Exhibitions

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New Smithsonian Exhibition Examines the Cultural Nature of Cellphones
“Cellphone: Unseen Connections” Will Allow Visitors To Contemplate the Intersection of Technology, Nature and Culture at Their Fingertips
05.30.2023
Natural History Museum Exhibitions
Composite photo of infant gorilla and adult gorlla

Left: Newborn gorilla cradled by mother Calaya, a 20-year-old female western lowland gorilla. She gave birth to her second offspring May 27 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. (Photo by Valerie Schultz, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute)

Right: Calaya, a 20-year-old female western lowland gorilla, gave birth to her second offspring May 27 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.(Photo by Skip Brown, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute)

Western Lowland Gorilla Born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
05.30.2023
National Zoo & SCBI Exhibitions New Acquisitions Administrative News
Woman in red shirt and shoes poses on hood of car

Shelley Niro (Six Nations Reserve, Bay of Quinte Mohawk, Turtle Clan, b. 1954), “The Rebel,” 1987. Hand-tinted gelatin silver print. Collection of the artist.

First Major Retrospective of Mohawk Artist Shelley Niro’s Work To Go on View at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York
Exhibition Confronts the Challenges of Being Indigenous and Female in the United States and Canada
05.22.2023
American Indian Museum Heye Center Exhibitions
detail from Robert Houle painting
First Major Retrospective for Artist Robert Houle To Go on View at the National Museum of the American Indian
Exhibition Celebrates More Than 50 Years of the Artist’s Work
05.19.2023
American Indian Museum Exhibitions
Forever National Marine Sanctuaries Monk Seal
Forever National Marine Sanctuaries: Hawaiian monk seal single, 2022
Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Launches New Virtual Exhibition
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Surfer and Outrigger Canoe

44¢ Surfer and Outrigger Canoe single, 1959

Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Launches New Virtual Exhibition
Complete Collection of U.S. Postage Stamps Honoring Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Americans or Their History and Culture
05.19.2023
Postal Museum Exhibitions
Forever Luna Year
Forever Lunar New Year: Year of the Ox, 2021
Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Launches New Virtual Exhibition
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Forever Cherry Blossom
Forever Cherry Blossom Centennial setenant pair, 2012
Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Launches New Virtual Exhibition
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Republic of Palau
32¢ Republic of Palau single, 1995
Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Launches New Virtual Exhibition
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Hawaii Statehood
20¢ Hawai’i Statehood issue single, 1984
Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Launches New Virtual Exhibition
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National Parks Centennial
11¢ National Parks Centennial airmail single, 1972
Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Launches New Virtual Exhibition
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Chinese Resistance
5¢ Chinese Resistance single, 1942
Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Launches New Virtual Exhibition
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Graphic logo for Girlhood exhibition

Artwork by Krystal Quiles for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History

Smithsonian Exhibition Amplifying Role of Girls in History Is Hitting the Road
“Girlhood (It’s complicated)” To Begin National Tour in June at Minnetrista Museum & Gardens
05.18.2023
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
Portrait of Frederick DOuglass

Credit: Frederick Douglass by an unidentified artist. Oil on canvas, c. 1845. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

National Portrait Gallery Presents “One Life: Frederick Douglass”
On View June 16–April 21, 2024
05.16.2023
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
CHildren in Chef Camp T-shirts harvesting vegetables

Photo courtesy Fairbury Improvement Group
 

Smithsonian Showcases Innovation in Rural America in New Traveling Exhibition
Simultaneous Tours Begin in Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky and Michigan
05.15.2023
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
Man in tribal headgear overlooking mountains
Photo by Delvin Ortega, Ortega Films, Dominican Republic, August 17th, 2021
Taino Legacy: Boynayel Mota

Boynayel Mota, of the music and cultural group Taiguabo Yukayeke Kiskeya, overlooks the mountains of his Indigenous ancestors in Maguana Arriba, Dominican Republic.

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People in traditional dress at naming ceremony; priest touching woman with stick
Photo courtesy of Christina M. González image taken with support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation
Taino Legacy: Naming Ceremony

Woman receiving her Taíno name during a Taíno religious public ceremony by community Concilio Taíno Guatu-ma-cu-a-Boriken. Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, 2018.  

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Girl in native dress with face painting shaking gourd rattles
Photo by Teresita González-Crespo, 2017 Courtesy of the photographer
Taino Legacy: Areyto

Members of Concilio Taíno Guatu-Ma-cu-A-Borikén present an areyto (communal song-dance) for the public. Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, 2017.  

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Boynayel Mota of the music and cultural group Taiguabo Yukayeke Kiskeya

 

Boynayel Mota, of the music and cultural group Taiguabo Yukayeke Kiskeya, overlooks the mountains of his Indigenous ancestors in Maguana Arriba, Dominican Republic. Photo by Delvin Ortega, Ortega Films, Dominican Republic, Aug. 17, 2021.

Indigenous Legacy of the Caribbean Featured in New Smithsonian Exhibition
Tour Launches at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach, Florida, May 13
05.11.2023
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
Woman wearing headphones with tribal decorations

Lily Hope, “Memorial Beats,” 2021, thigh-spun merino and cedar bark with copper, headphones, and audio files, 16 x 4 x 10 in., The Hope Family Trust. Photo by Sydney Akagi.

New Work by Native American and Alaska Native Artists on Display at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Tenth Installment of the Renwick Invitational Opens May 26
05.09.2023
Renwick Gallery Exhibitions
ACM mural by Amir Khadar

Mural by Amir Khadar, courtesy Anacostia Community Museum

Anacostia Community Museum Presents “To Live and Breathe: Women and Environmental Justice in Washington, D.C.”
Exhibition Opens May 19
05.02.2023
Anacostia Community Museum Exhibitions
Promotional photo of artist Baseera Khan

Courtesy of Baseera Khan

Baseera Khan Debuts Artwork Commissioned During MTV and Smithsonian Channel Television Docuseries, The Exhibit, May 4 at the Hirshhorn
Presentation Includes Artist Lecture and Conversation, May 25
05.01.2023
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
Entrance to Mirror Mirror exhibition at NMAH

National Museum of American History

“Mirror, Mirror” Reflects the American Narrative
Smithsonian Exhibition Explores Disney Parks Through Maps, Objects, Stories and Photos
04.27.2023
American History Museum Exhibitions
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Knowing Nature: Timber Wolf

Timber wolf

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