is Now on Display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

10.19.2020

African American Museum Exhibitions

Anthony Rendon's YMCA baseball card (young boy posing with bat) — National Museum of American History

Opening Day for “¡Pleibol!” To Coincide With MLB 2021 Season

New Book, Exhibition Will Explore Baseball’s Impact Through Artifacts, Stories and Photos

10.08.2020

American History Museum Exhibitions

Installation view of sculpture by Lauren Fensterstock — Lauren Fensterstock

Smithsonian American Art Museum Explores the Relationship Between Art and Nature in a New Exhibition at Its Renwick Gallery

“Forces of Nature: Renwick Invitational 2020” Opens Oct. 16

10.08.2020

Renwick Gallery Exhibitions

Girlhood Exhibition — "Girlhood (It's Complicated)" Exhibition

“Girlhood (It’s Complicated)” Opens at National Museum of American History

Museum Amplifies Role of Girls in History During 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage

10.02.2020

American Women's History Museum American History Museum Exhibitions

National Portrait Gallery Announces Call for Entries for Sixth Triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition

Selected Artworks Will Be Exhibited in Major Exhibition and Tour

10.01.2020

Portrait Gallery Exhibitions

Animation of two black, one white man — Courtesy of the artist and Haines Gallery, San Francisco

Paint Unpaint

Video still. Kota Ezawa, “Paint Unpaint,” 2014. Single-channel video; color; silent; 1:34 min. Gift of Elizabeth Miller and Daniel Sallick, 2017 (2017.028). Courtesy of the artist and Haines Gallery, San Francisco

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Hirshhorn Museum Has Announced First Online Exhibition “In the Beginning: Media Art and History” Oct. 1

Hirshhorn Continues Its Commitment to New Media and Video Art Since 2005 Launch of Black Box

09.29.2020

Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions

Asian woman in red dress in front of grand piano — Courtesy of the artist and Kai Matsumiya Fine Arts

El Mundo

Video still. Rainer Ganahl, “El Mundo,” 2013. Two-channel video; color; sound; 55:00 min. Gift of Aaron and Barbara Levine, 2015 (15.1). Courtesy of the artist and Kai Matsumiya Fine Arts

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