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2018_DC_SIAH_Cultivating47DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Dibner Library Exhibit: Cultivating America's Gardens
Cultivating America's Gardens
May 4, 2017 – August 2018
Using books and objects from Libraries and Gardens collections of the Smithsonian, Cultivating America’s Gardens highlights early horticulture publications; 19th century popular and new “exotic plants”; prominent landscape designers; changing...
2015_DC_SIAH_Fantastic66DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Dibner Library Exhibit: Fantastic Worlds: Science and Fiction, 1780-1910
Fantastic Worlds: Science and Fiction, 1780-1910
July 1, 2015 – February 26, 2017
This exhibition explores the intersecting influences of science, innovation, industry, and the Victorian creative imagination through books from the Smithsonian Libraries and selected historical objects from Smithsonian...
2010_DC_SIAH_Fold14DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Dibner Library Exhibit: Fold, Pull, Pop, Turn (Paper Engineering)
Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop & Turn
June 14, 2010 – September 5, 2011
This exhibition on innovative book design highlights movable, pop-up, folding, and multiple-construction books from the year 1570 to the present day. Although today pop-up books are often found in the children's book section,...
2013_DC_SIAH_Little59DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Dibner Library Exhibit: Little Golden Books
Little Golden Books
June 28, 2013 – January 5, 2014
Learn how Little Golden Books transformed children’s reading habits and became a catalyst for change in reading standards and traditions in the early 20th century. Prior to World War II, large-format, classic story books for children were...
2018_DC_SIAH_YCollect58DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Dibner Library Exhibit: Magnificent Obsessions: Why We Collect
Magnificent Obsessions: Why We Collect
November 7, 2018 – July 1, 2020
The impulse to collect is human. We collect for many reasons: to gather information about the world, to preserve the past, and to follow our interests and desires. For some, it is a lifelong pursuit. Pioneering collectors shaped...
2010_DC_SIAH_193922DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: 1939
1939
November 24, 2010 – October 21, 2012
This small exhibition reveals how Americans used entertainment to distract themselves during a turbulent year when the country was recovering from the Great Depression and World War II loomed -- 1939. Heroes, both real and imaginary, were made through radio...
2014_DC_SIAH_WorldsFair40DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: 1965 Ford Mustang and World's Fair
1965 Ford Mustang
April 25, 2014 – January 4, 2015
A silver-blue 1965 Ford Mustang made in October 1964 and donated to the museum in 2004 by Eleanor McMillan, a former Smithsonian employee, is on display. The first Mustang was revealed to the public by Henry Ford II at the World’s Fair in New York...
2019_DC_SIAH_DDay36DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: 75th Anniversary of D-Day
75th Anniversary of D-Day
June 6, 2019 – TBD
To mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the museum displays objects from our World War II collections. Featured objects include a rare and authentic marble grave marker of the type used in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer,...
2002_DC_SIAH_More_Perfect2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
October 1, 1987 – January 11, 2004
The Constitutional process is examined by considering the experiences of Americans of Japanese ancestry before, during, and after World War II. During World War II almost 120,000 Japanese Americans,...
2003_DC_SIAH_More_Perfect4DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
October 1, 1987 – January 11, 2004
The Constitutional process is examined by considering the experiences of Americans of Japanese ancestry before, during, and after World War II. During World War II almost 120,000 Japanese Americans,...
2021_DC_SIAH_Grieves37DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: A Nation Grieves
A Nation Grieves
September 17, 2021 to December 14, 2021
This display features 24 white plastic flags from the 2020 public art installation designed by artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg. The In America: How could this happen... installation outside of RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. was designed to...
2009_DC_SIAH_Lincoln130DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
January 16, 2009 – May 30, 2011
The museum brings together—for the first time—its unique and unparalled Lincoln collection. Through a focused selection of nationally important Lincoln artifacts, visitors explore the life and times of this extraordinary figure....
2017_DC_SIAH_AdWar30DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Advertising War
Advertising War
April 6, 2017 – October 1, 2017
Before the advent of radio and motion pictures, art and illustration were the primary forms of mass communication. With the outbreak of World War I, governments, militaries, and service organizations hired artists and illustrators to depict the ravages...
2005_DC_SIAH_AgHall11DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Agriculture Hall
Agriculture Hall
January 23, 1964 – September 4, 2006
Hand and horse-drawn tools to present-day mechanized equipment illustrate the changes in rural America since the 18th century. Together the scythes, hayforks, plows, harvesting machinery, and steam engines show the progression in agriculture from...
2019_DC_SIAH_All_Work57DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: All Work and No Pay: A History of Women's Invisible Labor
All Work and No Pay: A History of Women's Invisible Labor
March 4, 2019 – February 2020
Explore the history of women’s work in the home and the value and implications of unwaged labor. Despite making steps forward in the paid labor force, there is an implied and historical expectation that women will...
2016_DC_SIAH_Firefighting17DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Always Ready: Firefighting in the 19th Century
Always Ready: Firefighting in the 19th Century
September 16, 2016 – TBD
Firefighting has always been a duty that depends upon the participation of the community. However, the role of citizens in fighting fire changed dramatically over the 19th century. Populations grew and buildings rose in size,...
2018_DC_SIAH_Listening39DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: America's Listening
America's Listening
October 19, 2018 – TBA
America's Listening tells the story of recorded sound and five of the innovations that contributed to how we consume music and movies today. Artifacts on view include Thomas Edison’s phonograph, Alexander Graham Bell’s graphophone, Emile Berliner’s...
2020_DC_SIAH_Listening44DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: America's Listening
America's Listening
October 19, 2018 – TBA
America's Listening tells the story of recorded sound and five of the innovations that contributed to how we consume music and movies today. Artifacts on view include Thomas Edison’s phonograph, Alexander Graham Bell’s graphophone, Emile Berliner’s...
2003_DC_SIAH_On_Move66DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: America on the Move
2005_DC_SIAH_On_Move4DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: America on the Move
2012_DC_SIAH_On_Move21DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: America on the Move
Time for a few pictures with the wide angle lens.
2015_DC_SIAH_On_Move490DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: America on the Move
2016_DC_SIAH_On_Move34DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: America on the Move
2021_DC_SIAH_On_Move2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: America on the Move
2017_DC_SIAH_Democracy563DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Democracy: The Great Leap of Faith
2015_DC_SIAH_Enterprise45DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Enterprise
2016_DC_SIAH_Enterprise687DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Enterprise
2014_DC_SIAH_Nisei6DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Heroes (Nisei medalion)
American Heroes
February 19, 2014 – June 2, 2014
Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, President Roosevelt issued an executive order which resulted in the removal and imprisonment of over 110,000 ethnic Japanese in camps through the western U.S. Almost two-thirds of those...
2012_DC_SIAH_Stories127DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Stories
Take a journey through time and discover both well-known and less-familiar stories about the American experience in the Museum’s newest signature exhibition: American Stories. In 5,300 square feet, American Stories features an engaging mix of artifacts from the Museum’s vast holdings to tell stories...
2014_DC_SIAH_Stories32DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Stories
2015_DC_SIAH_Stories65DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Stories
Including the mini-exhibit Giving in America
December 1, 2015 – Indefinitely
The two Giving in America preview cases explore civic philanthropy over the past century. By the turn of the 20th century, a new generation of wealthy Americans increasingly supported secular as well as religious-based...
2016_DC_SIAH_Stories30DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Stories
2019_DC_SIAH_Stories57DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Stories
2020_DC_SIAH_Stories17DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Stories
2010_DC_SIAH_Apollo20DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Apollo: Where Stars Are Born
Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment
April 23, 2010 – August 29, 2010
The exhibition explores for the first time the rich history and the cultural significance of Harlem's Apollo Theater. It features photographs and artifacts to trace the story of the...
1999_DC_SIAH_Armed2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Armed Forces History
Armed Forces History
July 3, 1965 – January 12, 2004
Through displays of uniforms, weapons, and flags, the Armed Forces History Hall traces the development of the U.S. armed forces beginning with the early Colonial period. A selection of patent models by such notable American inventors as Samuel Colt,...
2002_DC_SIAH_Armed2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Armed Forces History
Armed Forces History
July 3, 1965 – January 12, 2004
Through displays of uniforms, weapons, and flags, the Armed Forces History Hall traces the development of the U.S. armed forces beginning with the early Colonial period. A selection of patent models by such notable American inventors as Samuel Colt,...
2005_DC_SIAH_Armed1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Armed Forces History
Armed Forces History
July 3, 1965 – January 12, 2004
Through displays of uniforms, weapons, and flags, the Armed Forces History Hall traces the development of the U.S. armed forces beginning with the early Colonial period. A selection of patent models by such notable American inventors as Samuel Colt,...
2018_DC_SIAH_Art_Industry30DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Art in Industry
Art in Industry
March 22, 2018 – TBA
Art in Industry looks back at a time when Americans embraced artistic skills as a way to build a consumer-oriented industrial economy. This display features artistic industries as varied as publishing and pottery from the 1830s to the 1930s through three lenses:...
2014_DC_SIAH_Bollywood40DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Beyond Bollywood
Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation
February 27, 2014 – August 16, 2015
Learn about the history and contemporary experiences of Indian Americans as they have grown to be one of the more diverse and well-recognized communities in the United States. Photographs, artifacts, video, and...
2015_DC_SIAH_BigBand5DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Big Band
Big Band
March 31, 2015 – Indefinitely
“Big Band” is by American painter LeRoy Neiman, who was known for his brilliantly colored, expressionist paintings and screen prints of athletes, musicians and sporting events. Completed in 2005, this work depicts performers he saw in concert from the 1950-80s....
2017_DC_SIAH_BigBand40DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Big Band
Big Band
March 31, 2015 – Indefinitely
“Big Band” is by American painter LeRoy Neiman, who was known for his brilliantly colored, expressionist paintings and screen prints of athletes, musicians and sporting events. Completed in 2005, this work depicts performers he saw in concert from the 1950-80s....
1981_DC_SIAH_Dollhouse1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Bradford Dolls' House
2010_DC_SIAH_Dollhouse6DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Bradford Dolls' House
2016_DC_SIAH_Dollhouse34DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Bradford Dolls' House
2014_DC_SIAH_Purse35DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Camilla's Purse
Camilla's Purse
January 24, 2014 – May 4, 2014
Holocaust survivor Camilla Gottlieb’s ordinary life in Vienna was upended by World War II into crisis, imprisonment, and ultimately a new life in the United States. Her purse, discovered by her family after her death in 1964, contained letters and papers...
2016_DC_SIAH_Celebration20DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Celebration: Snapshots of African American Communities
Celebration: Snapshots of African American Communities
September 9, 2016 – December 27, 2016
To celebrate the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Museum of American History presents a special display of 25 photographs that reflect the diversity of the...
2002_DC_SIAH_Ceremonial1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ceremonial Court
2003_DC_SIAH_Ceremonial2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ceremonial Court
2006_DC_SIAH_Ceremonial1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ceremonial Court
2012_DC_SIAH_Changing124DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863, and the March on Washington, 1963
Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863, and the March on Washington, 1963
December 14, 2012 - September 15, 2013
The National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of American History commemorate two events that changed the course of the nation: The 1863...
2018_DC_SIAH_City_Hope49DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: City of Hope: Resurrection City and the 1968 Poor People's Campaign
City of Hope: Resurrection City and the 1968 Poor People's Campaign
December 15, 2017 – Indefinitely
City of Hope commemorates the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s daring vision to end poverty in the United States. With newly discovered photographs and videos, the exhibition encourages visitors to...
2006_DC_SIAH_CBarton_Amb3DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Clara Barton’s Red Cross Ambulance, 1898
2017_DC_SIAH_CBarton_Amb12DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Clara Barton’s Red Cross Ambulance, 1898
Clara Barton’s Red Cross Ambulance, 1898
This ambulance is one of eleven vehicles purchased by the Central Cuban Relief Committee of New York for use by Clara Barton and the American National Red Cross. The committee sent the ambulance to Camp Thomas, an army debarkation camp in Chickamauga, Georgia,...
2019_DC_SIAH_CBarton_Amb11DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Clara Barton’s Red Cross Ambulance, 1898
2012_DC_SIAH_Conestoga4DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Conestoga Wagon
Conestoga Wagon
September 19, 2012 – Indefinitely
Covered wagons, which enabled settlement to spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific, have long held an iconic place in the real and storied past of the American nation. Until the 1850s, Conestoga wagons helped settlers just beyond the mid-Atlantic...
2010_DC_SIAH_Cosmos9DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Cosmos in Miniature: The Remarkable Star Map of Simeon De Witt
Cosmos in Miniature: The Remarkable Star Map of Simeon De Witt
May 28, 2010 – December 5, 2010
This exhibition features the oldest surviving Anglo-American star map. Hand-drawn in 1780 by Simeon De Witt (1756-1834), a surveyor for George Washington and the Continental army, the map shows the stars...
2006_DC_SIAH_Post_Office10DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Country Store Post Office
2020_DC_SIAH_Icons152DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Creating Icons: How We Remember Women's Suffrage
Creating Icons: How We Remember Women's Suffrage
March 6, 2020 – May 2, 2021
This exhibition marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment recognizing women’s right to vote. It commemorates women’s achievements in winning suffrage and invites audiences to explore how we celebrate milestones, what...
2016_DC_SIAH_Cyrus42DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Cyrus Field and the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
Cyrus Field and the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
July 1, 2016 – November 30, 2016
In the mid-19th century, the world suddenly became smaller when an underwater telegraph cable joined two nations divided by the sea, Ireland and Newfoundland, Canada. Using Archives Center collection materials, this...
2022_DC_SIAH_Daves_Dream17DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Dave's Dream
Dave's Dream
May 27, 2022 – Indefinitely
Dave’s Dream is a modified 1969 Ford LTD known as a “lowrider” and named for David Jaramillo of Chimayo, New Mexico, who began customizing this car in the 1970s. After his death, Jaramillo’s family and local artisans completed the modifications that he had...
2022_DC_SIAH_Sense87DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Discovery and Revelation: Religion, Science, and Making Sense of Things
Discovery and Revelation: Religion, Science, and Making Sense of Things
March 18, 2022 – March 1, 2023
Religious and scientific ideas have influenced each other in surprising ways throughout American history. This interaction of religious ideas with scientific and technological advances are one of the...
2005_DC_SIAH_Disneyland1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Disneyland: The First 50 Years
Disneyland: The First 50 Years
June 9, 2005 – September 4, 2006
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Disneyland, two rides -- a big teacup from Alice's Mad Tea Party and Dumbo the Flying Elephant -- from the original theme park in Los Angeles, California, are on view.
2008_DC_SIAH_Disneyland2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Disneyland: The First 50 Years
Disneyland: The First 50 Years
June 9, 2005 – September 4, 2006
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Disneyland, two rides -- a big teacup from Alice's Mad Tea Party and Dumbo the Flying Elephant -- from the original theme park in Los Angeles, California, are on view.
2016_DC_SIAH_Lighting237DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Electricity: Lighting the World
2021_DC_SIAH_Lighting5DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Electricity: Lighting the World
2019_DC_SIAH_Elephants116DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Elephants and Us: Considering Extinction
Elephants and Us: Considering Extinction
November 1, 2019 – September 13, 2020
Marking the 30th anniversary of the historic African Elephant Conservation Act, Elephants and Us explores Americans’ relationship with elephants as it has evolved over centuries from one of exploitation to stewardship, and...
2022_DC_SIAH_Entertainment418DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Entertainment Nation
2022_DC_SIAH_EntertainmentO22DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Entertainment Nation (Related to Opening)
2015_DC_SIAH_EV111DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: EV1 Electric Car
EV1 Electric Car
June 10, 2015 – September 30, 2015
The EV1 was the first modern electric car designed for a mass market. Beginning in 1996, General Motors built 1,117 of the cars and leased most of them to consumers in California, Arizona, and Georgia. The EV1 became the focal point of a national...
2017_DC_SIAH_Righting181DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Executive Order 9066
Executive Order 9066
February 17, 2017 – February 19, 2018
February 19, 2017, is the 75th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066. This three-page document signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the course of history for a segment of Americans of Japanese ancestry in America, and...
2002_DC_SIAH_Fast_Attack4DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Fast Attacks and Boomers: Submarines in the Cold War
Fast Attacks and Boomers: Submarines in the Cold War
April 12, 2000 – June 1, 2003
This exhibition reviews the early history of submarines and their radical transformation after World War II. It shows how submarines are built, how they work, and what they do. It also tells the story of submariners and...
2003_DC_SIAH_Fast_Attack6DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Fast Attacks and Boomers: Submarines in the Cold War
Fast Attacks and Boomers: Submarines in the Cold War
April 12, 2000 – June 1, 2003
This exhibition reviews the early history of submarines and their radical transformation after World War II. It shows how submarines are built, how they work, and what they do. It also tells the story of submariners and...
2006_DC_SIAH_Fire_Water2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Fire and Water: The CIGNA Firefighting and Maritime Collection
Fire and Water: The CIGNA Firefighting and Maritime Collection
October 28, 2005 – July 13, 2006
Visitors can watch through large windows as curators process a collection of nearly 4,000 firefighting and maritime materials that date from 1825-1875, the heyday of voluntary fire organizations....
2003_DC_SIAH_Gowns3DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: First Ladies
2004_DC_SIAH_Gowns1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: First Ladies
2006_DC_SIAH_Gowns1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: First Ladies
2009_DC_SIAH_Gowns36DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: First Ladies
2012_DC_SIAH_Gowns2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: First Ladies
2016_DC_SIAH_Gowns2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: First Ladies
The Nancy Reagan RIP sign was up.
2018_DC_SIAH_Gowns11DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: First Ladies
I had not seen the Melania Trump gown since it had been installed.
2013_DC_SIAH_Food46DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Food: Transforming the American Table
FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950–2000
FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000 explores some of the major changes in food and wine in postwar America. From the impact of innovations and new technologies, to the influence of social and cultural shifts, the exhibition considers how these...
2019_DC_SIAH_Forgotten30DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Forgotten Workers: Chinese Migrants and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad
Forgotten Workers: Chinese Migrants and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad
May 10, 2019 – Spring 2020
Marking the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, a critical episode in the development of the American West, Hidden Workers focuses on the forgotten Chinese...
2015_DC_SIAH_Sinatra9DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Frank Sinatra at 100
Frank Sinatra at 100
November 20, 2015 – March 2016
The National Museum of American History marks the centennial of one of the giants of the entertainment world, Frank Sinatra (1915-98), with a display focused on his popular music, jazz, and motion picture career. This display showcases Sinatra’s...
2017_DC_SIAH_Pershing15DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Gen. John J. Pershing and World War I, 1917-1918
Gen. John J. Pershing and World War I, 1917-1918
April 6, 2017 – Indefinitely
General John J. Pershing insisted the United States military have an independent American army on the ground when the U.S. entered the Great War. By recreating Pershing’s war office, this display gives the visitor a sense of...
2016_DC_SIAH_Sidney39DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: George Sidney: Creativity and Innovation in Golden Age Hollywood
George Sidney: Creativity and Innovation in Golden Age Hollywood
January 19, 2016 – March 21, 2016
George Sidney (1916-2002), was an Oscar-winning director of musicals, dramas, and comedies during the Golden Age of Hollywood from the 1930s through the1950s. Sidney was under contract to...
2020_DC_SIAH_Girlhood376DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Girlhood (It's Complicated)
Girlhood (It's Complicated)
October 9, 2020 – January 2, 2022
The history of girlhood is not what people think; it is complicated. Young women are often told that girls are “made of sugar and spice and everything nice.” What is learned from history is that girls are made of stronger stuff. They have...
2021_DC_SIAH_Girlhood6DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Girlhood (It's Complicated)
Girlhood (It's Complicated)
October 9, 2020 – January 2, 2022
The history of girlhood is not what people think; it is complicated. Young women are often told that girls are “made of sugar and spice and everything nice.” What is learned from history is that girls are made of stronger stuff. They have...
2022_DC_SIAH_Girlhood33DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Girlhood (It's Complicated)
Girlhood (It's Complicated)
October 9, 2020 – January 2, 2023
The history of girlhood is not what people think; it is complicated. Young women are often told that girls are “made of sugar and spice and everything nice.” What is learned from history is that girls are made of stronger stuff. They have...
2016_DC_SIAH_Giving61DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Giving in America
2018_DC_SIAH_Giving45DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Giving in America
The exhibit had been updated with Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton costume.
2019_DC_SIAH_Giving19DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Giving in America
2020_DC_SIAH_Giving22DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Giving in America
2021_DC_SIAH_Giving22DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Giving in America
2001_DC_SIAH_Burden4DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden
When the National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian American Art Museum building was being renovated, Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington (the Lansdown Portrait) was on exhibit in American History's Presidential Gallery, which would eventually be called The American Presidency: A Glorius...
2002_DC_SIAH_Burden16DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden
2003_DC_SIAH_Burden2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden
2006_DC_SIAH_Burden2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden
2008_DC_SIAH_Burden38DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden
2009_DC_SIAH_Burden5DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden
2010_DC_SIAH_Burden16DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden
2012_DC_SIAH_Burden5DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden
2016_DC_SIAH_Burden338DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden
2019_DC_SIAH_Burden22DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden
2014_DC_SIAH_Google4DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Google Cork Board server
Preview Case: American Enterprise
September 14, 2013 – January 13, 2015
This sneak peek at the museum's renovations features a Google Cork Board server.
2016_DC_SIAH_Piano9DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Grand Piano
Grand Piano made by Bluthner, Leipzig, Germany, 1900
August 13, 2014 – Ongoing
The piano was made by the Blüthner firm in Leipzig, which remains one of the most respected German piano builders. This piano has a version of the ornate Jubilee cast-iron plates Blüthner produced from 1898 to 1907. It also...
1999_DC_SIAH_Gunboat5DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Gunboat Philadelphia
2002_DC_SIAH_Gunboat3DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Gunboat Philadelphia
2004_DC_SIAH_Gunboat1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Gunboat Philadelphia
2005_DC_SIAH_Gunboat2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Gunboat Philadelphia
2012_DC_SIAH_Gunboat1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Gunboat Philadelphia
2015_DC_SIAH_Gunboat47DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Gunboat Philadelphia
2013_DC_SIAH_Fire_Engine11DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Hand-Pumped Fire Engine, 1842
2016_DC_SIAH_Fire_Engine10DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Hand-Pumped Fire Engine, 1842
2015_DC_SIAH_Hart_Celler23DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Hart-Celler Act
Hart-Celler Act
October 2, 2015 – January 20, 2016
The Hart-Celler Act had far-reaching effects upon immigration to the United States by opening the possibility of coming to this nation for many people from around the world. Passage of the Act in 1965 was a water-shed event in configuring contemporary...
2015_DC_SIAH_Voice51DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Hear My Voice
"Hear My Voice": Alexander Graham Bell and the Origins of Recorded Sound
January 26, 2015 – October 25, 2015
Alexander Graham Bell is best remembered as the inventor of the telephone, but he was also instrumental in the development of sound recording at his Volta Laboratory in Washington, D.C. See...
2010_DC_SIAH_Holidays4DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Holidays on Display
Holidays on Display
November 13, 2009 – September 30, 2010
This exhibition examines the art, industry, and history of holiday displays across the United States, primarily between the 1920s and the 1960s, at the height of their popularity. On view are photographs, postcards, and illustrations of parade...
2016_DC_SIAH_Hooray45DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Hooray for Politics!
Hooray for Politics!
February 1, 2016 – Indefinitely
This display juxtaposes historic voting devices with contemporary candidate rally signs to encourage our visitors to reflect on the relationship between the nation’s democratic traditions and the current swirl of election news, and draw visitors...
2006_DC_SIAH_Ice_Cream1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ice Cream Parlor
Ice Cream Parlor
July 3, 1981 – September 2, 2003
Museum visitors can enjoy sundaes and sodas made with Haagen-Dazs ice cream in a parlor reminiscent of the turn of the century. An authentic decorative mirror is mounted behind the soda fountain. The exhibit also includes Stohlman's Confectionary and...
2019_DC_SIAH_Stonewall41DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Illegal to Be You: Gay History Beyond Stonewall
Illegal to Be You: Gay History Beyond Stonewall
June 21, 2019 – 2020
In June 1969, LGBTQ+ community members resisted a police raid at the Stonewall Inn, a bar in lower Manhattan. This event and others from that time were pivotal to the modern LGBTQ+ civil rights movement. The museum marks this 50th...
2015_DC_SIAH_Innovation20DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Innovation Wing
2015_DC_SIAH_Inventing53DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Inventing in America
2016_DC_SIAH_Inventing25DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Inventing in America
2013_DC_SIAH_Patent5DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Invention and the Patent Model
Invention and the Patent Model
June 20, 2013 – April 20, 2014
Between 1790 and 1880, the U.S. Patent Office required a three-dimensional working model of each submission to demonstrate how the invention worked and to compare it against previously patented inventions. The models reflect technological...
2017_DC_SIAH_JFK10013DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: JFK Centennial Celebration
JFK Centennial Celebration
May 25, 2017 – August 27, 2017
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s birth on May 29, the Museum displays nine photographs of the 35th President and his family within the American Presidency exhibition. The photographs, taken in 1961 by...
2002_DC_SIAH_Julia2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Julia Child’s Kitchen
2004_DC_SIAH_Julia7DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Julia Child’s Kitchen
2009_DC_SIAH_Julia2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Julia Child’s Kitchen
2002_DC_SIAH_July19423DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: July 1942: United We Stand
July 1942: United We Stand
March 22, 2002 – October 27, 2002
Of the original 500 magazines printed July 1942 that featured the American flag, this exhibition reunites 60 years later nearly 100 of these covers. Intended as a show of patriotism, national strength, and unity in a time of crisis, the 1942...
2006_DC_SIAH_Armstrong1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Lance Armstrong's Tour de France Bicycle
Lance Armstrong's Tour de France Bicycle
December 14, 2005 – September 4, 2006
Lance Armstrong was the only man in history to win the Tour de France seven consecutive times.* On view are the Trek 5500 bicycle he rode in the 2000 Tour de France and a LIVESTRONG wristband worn to raise awareness of...
2012_DC_SIAH_CWDraft2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Civil War Draft Wheel
2015_DC_SIAH_CWDraft5DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Civil War Draft Wheel
2016_DC_SIAH_CWDraft8DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Civil War Draft Wheel
1997_DC_SIAH_GWStatue5DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841
2002_DC_SIAH_GWStatue3DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841
2006_DC_SIAH_GWStatue10DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841
2008_DC_SIAH_GWStatue9DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841
2009_DC_SIAH_GWStatue3DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841
2012_DC_SIAH_GWStatue8DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841
2017_DC_SIAH_GWStatue11DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841
2022_DC_SIAH_GWStatue22DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841
2009_DC_SIAH_Counter2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Greensboro Lunch Counter
2010_DC_SIAH_Counter5DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Greensboro Lunch Counter
2012_DC_SIAH_Counter1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Greensboro Lunch Counter
2015_DC_SIAH_Counter9DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Greensboro Lunch Counter
2005_DC_SIAH_John_Bull1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: John Bull Locomotive
2012_DC_SIAH_John_Bull1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: John Bull Locomotive
2016_DC_SIAH_John_Bull10DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: John Bull Locomotive
2016_DC_SIAH_Laughing25DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Laughing Matters
Laughing Matters
July 22, 2016 – October 3, 2016
Laughing Matters is a display that looks into the stories of three comedians who changed the face of comedy. The showcase highlights the power of laughter in the realm of social and political discussion through the careers of Phyllis Diller, Carol...
2015_DC_SIAH_InnovationL4DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: LEGO flag (from Innovation wing opening)
2017_DC_SIAH_LEGO_Liberty9DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: LEGO Statue of Liberty
2018_DC_SIAH_LEGO_Liberty14DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: LEGO Statue of Liberty
2003_DC_SIAH_Lemelson2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Lemelson Center
2006_DC_SIAH_Lemelson1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Lemelson Center
2008_DC_SIAH_Lemelson3DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Lemelson Center
2009_DC_SIAH_Lemelson1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Lemelson Center
2018_DC_SIAH_Get_It_Right53DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Let's Get It Right: Work Incentive Posters of the 1920s
Let's Get It Right: Work Incentive Posters of the 1920s
July 27, 2018 – November 2018
Let’s Get It Right: Work Incentive Posters of the 1920s explores how employers encouraged their workforce. The display features 16 posters from the early 20th century including a WWI poster and posters from Mather...
2015_DC_SIAH_LCarriage15DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Lincoln's Carriage
Lincoln's Carriage
March 23, 2015 – May 25, 2015
A special display of the carriage that transported the President, Mary Todd Lincoln, Major Henry Rathbone and his fiancée Clara Harris to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865; on loan from the Studebaker National Museum.
The open barouche model carriage...
2002_DC_SIAH_Ahead3DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Looking Ahead
2004_DC_SIAH_Ahead1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Looking Ahead
2018_DC_SIAH_Moreno12DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Luisa Moreno
Luisa Moreno
July 20, 2018 – January 2019
A temporary display, Luisa Moreno, in the permanent American Enterprise exhibition examines the lasting legacy of Moreno, the Guatemala-born labor organizer, who brought together more than 100 groups in 1938 for El Congreso de Pueblos de Habla Española, the...
2014_DC_SIAH_ModernM72DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Making a Modern Museum
Making a Modern Museum: Celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the National Museum of American History
May 16, 2014 – January 4, 2015
Learn about the origins of the National Museum of American History (originally the Museum of History and Technology) and consider what those origins mean for the...
2016_DC_SIAH_Many_Voices8DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Many Voices, One Nation
The Columbia figure destined for the upcoming Many Voices, One Nation exhibit.
2017_DC_SIAH_Many_Voices25DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Many Voices, One Nation
2021_DC_SIAH_Many_Voices277DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Many Voices, One Nation
2023_05_07C_SIAH_Mirror146DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Mirror, Mirror for Us All: Disney Parks and the American Narrative / Experience
Mirror, Mirror for Us All: Disney Parks and the American Narrative / Experience
April 28, 2023 – March 2024
“I can’t imagine that only a decade before this quintessential American photo was taken, my family was incarcerated at Poston Concentration Camp.”
-- Willie Funakoshi
This documents gallery... (Partially reviewed)
2017_DC_SIAH_ModMed62DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Modern Medicine and the Great War
Modern Medicine and the Great War
April 6, 2017 – January 2019
World War I provided a testing ground for the application of new medical technologies and procedures, and in some cases accelerated their general acceptance or development. At the same time, wartime medical practice reflected the larger...
2019_DC_SIAH_Camels61DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: More Doctors Smoke Camels: A Close Reading of Historical Advertising
More Doctors Smoke Camels: A Close Reading of Historical Advertising
April 5, 2019 – TBD
Despite today’s common knowledge that tobacco products cause cancer, advertisers from the 1920s to the 1960s used representations of medical professionals to make the case that smoking was healthy. The exhibit...
2016_DC_SIAH_Muppets28DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Muppets and Puppets
Muppets and Puppets
November 23, 2016 – January 8, 2017
In time for the winter holidays, this showcase presents a selection of Muppets and marionetts from the museum’s collection illustrating the evolution of puppetry. Included in the display are an Italian Prince and Princess marionette from 1900, an...
2022_DC_SIAH_Music_HerStory106DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Music HerStory: Women and Music of Social Change
Music HerStory: Women and Music of Social Change
June 22, 2022 – February 20, 2024
Women’s leadership in music and social change is central to the American story. From our earliest musical encounters to the formation of complex social identities, the American musical landscape would not be what it is...
2022_DC_SIAH_Musical3DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Musical Instruments
2008_DC_SIAH_Musical3DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Musical Instruments Gallery
Musical Instruments Gallery
January 1, 1964 – October 21, 2012
The Musical Instruments Gallery presents samples of instruments and music relating to the history, performance styles and techniques of European and American music and the development of musical instruments dating from the 17th century....
2019_DC_SIAH_Computing76DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: My Computing Devices
My Computing Devices
August 28, 2019 – February 2020
My Computing Devices showcases the complex story of Americans’ ownership and use of computers, and challenges visitors to examine their own personal relationships with devices. A range of mechanical and electronic objects from the museum’s...
2012_DC_SIAH_Comp64DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: National Mall Design Competition
From http://www.nationalmall.org/news/designing-future-national-mall

Designing the Future of the National Mall
By Dr. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel
Monday, April 9, 2012
The Huffington Post
Today, the Trust for the National Mall will introduce the final design concepts for the National Mall...
2016_DC_SIAH_Guano51DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Norie Atlas and the Guano Trade
The Norie Atlas and the Guano Trade
February 17, 2016 – January 4, 2017
This display will highlight John Norie's unique Marine Atlas, a large bound book of sea charts dating to the early 19th century, within the historical context of the guano and nitrate trades, in which many of the swiftest and...
2016_DC_SIAH_On_Water357DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: On the Water: Stories from Maritime America
2021_DC_SIAH_Picturing51DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Picturing Women Inventors
Picturing Women Inventors
May 21, 2021 – TBD
If you had to name an inventor, would it be a woman? Like their male counterparts, women inventors represent all segments of American society, but their stories are often overlooked or undervalued. Picturing Women Inventors highlights the distinctive...
2016_DC_SIAH_Places_Invent99DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Places of Invention
2002_DC_SIAH_PopCult8DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture
2003_DC_SIAH_PopCult4DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture
2004_DC_SIAH_PopCult2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture
2005_DC_SIAH_PopCult5DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture
2006_DC_SIAH_PopCult31DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture
2008_DC_SIAH_PopCult19DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture
2009_DC_SIAH_PopCult2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture
2010_DC_SIAH_PopCult29DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture
2011_DC_SIAH_PopCult24DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture
2012_DC_SIAH_PopCult24DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture
2013_DC_SIAH_PopCult24DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture
2014_DC_SIAH_PopCult24DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture
2016_DC_SIAH_PopCult9DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture
The exhibit space is closed for a year while they prepare the new displays.
2004_DC_SIAH_Power15DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Power Machinery
2012_DC_SIAH_Power5DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Power Machinery
2016_DC_SIAH_Power182DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Power Machinery
2021_DC_SIAH_Power3DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Power Machinery
2004_DC_SIAH_Price_Civil18DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Civil War
2012_DC_SIAH_Price_Civil1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Civil War
2015_DC_SIAH_Price_Civil196DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Civil War
2004_DC_SIAH_Price_Cold11DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Cold War (Korea, Vietnam, etc)
2005_DC_SIAH_Price_Cold4DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Cold War (Korea, Vietnam, etc)
2009_DC_SIAH_Price_Cold10DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Cold War (Korea, Vietnam, etc)
2012_DC_SIAH_Price_Cold2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Cold War (Korea, Vietnam, etc)
2015_DC_SIAH_Price_Cold106DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Cold War (Korea, Vietnam, etc)
2004_DC_SIAH_Price_Exp14DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Expansion/Imperialism
2015_DC_SIAH_Price_Exp111DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Expansion/Imperialism
2004_DC_SIAH_Price_Ind13DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Independence (American Revolution, War of 1812)
2005_DC_SIAH_Price_Ind6DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Independence (American Revolution, War of 1812)
2012_DC_SIAH_Price_Ind1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Independence (American Revolution, War of 1812)
2015_DC_SIAH_Price_Ind153DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Independence (American Revolution, War of 1812)
2004_DC_SIAH_Price_Misc8DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Miscellaneous (Intro, Terror, Medal of Honor)
2005_DC_SIAH_Price_Misc4DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Miscellaneous (Intro, Terror, Medal of Honor)
2009_DC_SIAH_Price_Misc1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Miscellaneous (Intro, Terror, Medal of Honor)
2012_DC_SIAH_Price_Misc2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Miscellaneous (Intro, Terror, Medal of Honor)
2015_DC_SIAH_Price_Misc25DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Miscellaneous (Intro, Terror, Medal of Honor)
2020_DC_SIAH_Price_Misc1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Miscellaneous (Intro, Terror, Medal of Honor)
2004_DC_SIAH_Price_WW13DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- World War I
2015_DC_SIAH_Price_WW122DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- World War I
2004_DC_SIAH_Price_WW220DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- World War II
2005_DC_SIAH_Price_WW23DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- World War II
2006_DC_SIAH_Price_WW21DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- World War II
2012_DC_SIAH_Price_WW28DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- World War II
2015_DC_SIAH_Price_WW2229DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- World War II
2016_DC_SIAH_Yellow_Cloud14DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Prince's "Yellow Cloud" Electric Guitar
Prince's "Yellow Cloud" Electric Guitar
April 26, 2016 – September 5, 2016
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History recognizes the life and legacy of Prince Rogers Nelson (1958 – 2016) by displaying his “Yellow Cloud” electric guitar. The guitar was made in 1989 and used during Prince’s...
2013_DC_SIAH_Puppetry60DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Puppetry in America (phase 1 of 2)
Puppetry in America
December 13, 2013 – March 26, 2014 (new closing date)
Howdy Doody and Kermit are only two of the beloved and familiar puppets in the museum's collection. Learn about the history and variety of puppets from marionettes and hand puppets to shadow puppets and ventriloquist figures,...
2014_DC_SIAH_Puppetry63DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Puppetry in America (phase 2 of 2)
Puppetry in America
December 13, 2013 – April 13, 2014
Howdy Doody and Kermit are only two of the beloved and familiar puppets in the museum's collection. Learn about the history and variety of puppets from marionettes and hand puppets to shadow puppets and ventriloquist figures, and learn about the...
2022_DC_SIAH_Rallying8DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Rallying Against Racism
Rallying against Racism
Rallying Against Racism exhibition on display at the museum, featuring a large red banner banner that says "fight the virus, not the people"
“We want everyone to know what we were worried about—our lives, our jobs, our businesses, and our survival in the United States.”
...
2016_DC_SIAH_Ray29DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ray Charles: "The Genius"
Ray Charles: "The Genius"
February 22, 2016 – June 26, 2016
Ray Charles was one of the most innovative and influential musicians of the 20th century. This display explores his ability to overcome blindness, poverty, and segregation, as well as the musical talent and flair for performance that made him...
2022_DC_SIAH_Big_Money55DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Really BIG Money
Really BIG Money
April 8, 2022 – TBA
This exhibition presents young visitors with really big money; that is, money that is large in size, quantity, or denomination. It features striking objects from the National Numismatic Collection, such as Swedish plate money, German billion-mark banknotes, a Roman...
2016_DC_SIAH_Recent9DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Recent Acquisitions
Items from "Mad Men" and ...
2017_DC_SIAH_Recent1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Recent Acquisitions (Fantasia cel)
2021_DC_SIAH_Till41DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Reckoning with Remembrance: History, Injustice, and the Murder of Emmett Till
Reckoning with Remembrance: History, Injustice, and the Murder of Emmett Till
September 3, 2021 – October 5, 2021
During a visit to see his great uncle in Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, of Chicago, was brutally lynched on August 28, 1955. When his mutilated body was recovered from the...
2018_DC_SIAH_AmCult52DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ruby Slippers and American Culture Displays
Ruby Slippers and American Culture Displays
October 19, 2018 – Indefinitely
Dorothy's Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of Oz return to view as one of eight installations displaying American history through culture, entertainment, and the arts. Other artifacts on view include a New York Yankee Stadium...
2019_DC_SIAH_AmCult3DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ruby Slippers and American Culture Displays
2020_DC_SIAH_AmCult13DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ruby Slippers and American Culture Displays
2021_DC_SIAH_AmCult17DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ruby Slippers and American Culture Displays
2004_DC_SIAH_SAL7DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Science in American Life
Science in American Life
April 27, 1994 – November 27, 2011
This exhibition examines the interaction between science and society from 1876 to the present. Through artifacts, historical photographs, computer interactives, and multimedia technology, the exhibition brings to life many of the scientific...
2012_DC_SIAH_SAL1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Science in American Life
Science in American Life
April 27, 1994 – November 27, 2011
This exhibition examines the interaction between science and society from 1876 to the present. Through artifacts, historical photographs, computer interactives, and multimedia technology, the exhibition brings to life many of the scientific...
2009_DC_SIAH_Scurlock4DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Scurlock Studio
The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise
January 30, 2009 – February 28, 2010
Nearly a century's worth of photographs from the Scurlock Studio,which operated from 1911-1994, form a vivid portrait of black Washington, D.C., in all its guises -- its challenges and its victories,...
2003_DC_SIAH_Separate1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education
Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education
May 15, 2004 – July 16, 2006
This exhibition celebrates the 50-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision that ended segregation in public schools, and reviews and examines its legacy through personal stories and artifacts. On May 17,...
2004_DC_SIAH_Separate3DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education
Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education
May 15, 2004 – July 16, 2006
This exhibition celebrates the 50-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision that ended segregation in public schools, and reviews and examines its legacy through personal stories and artifacts. On May 17,...
2002_DC_SIAH_91117DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: September 11: Bearing Witness to History
September 11: Bearing Witness to History
September 11, 2002 – July 6, 2003
The personal stories, photographs, and artifacts from the World Trade Towers, the Pentagon, and the Flight 93 crash site in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, commemorate the tragic events of September 11, 2001. The exhibition is...
2003_DC_SIAH_9117DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: September 11: Bearing Witness to History
September 11: Bearing Witness to History
September 11, 2002 – July 6, 2003
The personal stories, photographs, and artifacts from the World Trade Towers, the Pentagon, and the Flight 93 crash site in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, commemorate the tragic events of September 11, 2001. The exhibition is...
2011_DC_SIAH_91167DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: September 11: Remembrance and Reflection
September 11: Remembrance and Reflection
September 3-11, 2011
11am to 3pm

To commemorate the tenth anniversary of September 11, the National Museum of American History is providing visitors with a close-up view of more than 50 objects recovered from the three sites attacked that fateful day—New...
2012_DC_SIAH_Monticello85DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello
Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty
January 27, 2012 – October 14, 2012
This exhibition explores slavery and enslaved people in America through the lens of Jefferson’s Monticello plantation. Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence and called slavery an—abominable...
2016_DC_SIAH_Solar40DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Solar on the Line
Solar on the Line
November 29, 2016 – TBD
Solar on the Line explores the innovation and technology behind solar power as a renewable energy resource. It introduces visitors to the history of solar energy use in the U.S. as well as how it is both a part of the electrical grid as well as an off-grid...
2020_DC_SIAH_Sounding6DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Sounding American Music
Sounding American Music
Ongoing
1 Center
From acoustic guitar to keytar – this display looks at musicians representing diverse genres who have innovated, invented, and inspired as they contributed to America’s songbook. Guitars from Steve Cropper, Elizabeth Cotten, and Jesse Fuller demonstrate...
2018_DC_SIAH_SpecialO24DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Special Olympics at 50
Special Olympics at 50
July 10, 2018 – June 2019
Special Olympics has been in operation for 50 years, using sports competition to expose and react against societal discrimination of adults and children with intellectual disabilities. This highlights case explores Special Olympics through five case...
2006_DC_SIAH_Stanley2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Stanley: Robot Car
Robots on the Road: Stanley
November 21, 2008 – January 8, 2012
This experimental robot car named Stanley, a modified Volkswagen Touareg, offers a glimpse into the future of "smart" cars. It can drive itself without a human in the driver's seat or at remote controls; it sees the road ahead through...
2008_DC_SIAH_Stanley1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Stanley: Robot Car
Robots on the Road: Stanley
November 21, 2008 – January 8, 2012
This experimental robot car named Stanley, a modified Volkswagen Touareg, offers a glimpse into the future of "smart" cars. It can drive itself without a human in the driver's seat or at remote controls; it sees the road ahead through...
2008_DC_SIAH_Flag7DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Star Spangled Banner sculpture
2009_DC_SIAH_Flag2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Star Spangled Banner sculpture
2012_DC_SIAH_Flag4DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Star Spangled Banner sculpture
2011_DC_SIAH_Money87DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Stories on Money
2018_DC_SIAH_Superheroes54DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Superheroes
Superheroes
November 20, 2018 – TBA
This showcase display presents artifacts from the museum’s collections that relate to superheroes, including comic books, original comic art, movie and television costumes and props, and memorabilia.
2019_DC_SIAH_Superheroes47DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Superheroes
Superheroes
November 20, 2018 – January 12, 2020
This showcase display presents artifacts from the museum’s collections that relate to superheroes, including comic books, original comic art, movie and television costumes and props, and memorabilia.

Note: They rotated most of the artifacts on...
2017_DC_SIAH_TTelevision36DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: T is for Television
T is for Television
November 21, 2017 to July 4, 2018
From the earliest days of television to today, performers and producers have created beloved characters that teach children about getting along with others and understanding the world around them. This exhibition will feature treasured objects from...
2018_DC_SIAH_TTelevision29DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: T is for Television
T is for Television
November 27, 2017 – September 4, 2018
From the earliest days of television to today, performers and producers have created beloved characters that teach children about getting along with others and understanding the world around them. This exhibition features treasured objects from...
2022_DC_SIAH_Lunch_Boxes66DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Taking America to Lunch
Taking America to Lunch
Ongoing
Lower Level, in Stars and Stripes Cafe
This display case celebrates the history and endurance of American lunch boxes. Reaching the height of their popularity at the dawn of the television era, lunch box sales became barometers for what was hip in popular culture at...
2010_DC_SIAH_Telescope3DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Telescope, 1865
2018_DC_SIAH_Batmobile79DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: The Batmobile
Partway through the year, they replaced the reflective floor under the Batmobile with a patterned floor. This had been planned for awhile. They said the mirror-like flooring before showed up dirt and fluff too easily so this was easier to maintain.
2021_DC_SIAH_Franklin27DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: The Electric Dr. Franklin
The Electric Dr. Franklin
November 20, 2021 – TBA
The Electric Dr. Franklin showcase explores the founding father's pioneering electrical work and features objects showing the electrical science of Franklin’s era as well as later devices he influenced. The display allows visitors understand Franklin’s...
2017_DC_SIAH_Ella44DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: The First Lady of Song: Ella Fitzgerald at 100
The First Lady of Song: Ella Fitzgerald at 100
March 30, 2017 – April 2, 2018
Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) was one of the greatest American singers. She had a warm and lovely voice, superb rhythmic sense, considerable versatility, meticulous intonation, and exceptional talent at “scat” singing,...
2021_DC_SIAH_Muppets27DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: The Muppets Take American History
The Muppets Take American History
November 12, 2020 – Indefinitely
In this series of special pop-up displays, Muppets from the collection will be appearing in unexpected places in some of our best-loved exhibitions, inviting visitors to look at history through a fun new lens. Look for Fozzie Bear to...
2022_DC_SIAH_Muppets11DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: The Muppets Take American History
2017_DC_SIAH_TNWBT14DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: The Nation We Build Together exhibit cases
2021_DC_SIAH_Only_One14DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: The Only One in the Room: Women Achievers in Business and the Cost of Success
The Only One in the Room: Women Achievers in Business and the Cost of Success
November 20, 2020 – TBA
Getting to the top in business is always tough, and for women tougher yet. While women are inventive, driven, and great managers they often face discrimination and cultural boulders blocking their...
2012_DC_SIAH_TJBible16DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Thomas Jefferson's Bible
Jefferson's Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth
November 11, 2011 – July 15, 2012
In 1820, Thomas Jefferson assembled a private text using excerpts from the Four Gospels of the New Testament in Greek, Latin, French, and English. His aim was to tell a chronological version of Jesus’ life,...
2015_DC_SIAH_AALens130DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Through the African American Lens
Through the African American Lens: A Preview of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
May 8, 2015 – TBA
In this preview of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, see a sampling of artifacts that demonstrate the richness and diversity of the African American...
2015_DC_SIAH_Toys18DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Toys and Childhood
Toys and Childhood
November 20, 2015 – Ongoing
In time for the winter holidays, this showcase presents a selection of cast-iron and tinplate toys from the museum’s collection dating from the 1870s to the 1950s, illustrating the ever-evolving nature of American childhood and home life and bringing to...
2010_DC_SIAH_Attic5DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Toys from the Attic
Toys from the Attic
June 1, 2010 – January 31, 2012
Toys reflect changes in both technology and society. This case examines toys produced in 19th-century America, when childhood began to be seen as a distinct stage of life with its own unique needs. Featured are dolls, kitchen and housewares, hand...
2016_DC_SIAH_Tucker19DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Tucker automobile #39, 1948
Tucker automobile #39, 1948
Ongoing
Preston Tucker (1903-1956), an automotive engineer who helped design Miller racing cars before World War II, almost realized his ambition of producing a "completely new" passenger automobile after the war. He and his business associates leased a former Dodge...
2015_DC_SIAM_12Years194DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Twelve Years that Shook and Shaped Washington: 1963-1975
Twelve Years that Shook and Shaped Washington: 1963-1975
December 14, 2015 – October 23, 2016
During this period, Washingtonians experienced their first meaningful presidential vote, elected a city council and mayor for the first time in a century, and became the largest majority African American city...
2017_DC_SIAH_Uniformed19DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Uniformed Women and the Great War
Uniformed Women and the Great War
April 6, 2017 – Indefinitely
Of the many ways World War I divided the past from the future, none was more significant than the reordered place of women in society. Tens of thousands of middle- and upper-class women donned military-style uniforms to serve at home and...
2021_DC_SIAH_Upending40DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Upending 1620: Where Do We Begin?
Upending 1620: Where Do We Begin?
August 2, 2021 – TBA
Upending 1620: Where Do We Begin? is a display that examines the early encounters between Wampanoag peoples and English colonists, and the important legacies of those encounters over the next 400 years. Those initial meetings became the subject of...
2015_DC_SIAH_Value62DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Value of Money
2017_DC_SIAH_Unity_Square20DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Wallace H. Coulter Unity Square
2022_DC_SIAH_Remembrance8DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: War and Remembrance
2018_DC_SIAH_Waterloo_Boy13DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Waterloo Boy
Waterloo Boy
Ongoing
In the early 1900s farmers switched from horses to tractors. While much of the world continued to rely on human brawn or draft animals, Americans adopted the new technology of gasoline-powered tractors.
The development and use of gasoline-powered tractors in the early 1900s...
2022_DC_SIAH_Belong40DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: We Belong Here: Marking the 50th Anniversary of Title IX
We Belong Here: Marking the 50th Anniversary of Title IX
June 23, 2022 – Indefinitely
Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the federal legislation that unintentionally helped bring equality to sports, this 30-foot display case illuminates three athletes’ stories while a large mural and access to...
2003_DC_SIAH_West_Point6DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: West Point in the Making of America, 1802-1918
West Point in the Making of America, 1802-1918
October 19, 2002 – January 11, 2004
Marking the bicentennial of West Point, this exhibition tells the story of this renowned military academy in New York from its founding through World War I and highlights the achievements of graduates in both the U.S....
2005_DC_SIAH_Polio1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Whatever Happened to Polio?
Whatever Happened to Polio?
April 12, 2005 – September 4, 2006
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the polio vaccine, this multimedia exhibition tells the story of polio from the perspective of the patient, traces the development of the vaccine that ended polio in the U.S., and...
2005_DC_SIAH_Walls4DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Within These Walls
2012_DC_SIAH_Walls5DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Within These Walls
2022_DC_SIAH_Avedon54DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: (re) Framing Conversations: Photographs by Richard Avedon, 1946-1965
(re) Framing Conversations: Photographs by Richard Avedon, 1946-1965
December 9, 2022 – Fall 2023
Twenty Richard Avedon images spanning two decades, curated from the Smithsonian’s extensive photo history collection, are on display. (re) Framing Conversations invites visitors to travel throughout the...
2021_DC_SIAH_Pleibol160DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: ¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues
¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues: En los barrios y las grandes ligas
July 2, 2021 – TBA
For nearly a century, baseball has been a crucial social and cultural force in Latino communities across the United States. And, for just as long, Latino/a players have had a huge impact on the game....
1999_DC_SIAH_Bldg7DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
2001_DC_SIAH_Bldg3DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
Including flags half-staff after 9/11
2002_DC_SIAH_Bldg1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
2003_DC_SIAH_Bldg1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
2004_DC_SIAH_Bldg2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
2006_DC_SIAH_Bldg4DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
2008_DC_SIAH_Bldg12DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
2009_DC_SIAH_Bldg11DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
2010_DC_SIAH_Bldg7DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
2012_DC_SIAH_Bldg2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
2013_DC_SIAH_Bldg1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
2014_DC_SIAH_Bldg10DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
2015_DC_SIAH_Bldg6DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
2016_DC_SIAH_Bldg23DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
The museum lowered the US flag to half staff for Nancy Reagan but kept the Smithsonian flag at full staff. I went to the security office to complain about it -- the US flag has to be higher than the rest so the Smithsonian flag should have been lowered too -- but the guy said those were the orders he...
2017_DC_SIAH_Bldg4DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
2018_DC_SIAH_Bldg1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
2020_DC_SIAH_Bldg38DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
Closed due to Covid-19. Signs are in both English and Spanish.
2021_DC_SIAH_Bldg17DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
New security bollards being delivered?
2022_DC_SIAH_Bldg28DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
New flags were added on Flag Day for the four territories run by the United States.
2020_DC_SIAH_4Ward7DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Forward Into Light
2012_DC_SIAH_Perf1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Historical Reenactors and Performers
2016_DC_SIAH_Perf1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Historical Reenactors and Performers
2018_DC_SIAH_Perf10DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Historical Reenactors and Performers
2001_DC_SIAH_Int4DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots
Some cancellations after 9/11.
2003_DC_SIAH_Int1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots
2004_DC_SIAH_Int1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots
2006_DC_SIAH_Int7DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots
2008_DC_SIAH_Int8DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots
2010_DC_SIAH_Int10DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots
2011_DC_SIAH_Int3DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots
2012_DC_SIAH_Int1DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots
2014_DC_SIAH_Int7DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots
2015_DC_SIAH_Int5DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots
2016_DC_SIAH_Int2DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots
2019_DC_SIAH_Int8DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots
2020_DC_SIAH_Int33DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots
2021_DC_SIAH_Int63DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots
2022_DC_SIAH_Int9DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots
The museum's director, Anthea Hartig, was greeting visitors one day.
The COVID barriers have been removed around the information desks.
2021_DC_SIAH_Latino13DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Molina Family Latino Gallery
2022_DC_SIAH_Latino_Tree75DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Molina Family Latino Gallery -- Exhibit: Tree of Life (by Verónica Castillo)
¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States
June 18, 2022 – Indefinitely
First Floor East, Molina Family Latino Gallery of the National Museum of the American Latino Floor Plan
¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States tells U.S. history from the perspectives of the diverse Latinas and...
2022_DC_SIAH_Latino278DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Molina Family Latino Gallery -- Exhibit: ¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States
¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States
June 18, 2022 – Indefinitely
First Floor East, Molina Family Latino Gallery of the National Museum of the American Latino Floor Plan
¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States tells U.S. history from the perspectives of the diverse Latinas and...
2006_DC_SIAHV11DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Views from...
2017_DC_SIAHV3DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Views from...
Views from the not-yet-opened third floor.
2008_DC_FotoAH49FotoWeek DC -- Images on American History Museum
2004_DC_JSS_04010864James Smithson Society event -- American History (America on the Move)
This event was co-sponsored with the Contributing Membership folks.
2006_DC_SIAH_Plans_06071222James Smithson Society event -- American History (Building renovation plans)
These were slides shown to a James Smithson Society donor lunch. They showed the plans for the renovated and transformed National Museum of American History. The description from the lunch was as follows:
Renovation and Transformation: In an important step to ensure the long-term preservation of "the...
2001_DC_JSS_01011061James Smithson Society event -- American History (Glorious Burden exhibit)
2004_DC_SIAH_Plans_04091429James Smithson Society event -- American History (Price of Freedom plans)
These are pictures from a presentation about the new exhibit that was given for the James Smithson Society. The description from the meeting announcement: The Price of Freedom is a major new permanent exhibition at the National Museum of American History that tells the compelling stories of our nation's...
2002_DC_JSS_02081092James Smithson Society lunch -- American History (9/11)
Collecting a National Tragedy:
This discussion described a new exhibit that was about to open in the National Museum of American History, Behring Center. Using artifacts, images, and stories, the exhibit bears witness to the attack. The presentation was by Dr. Jim Gardner, Associate Director for...
2004_DC_JSS_04091453James Smithson Society lunch -- American History (Price of Freedom)
From the JSS description: Wars have been defining episodes in American history. They shaped the birth of the nation and helped define our country's fundamental values. Twentieth century conflicts in Europe and Asia to protect western interests led to America's emergence as the dominant military power in...
2017_DC_SIAH_Storage_1703128Natl Museum of American History -- Items from Storage (Ambassadors of Jazz)
2015_DC_SIAH_Storage_15071734Natl Museum of American History -- Items from Storage (Civil War)
Various Civil War-related items were pulled out of storage to show the visiting teachers.
2018_DC_SIAH_Storage_18062311Natl Museum of American History -- Items from Storage (Solstice Saturday)
2017_DC_SIAH_Storage_17031039Natl Museum of American History -- Items from Storage (World War I)
The medical group brought out some World War I-related items from storage.


What's hot: The following pages have been the most popular ones over the last month or so:
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2023_04_21B1_THIS_Hungarian225THIS for Diplomats Hungarian Rhapsody Gala @ Embassy of Hungary (1 of 2)
Invitation to "HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY" A Gala and Silent Auction To Benefit THIS for Diplomats Co-hosted with his Excellency Ambassador Szabolcs Takács and Ms. Emese Gaál Embassy of Hungary 1500 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005 Hors d’Oeuvres…Wine…Music, Performances This year we will celeb... (Partially reviewed)
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Invitation to "HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY" A Gala and Silent Auction To Benefit THIS for Diplomats Co-hosted with his Excellency Ambassador Szabolcs Takács and Ms. Emese Gaál Embassy of Hungary 1500 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005 Hors d’Oeuvres…Wine…Music, Performances This year we will celeb... (Partially reviewed)
2023_05_19B_GBF_Reception320Gaithersburg Book Festival (2023) -- Author Reception @ Asbury Methodist Village
The Gaithersburg Book Festival cordially invites you to our 2023 VIP Author Reception. Lots of folks shown here including Jud Ashman, Fred Bowen, Meg Medina, Ellen Oh, Alan Gratz, Mary Kay Zuravleff, Laura Scalzo, Laura Elliott, Aaron Caycedo-Kimura, Matthew Thorburn, Susan Stockdale, Tracey Baptis... (Partially reviewed)
2023_05_08D2_TelnaesR233Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2023): Ann Telnaes -- Reception
The Herblock Prize The Herb Block Foundation cordially invites you to the Herblock Prize Award Ceremony & Lecture. Prize Winner: Ann Telnaes, Ann Telnaes. Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post Lecturer: Representative Jamie Raskin Prize Finalist: Michael Ramirez, Editorial Cartoonist, Las Vegas ... (Partially reviewed)
2023_05_08D1_TelnaesP113Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2023): Ann Telnaes -- Presentation (w/Jamie Raskin)
The Herblock Prize The Herb Block Foundation cordially invites you to the Herblock Prize Award Ceremony & Lecture. Prize Winner: Ann Telnaes, Ann Telnaes. Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post Lecturer: Representative Jamie Raskin Prize Finalist: Michael Ramirez, Editorial Cartoonist, Las Vegas ... (Partially reviewed)


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