| Key | Imgs | Short Description |
|---|
 2016_AL_Vulcan_Museum | 201 | AL -- Birmingham -- Vulcan Park and Museum -- Museum |
| 2016_AL_Vulcan_Pk | 61 | AL -- Birmingham -- Vulcan Park and Museum -- Park |
| 2016_AL_Vulcan_5Pts | 47 | AL -- Birmingham -- Vulcan Park and Museum -- Revitalization of Five Points South |
| 2016_AL_Vulcan_Vw | 35 | AL -- Birmingham -- Vulcan Park and Museum -- Vista
Including sunset shots. |
| 2016_AL_Ala_Archives | 91 | AL -- Montgomery -- Alabama Dept of Archives and History/Alabama Museum |
| 2016_AL_Ala_Archives_1st | 32 | AL -- Montgomery -- Alabama Dept of Archives and History/Alabama Museum -- Exhibit: 1st Alabamans |
| 2016_AL_Ala_Archives_AV | 409 | AL -- Montgomery -- Alabama Dept of Archives and History/Alabama Museum -- Exhibit: Alabama Voices |
| 2016_AL_Ala_Archives_WW1 | 84 | AL -- Montgomery -- Alabama Dept of Archives and History/Alabama Museum -- Exhibit: Alabamanians in the Great War |
| 2017_DC_AAAM_Reception_170801 | 225 | Association of African American Museum Annual Conference Welcoming Reception
Association of African American Museum (AAAM) 39th Annual Conference welcoming reception @ Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
The annual conference will broaden the perspectives of those in attendance by promoting an understanding of the social... |
| 2022_AZ_MusNaz | 176 | AZ -- Flagstaff -- Museum of Northern Arizona |
| 2022_AZ_MusNaz_GCanyon | 40 | AZ -- Flagstaff -- Museum of Northern Arizona -- Exhibit: Artists at Glen Canyon and Lake Powell
Artists at Glen Canyon and Lake Powell
May 2022 - November 2022
This is the story of a place. It’s a place where millions of years of the earth’s development are openly revealed and where the hopes and aspirations of the human race have been inscribed for centuries. Located in canyon country along the... |
| 2022_AZ_MusNaz_Whitethorne | 55 | AZ -- Flagstaff -- Museum of Northern Arizona -- Exhibit: Baje Whitethorne Sr.: Náátsʼíilid/Rainbow Light
Baje Whitethorne Sr.: Náátsʼíilid/Rainbow Light
April 2022 - April 2023
Bursting with color, this retrospective exhibit presents the full spectrum of art by Baje Whitethorne Sr., a visual storyteller acclaimed for his colorful paintings full of life and energy.
Born and raised on the Navajo... |
| 2022_AZ_MusNaz_Ants | 27 | AZ -- Flagstaff -- Museum of Northern Arizona -- Exhibit: The Ant Empire: Strength in Community |
| 2022_AZ_MusNaz_RDF_Trail | 14 | AZ -- Flagstaff -- Museum of Northern Arizona -- Rio de Flag Nature Trail |
| 2011_CA_R66_MRM | 17 | CA -- Barstow -- Route 66 "Mother Road" Museum |
| 2011_CA_WA_RRM | 40 | CA -- Barstow -- West America Railroad Museum |
| 2012_CA_Death_Valley_FC | 135 | CA -- Death Valley Natl Park -- Furnace Creek
Includes the Furnace Creek Inn and the Borax Museum |
| 2002_CA_LA_DWP | 1 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Department of Water & Power |
| 2010_CA_LA_DWP | 37 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Department of Water & Power |
| 2013_CA_LA_DWP | 114 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Department of Water & Power |
| 2010_CA_LA_Fargo | 31 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Wells Fargo History Museum |
| 2013_CA_Oakland_MoC_Art | 91 | CA -- Oakland -- Oakland Museum of California -- Art |
| 2013_CA_Oakland_MoC_History | 116 | CA -- Oakland -- Oakland Museum of California -- History |
| 2010_CA_Ontario_Museum | 43 | CA -- Ontario -- Museum of History and Art |
| 2013_CA_Orange_Empire_RM | 119 | CA -- Perris -- Orange Empire Railway Museum |
| 2015_CA_Lincoln_Mem_Shrine | 223 | CA -- Redlands -- Lincoln Memorial Shrine |
| 2014_CA_California_Museum1 | 164 | CA -- Sacramento -- California Museum -- 1st Floor |
| 2014_CA_California_Museum2 | 89 | CA -- Sacramento -- California Museum -- 2nd Floor |
| 2014_CA_Old_Sacramento | 69 | CA -- Sacramento -- Old Sacramento (incl SHP) |
| 2012_CA_SDHC | 63 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego History Center |
| 2009_CA_SDMOM | 164 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Man |
| 2012_CA_SDMOM | 156 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Man |
| 2017_CA_SDMOM | 1 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Man |
| 2019_CA_SDMOM | 3 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Man |
| 2022_CA_SDMOM | 10 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Man |
| 2008_CA_SDVMMC | 13 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Veterans Museum & Memorial Center |
| 2009_CA_SDVMMC | 137 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Veterans Museum & Memorial Center |
| 2017_CA_Gaslamp_Museum | 10 | CA -- San Diego -- Gaslamp Museum
Just the outside garden. I'll visit the museum sometime. |
| 2018_CA_Gaslamp_Museum | 89 | CA -- San Diego -- Gaslamp Museum |
| 2007_CA_SDMM_B39 | 91 | CA -- San Diego -- Maritime Museum of San Diego -- B-39 |
| 2007_CA_SDMM_Berkeley | 86 | CA -- San Diego -- Maritime Museum of San Diego -- Berkeley |
| 2007_CA_SDMM_Californian | 2 | CA -- San Diego -- Maritime Museum of San Diego -- Californian |
| 2007_CA_SDMM_Surprise | 52 | CA -- San Diego -- Maritime Museum of San Diego -- HMS Surprise |
| 2007_CA_SDMM_Medea | 5 | CA -- San Diego -- Maritime Museum of San Diego -- Medea |
| 2007_CA_SDMM_Pilot | 1 | CA -- San Diego -- Maritime Museum of San Diego -- Pilot |
| 2007_CA_SDMM_India | 41 | CA -- San Diego -- Maritime Museum of San Diego -- Star Of India |
| 2022_CA_SDMM_India | 5 | CA -- San Diego -- Maritime Museum of San Diego -- Star Of India |
| 2008_CA_MCRD | 106 | CA -- San Diego -- MCRD Command Museum |
| 2007_CA_Serra | 39 | CA -- San Diego -- Serra Museum |
| 2008_CA_MidwayE | 100 | CA -- San Diego -- USS Midway Museum (Exterior) |
| 2014_CA_MidwayE | 16 | CA -- San Diego -- USS Midway Museum (Exterior) |
| 2016_CA_MidwayE | 19 | CA -- San Diego -- USS Midway Museum (Exterior) |
| 2022_CA_MidwayE | 5 | CA -- San Diego -- USS Midway Museum (Exterior) |
| 2008_CA_MidwayI | 169 | CA -- San Diego -- USS Midway Museum (Interior) |
| 2018_CA_SF_Presidio_POC | 176 | CA -- San Francisco -- Presidio -- Presidio Officer's Club |
| 2018_CA_SF_Presidio_POC_Ex | 77 | CA -- San Francisco -- Presidio -- Presidio Officer's Club -- Exhibit: Exclusion
EXCLUSION
The Presidio's Role in World War II Japanese American Incarceration
Extended to Spring 2019
During World War II, the Presidio of San Francisco – the Army's Western Defense Command – played a pivotal role in the unjust incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans, purportedly in the name of... |
| 2011_CA_WDFM | 69 | CA -- San Francisco -- Presidio -- Walt Disney Family Museum
Photography was only allowed in the reception room -- mostly awards and such. Which meant it was a pretty big room! |
| 2018_CA_WDFM | 10 | CA -- San Francisco -- Presidio -- Walt Disney Family Museum |
| 2018_CA_WDFM_Keane | 78 | CA -- San Francisco -- Presidio -- Walt Disney Family Museum -- Exhibit: Make Believe: The World of Glen Keane
Make Believe: The World of Glen Keane
NOTE: No photography was allowed in the special exhibit itself.
Mar 8–Sep 3, 2018
The Walt Disney Family Museum is proud to introduce our newest original exhibition, Make Believe: The World of Glen Keane, showcasing the work of this influential Disney animator... |
| 2018_CA_WDFM_9OldM | 9 | CA -- San Francisco -- Presidio -- Walt Disney Family Museum -- Exhibit: Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men: Masters of Animation
Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men: Masters of Animation
NOTE: No photography was allowed in the special exhibit.
May 17, 2018–Jan 7, 2019
The Walt Disney Family Museum is pleased to announce its newest special exhibition, Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men: Masters of Animation, on view to the public from May 17,... |
| 2018_CA_WDFM_G01 | 98 | CA -- San Francisco -- Presidio -- Walt Disney Family Museum -- Gallery 01: Small Beginnings and Dawn of a Career
1901–1923
Gallery 1
Early Beginnings
A Creative Voice:
Walt’s love for drawing began at an early age. So naturally, when he entered high school, he joined the staff of the student publication, The Voice. Creatively, he found his own voice by illustrating short stories, drawing cartoons about... |
| 2018_CA_WDFM_G02 | 92 | CA -- San Francisco -- Presidio -- Walt Disney Family Museum -- Gallery 02: Hollywood and Oswald, Mickey, and WD Studios
1923–1928
Gallery 2
The Move to Hollywood
Alice Comedies:
While other moviemakers were animating characters to interact with live action, Walt had a uniquely different idea. “So I reversed it. I said, ‘That’s a new twist’ and it sold.” It was the beginning of the Alice Comedies, an ongoing series... |
| 2018_CA_WDFM_G03 | 128 | CA -- San Francisco -- Presidio -- Walt Disney Family Museum -- Gallery 03: New Horizons in the 1930s
1928–1940
Gallery 3
Exploring New Horizons
The Development of Character:
Walt wanted to personify his characters. Starting with the 1933 Silly Symphony Three Little Pigs, he focused on giving them distinct personality traits through the way they moved. The art of personality animation would become... |
| 2018_CA_WDFM_G04 | 95 | CA -- San Francisco -- Presidio -- Walt Disney Family Museum -- Gallery 04: The Move to Features
1936–1938
Gallery 4
The Transition into Features
The Moviola:
The Walt Disney Studios’ first feature-length film was an enormous undertaking. Walt relied on the Moviola—an editor’s viewing machine—to study the animated dailies and shape the story he envisioned. Walt was a master storyteller—he... |
| 2018_CA_WDFM_G05 | 83 | CA -- San Francisco -- Presidio -- Walt Disney Family Museum -- Gallery 05: "We Were in a New Business"
1939–1940
Gallery 5
New Success & Greater Ambitions
The Perfection of Pinocchio:
Walt was always raising the bar. He set up the Character Model Department to help animators bring characters to life by keeping their animation consistent. Along with model sheets, the department produced... |
| 2018_CA_WDFM_G06 | 93 | CA -- San Francisco -- Presidio -- Walt Disney Family Museum -- Gallery 06: The Toughest Period
1941–1945
Gallery 6
Patriotic Contributions
Film for the War Effort:
Production changed dramatically when the government contracted The Walt Disney Studios for a gamut of military and propaganda films. The unusual animated feature Victory Through Air Power, based on Alexander de Seversky’s book,... |
| 2018_CA_WDFM_G07 | 53 | CA -- San Francisco -- Presidio -- Walt Disney Family Museum -- Gallery 07: Postwar Productions & Family Treasures
1946–1950
Gallery 7
Postwar Rebuilding
Disneylandia:
Walt was introduced to the world of miniatures in 1939. Over the years, he collected and crafted them with the idea in mind of building a traveling exhibition of dioramas depicting historic Americana—a hobby he relished. “When I work with these... |
| 2018_CA_WDFM_G08 | 9 | CA -- San Francisco -- Presidio -- Walt Disney Family Museum -- Gallery 08: Walt & the Natural World
1948–1960
Gallery 8
Walt & the Natural World
True-Life Adventures:
Walt’s affinity for nature prompted him to send a small crew to film the Alaskan wilderness. What the footage revealed fascinated Walt—in particular, scenes of seals in the Pribilof Islands. In 1949 Seal Island became the first in... |
| 2018_CA_WDFM_G09 | 160 | CA -- San Francisco -- Presidio -- Walt Disney Family Museum -- Gallery 09: Disneyland & Beyond
1950–1965
Gallery 9
Disneyland & Beyond
Adventures in Transportation
From a vintage railroad to the futuristic Monorail, Walt shared his fascination with transportation by building various transport-themed attractions at Disneyland. For children, he created the Autopia so they could get behind the... |
| 2018_CA_WDFM_G10 | 55 | CA -- San Francisco -- Presidio -- Walt Disney Family Museum -- Gallery 10: Epilogue
1966
Gallery 10
Remembering Walt Disney
December 15, 1966:
Walt’s untimely death occurred 10 days after his 65th birthday. His accomplishments were countless, his contributions extraordinary, and his legacy a source of joy and inspiration to the world. All from a man who once hoped that we never... |
| 2011_CA_Reagan_AF1 | 69 | CA -- Simi Valley -- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum -- Air Force One hangar |
| 2011_CA_Reagan_Lib | 236 | CA -- Simi Valley -- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum -- Inside |
| 2011_CA_Reagan_Outside | 56 | CA -- Simi Valley -- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum -- Outside Areas |
| 2013_CA_Nixon_Lib | 277 | CA -- Yorba Linda -- Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace |
| 2010_CA_Nixon_BP | 27 | CA -- Yorba Linda -- Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace -- Birthplace |
| 2013_CA_Nixon_BP | 39 | CA -- Yorba Linda -- Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace -- Birthplace |
| 2010_CA_Nixon_Lib | 150 | CA -- Yorba Linda -- Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace -- Library |
| 2013_CA_Nixon_Lib_Cent | 121 | CA -- Yorba Linda -- Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace -- RN Centennial
Centennial Exhibit Officially Opens at the Nixon Library
February 18, 2013 By Joe Lopez
The Nixon Centennial Exhibit, Patriot. President. Peacemaker, officially opened at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library Friday, February 15 before former White House officials, and friends and admirers of... |
| 2013_CA_Nixon_Lib_WG | 140 | CA -- Yorba Linda -- Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace -- Watergate
This section was a complete replacement since my last visit. The National Archives had taken over the library and had issues with the accuracy of some of the displays. The Watergate section of the original library was pretty much a total fabrication before the Archives took over and replaced the whole... |
| 2015_DC_CBMSO_Tour_151031 | 9 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Event: Group tour w/Garrett Peck
Garrett Peck was leading a group through. |
| 2019_DC_CBMSO_Waddell_190316 | 35 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Event: Meet the Artist – Peter Waddell
Meet the Artist – Peter Waddell
Tour the Missing Soldiers Office and learn about the inspiration behind the mural from award winning artist Peter Waddell
Join us on March 16, 2019 at 1 PM at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office to hear artist Peter Waddell discuss his work on a new mural detailing... |
| 2012_DC_CBMSO_Opening_120412 | 77 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Event: Opening Preview
You are invited to a special preview of the Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office on April 12th. The April 12th event will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the passing of Clara Barton and will recognize the official partnership between the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and the General... |
| 2019_DC_CBMSO_Waddell_190119 | 26 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Event: Peter Waddelll mural talk
Join us on January 19, 2019 at 1 PM at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office to hear artist Peter Waddell discuss his work on a new mural detailing Barton’s life during the Civil War era. The talk will begin at 1 PM in the first floor visitor center at the Missing Soldiers Office. This is a... |
| 2018_DC_CBMSO_Tour_181117 | 77 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Event: Richard Lyons tours
Discovering Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office
Tour Clara Barton’s boardinghouse home and office with the man who saved it from destruction.
More than 20 years ago, Richard Lyons was on a routine inspection when he discovered a trove of 19th century artifacts tucked away in the attic of an old... |
| 2010_DC_CBMSO_Tour_101104 | 7 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Event: Tour
After the tour of the new National Archives Discovering the Civil War Part 2 exhibit, those who wanted to could board buses and go to a tourism event at the Willard. The bus, provided by Cultural Tourism DC, stopped at Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office for a tour. Orientation on the bus was... |
| 2014_DC_CBMSO_Tour_140228 | 64 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Event: Tour w/Civil War Trust |
| 2010_DC_CBMSO_Placards | 3 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Exhibit: Standard Placards |
| 2012_DC_CBMSO_Placards | 6 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Exhibit: Standard Placards |
| 2014_DC_CBMSO_Placards | 40 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Exhibit: Standard Placards |
| 2015_DC_CBMSO_Placards | 60 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Exhibit: Standard Placards |
| 2018_DC_CBMSO_Placards | 9 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Exhibit: Standard Placards |
| 2022_DC_CBMSO_Placards | 53 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Exhibit: Standard Placards |
| 2014_DC_CBMSO_Doorsteps | 21 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Exhibit: War on Our Doorsteps
Special Exhibition – “War on Our Doorsteps”
When Alexander Gardner’s stunning photographs of the Antietam battlefield were publicly displayed in 1862, they changed how Americans saw war forever. For a limited time, you can relive that sobering exhibition at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers... |
| 2018_DC_CBMSO_Doorsteps | 43 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Exhibit: War on Our Doorsteps
Special Exhibition – “War on Our Doorsteps”
When Alexander Gardner’s stunning photographs of the Antietam battlefield were publicly displayed in 1862, they changed how Americans saw war forever. For a limited time, you can relive that sobering exhibition at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers... |
| 2018_DC_CBMSO_PW | 94 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Peter Waddell Mural
Several visits including one during which Peter Waddell was working on the piece. |
| 2019_DC_CBMSO_PW | 94 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Peter Waddell Mural |
| 2022_DC_CBMSO_PW | 5 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Peter Waddell Mural |
| 2021_DC_SIAM_Without_Walls | 17 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: A Museum Without Walls |
| 2018_DC_SIAM_Right | 140 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: A Right to the City
A Right to the City
April 21, 2018 – April 20, 2020
How Washingtonians have shaped and reshaped their neighborhoods in extraordinary ways
After a half-century of population decline and disinvestment, Washington, DC, today is home to a rapidly growing population, rising rents and home prices, major... |
| 2018_DC_SIAM_River | 11 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: Capturing the Anacostia River
Capturing the Anacostia River
To mark the Year of the Anacostia—an effort to celebrate the rich history of the Anacostia River and progress toward its cleanup and sustainable health—the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum opens the photographic exhibition, “Capturing the Anacostia River,” that... |
| 2007_DC_SIAM_East_River | 35 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: East of the River: Continuity and Change
East of the River: Continuity and Change
September 15, 2007 – November 9, 2008
To celebrate the museum's 40th anniversary, this exhibition documents the development of community life of neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River beginning with the original inhabitation by Native Americans up to the... |
| 2021_DC_SIAM_Food4PeopleI | 266 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: Food for the People: Eating and Activism in Greater Washington (Interior portion)
Food for the People: Eating and Activism in Greater Washington
April 17, 2021 – September 17, 2022
With every bite of food we eat, we have an opportunity to help remake an unjust and unequal food system.
Do you know where your food comes from? Who produces, processes, and prepares it, and in what... |
| 2021_DC_SIAM_Food4People | 80 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: Food for the People: Eating and Activism in Greater Washington (Outdoor portion)
Food for the People: Eating and Activism in Greater Washington
April 17, 2021 – September 17, 2022
Across our nation and region, we have both an overabundance of food and a staggering number of people who struggle to find their next meal. This reality has only worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic. The... |
| 2017_DC_SIAM_Gateways | 95 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: Gateways/Portales
Gateways/Portales
December 5, 2016 – August 6, 2017
Gateway: any entrance or passage that may be opened and closed.
What does it mean for Latino migrants and immigrants to make a home in a U.S. city? Both struggle and triumph. Through the gateways of social justice, community access, and public... |
| 2015_DC_SIAM_CWChanged | 177 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: How the Civil War Changed Washington
How the Civil War Changed Washington
February 2, 2015 – November 15, 2015
This exhibition examines the social and spatial impact of the Civil War on Washington, DC and the resulting dramatic changes in social mores, and in the size and ethnic composition of the city’s population. The population of the... |
| 2018_DC_SIAM_Key | 8 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: Key to the Community |
| 2021_DC_SIAM_Men_Of_Change | 209 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: Men of Change: Taking it to the Streets @ Ron Brown High School
Men of Change: Taking it to the Streets
February 1, 2021 – ... |
| 2018_DC_SIAM_ACM50 | 34 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: Your Community, Your Story: Celebrating Five Decades of the Anacostia Community Museum, 1967-2017
Your Community, Your Story: Celebrating Five Decades of the Anacostia Community Museum, 1967-2017
September 15, 2017 – January 6, 2019
For fifty years, the Anacostia Community Museum (ACM) has pushed the boundaries of what “museum” means. Conversations with neighbors have shaped exhibitions and... |
| 2004_DC_SIAM | 4 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2007_DC_SIAM | 7 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2018_DC_SIAM | 11 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2021_DC_SIAM | 3 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 1997_DC_SIAIB | 8 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg |
| 2003_DC_SIAIB | 41 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg
Several visits:... |
| 2004_DC_SIAIB | 61 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg
This museum building was closed to the public for renovations. I got permission from the James Smithson Society to come in and take pictures of the interior. It was a thrill to go to the upper floors and take pictures of this beautiful building. |
| 2011_DC_SIAIB | 35 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg |
| 2012_DC_SIAIB | 22 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg |
| 2013_DC_SIAIB | 3 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg |
| 2015_DC_SIAIB | 70 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg
This was the first time I'd been inside since 2004. |
| 2016_DC_SIAIB | 4 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg |
| 2017_DC_SIAIB | 6 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg |
| 2019_DC_SIAIB | 13 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg |
| 2022_DC_SIAIB | 13 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg |
| 2023_DC_SIAIB | 5 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg |
| 2020_DC_SIAIB_4Ward | 3 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg -- Forward Into Light |
| 2021_DC_SIAIB_Futures | 362 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg -- FUTURES
FUTURES
November 20, 2021 – July 6, 2022
Part exhibition, part festival, FUTURES presents nearly 32,000 square feet of new immersive site-specific art installations, interactives, working experiments, inventions, speculative designs, and “artifacts of the future,” as well as historic objects and... |
| 2022_DC_SIAIB_Futures | 29 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg -- FUTURES
FUTURES
November 20, 2021 – July 6, 2022
Part exhibition, part festival, FUTURES presents nearly 32,000 square feet of new immersive site-specific art installations, interactives, working experiments, inventions, speculative designs, and “artifacts of the future,” as well as historic objects and... |
| 2022_DC_SIAIB_FuturesC_220706 | 98 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg -- FUTURES -- Event: Closing Event
FUTURES Happy Hour: 5 to 7 PM
As we transition into the evening, the entire building will come alive with special performances from Washington, D.C.-based artists Crush Funk Brass Band, Tiktok cellist sensation Andrew Savoia, illusionist Alain Nu, the Haikuists and more, set within unique spaces... |
| 2021_DC_SIAIB_FuturesCR2_211120 | 69 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg -- FUTURES -- Event: Opening Event ("Call and Response Concert") -- Everything except the outdoor concert
“Call and Response Concert,” Saturday, Nov. 20, 5:30–9:30 p.m. EST:
The biggest celebration of the weekend is a free indoor/outdoor and streamed concert-turned-sonic exploration. Inspired by the vibrant dynamism of Washington’s go-go music scene, this next-generation sound experience will push genre... |
| 2021_DC_SIAIB_FuturesCR_211120 | 156 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg -- FUTURES -- Event: Opening Event ("Call and Response Concert") -- Outdoor Concert
“Call and Response Concert,” Saturday, Nov. 20, 5:30–9:30 p.m. EST:
The biggest celebration of the weekend is a free indoor/outdoor and streamed concert-turned-sonic exploration. Inspired by the vibrant dynamism of Washington’s go-go music scene, this next-generation sound experience will push genre... |
| 2021_DC_SIAIB_FuturesO_211119 | 191 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg -- FUTURES -- Event: Opening Event ("Unexpected Conversations")
“Unexpected Conversations,” Friday, Nov. 19, 6:30 p.m. EST:
The night before doors open, everyone is invited to take a seat at the live-streamed virtual table to join in a wildly unconventional sharing of bold ideas to change the future, with special guests from the worlds of music, art, science and... |
| 2016_DC_CrossLines_160528 | 125 | DC -- CrossLines @ Arts and Industries Bldg
The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center is mounting CrossLines, a two-day art exhibition, at the Arts and Industries Building over Memorial Day weekend. Subtitled "a culture lab on intersectionality," more than forty artists will present new works that explore the connections of race, class,... |
| 2011_DC_DOE_Museum | 15 | DC -- Dept of Energy -- Energy Museum |
| 2005_DC_DOI_Museum | 34 | DC -- Dept of Interior Museum |
| 2006_DC_DOI_Museum | 11 | DC -- Dept of Interior Museum |
| 2008_DC_DOI_Museum | 24 | DC -- Dept of Interior Museum |
| 2014_DC_DOI_Museum_CAmer | 34 | DC -- Dept of Interior Museum -- Exhibit: See America
From July 21 through September 30, 2014 the U.S. Department of the Interior Museum is hosting the “See America” exhibition, presented by Creative Action Network and the National Parks Conservation Association. Featured in this temporary show are 50 posters by 46 different artists depicting natural,... |
| 2017_DC_DOIM_Asylum | 58 | DC -- Dept of Interior Museum -- Lecture: Architecture of an Asylum w/Sarah A. Leavitt
Architecture of an Asylum:
Join Sarah A. Leavitt, Ph.D., Curator, National Building Museum we explore the history and future of St. Elizabeths, formerly known as the Government Hospital for the Insane. Established by the Department of the Interior in 1852 under Secretary Stuart, the hospital went on... |
| 2023_03_30D4_CAMDC_Student | 14 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Chinese American Museum DC -- Exhibit: 2022 Student Art Competition
2022 Student Art Competition
This exhibition showcases 12 selected winning pieces from our 2022 student art competition. With the theme “Our Environment: 25 Years Later,” over 300 students from U.S., Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China participated in the competition, each presenting their own... |
| 2023_03_30D3_CAMDC_Taoism | 42 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Chinese American Museum DC -- Exhibit: Taoism: Pursuing Harmony Between Human And Nature
Taoism: Pursuing Harmony Between Human And Nature
Taoism or Daoism is a religion and philosophy that has shaped Chinese values, daily life, and spirituality for thousands of years. Like other major Chinese religions such as Confucianism and Buddhism, the doctrines and ethics of Taoism are not... |
| 2023_03_30D2_CAMDC_Mao | 37 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Chinese American Museum DC -- Exhibit: Traditional And Contemporary: Bertrand Mao And Lin-Lin Mao
Traditional And Contemporary: Bertrand Mao And Lin-Lin Mao
Bertrand Mao was born in 1932 in Jiangsu Province, China. He served as a government official in the line of education and cultural affairs. He has practiced as a lifetime hobby in Chinese calligraphy and traditional landscape painting. After... |
| 2020_DC_CAMDC | 1 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Chinese American Museum DC (1218 16th St NW) |
| 2022_DC_CAMDC | 1 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Chinese American Museum DC (1218 16th St NW) |
| 2023_03_30D1_CAMDC | 61 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Chinese American Museum DC (1218 16th St NW) |
| 2018_DC_NMAJMH | 63 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Natl Museum of American Jewish Military History (1811 R Street NW) |
| 2005_DC_Cincinatti | 4 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) |
| 2013_DC_Cincinnati | 201 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) |
| 2015_DC_Cincinnati | 2 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) |
| 2016_DC_Cincinnati | 71 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) |
| 2017_DC_Cincinnati | 19 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) |
| 2018_DC_Cincinnati | 5 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) |
| 2020_DC_Cincinnati | 7 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House)
The George Washington sculpture is gone. |
| 2022_DC_Cincinnati | 11 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) |
| 2023_04_04C1_Cincinnati | 142 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) |
| 2016_DC_Cincinnati_Isabel | 69 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) -- Exhibit: Adventurous Life of Isabel Anderson
The Adventurous Life of Isabel Anderson
March 24 — September 18, 2016
Philanthropist. War nurse. Political commentator. World traveler. Patriot. Author. Arts patron. Isabel Anderson filled her life — spanning the centennial of the American Revolution and World War II — with pursuits that both... |
| 2023_04_04C2_Cincinnati_Affairs | 101 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) -- Exhibit: Affairs of State: 118 Years of Diplomacy and Entertaining at Anderson House
Affairs of State: 118 Years of Diplomacy and Entertaining at Anderson House
February 24, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Diplomacy and entertaining have always gone hand in hand in the nation’s capital. Anderson House, the headquarters of the Society of the Cincinnati, has played a historic role in that... |
| 2018_DC_Cincinnati_Hamilton | 63 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) -- Exhibit: Alexander Hamilton's American Revolution
Alexander Hamilton's American Revolution
March 15 — September 16, 2018
Alexander Hamilton arrived in America in 1772 at the age of fifteen—a poor, self-taught, ambitious immigrant from the West Indies. He settled in New York City in the midst of the colonial crisis, when oppressive taxes and other... |
| 2017_DC_Cincinnati_FBooks | 76 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) -- Exhibit: Books in the Field: Studying the Art of War in Revolutionary America
Books in the Field: Studying the Art of War in Revolutionary America
September 27, 2017 — March 4, 2018
"In a country where every gentleman is a soldier, and every soldier a student in the art of war, it necessarily follows that military treatises will be considerably sought after, and attended... |
| 2016_DC_Cincinnati_Faces | 54 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) -- Exhibit: Faces of Revolution
Faces of Revolution: Portraits from the War for Independence
September 17, 2015 — March 13, 2016
For many of the men who fought for American independence, the Revolutionary War was the defining experience of their lives. They paid artists to paint their portraits, identifying themselves for... |
| 2015_DC_Cincinnati_Hermione | 35 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) -- Exhibit: Lafayette & L'Hermione: Symbols of French-American Friendship
Lafayette & L'Hermione: Symbols of French-American Friendship
April 3 — September 6, 2015
March 1780: The marquis de Lafayette is entrusted by his king with a message for George Washington. It is a message the American commander–in–chief has been hoping to receive for nearly five years—that France... |
| 2022_DC_Cincinnati_Saving | 98 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) -- Exhibit: Saving Soldiers: Medical Practice in the Revolutionary War
Saving Soldiers: Medical Practice in the Revolutionary War
April 1, 2022 - November 27, 2022
American military doctors who joined the cause for independence faced formidable odds. Of the 1,400 medical practitioners who served in the Continental Army, only about ten percent had formal medical degrees.... |
| 2017_DC_Cincinnati_Crusade | 76 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) -- Exhibit: The Great Crusade: World War I and the Legacy of the American Revolution
The Great Crusade: World War I and the Legacy of the American Revolution
April 7 — September 17, 2017
The American Revolution articulated ideals of universal liberty, but for more than a century the United States had little political or diplomatic involvement with other nations. A republic in a world... |
| 2017_DC_FDIC | 3 | DC -- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) |
| 2022_DC_FDIC | 5 | DC -- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) |
| 2015_DC_FDIC | 84 | DC -- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Exhibit |
| 2005_DC_DAR | 24 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- DAR Memorial Constitution Hall |
| 2006_DC_DAR | 2 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- DAR Memorial Constitution Hall |
| 2008_DC_DAR | 86 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- DAR Memorial Constitution Hall |
| 2009_DC_DAR | 19 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- DAR Memorial Constitution Hall |
| 2015_DC_DAR | 14 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- DAR Memorial Constitution Hall |
| 2020_DC_DAR | 3 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- DAR Memorial Constitution Hall |
| 2015_DC_DAR_Remembering | 72 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- DAR Memorial Constitution Hall -- Exhibit: Remembering the American Revolution 1776-1890 |
| 2005_DC_Fords_CEL | 2 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Center for Education and Leadership) |
| 2007_DC_Fords_CEL | 3 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Center for Education and Leadership) |
| 2008_DC_Fords_CEL | 2 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Center for Education and Leadership) |
| 2009_DC_Fords_CEL | 1 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Center for Education and Leadership) |
| 2010_DC_Fords_CEL | 8 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Center for Education and Leadership)
Scaffolding is up for the Center for Education and Leadership. I miss the Lincoln mural that was there!
From http://www.fordstheatre.org/home/about-fords/facilities-and-centers/center-education-and-leadership :
The Ford’s Theatre Center for Education and Leadership will be housed at 514 Tenth Street,... |
| 2011_DC_Fords_CEL | 8 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Center for Education and Leadership) |
| 2012_DC_Fords_CEL | 142 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Center for Education and Leadership) |
| 2013_DC_Fords_CEL | 13 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Center for Education and Leadership) |
| 2020_DC_Fords_CEL | 3 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Center for Education and Leadership) |
| 2013_DC_Fords_Not_Alone | 43 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Center for Education and Leadership) -- Exhibit: Not Alone: The Power of Response
Not Alone: The Power of Response
Letters of Support to the Parents of Matthew Shepard Following his Murder
September 10–November 3, 2013
After midnight on October 7, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay college student living in Laramie, Wyoming, was abducted, tied to a fence, beaten and left to die on... |
| 2014_DC_Fords_Technology | 81 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Center for Education and Leadership) -- Exhibit: Technology of War |
| 2012_DC_Fords_Tuskegee | 38 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Center for Education and Leadership) -- Exhibit: The Test: Tuskegee Airmen
The Test: The Tuskegee Airmen Project
August 29–October 21, 2012
Special Exhibition in the Center for Education and Leadership
The Test details the training of the first African-American aviators in U.S. Military history and follows their ground-breaking training, deployment and service in World... |
| 2013_DC_Fords_Torn | 117 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Center for Education and Leadership) -- Exhibit: Torn in Two
Torn in Two: 150th Anniversary of the Civil War
December 11, 2012-February 24, 2013
Special Exhibition in the Center for Education and Leadership
The American Civil War is one of the defining events in American history. To commemorate its 150th anniversary, Ford’s Theatre will present Torn in... |
| 1997_DC_Fords_Museum | 2 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Museum) |
| 2004_DC_Fords_Museum | 5 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Museum) |
| 2005_DC_Fords_Museum | 4 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Museum) |
| 2009_DC_Fords_Museum | 78 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Museum)
Pre-opening tour of the new museum. (A lot of these photos are of signage. There's *lots* of signage! Which is good.) |
| 2010_DC_Fords_Museum | 32 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Museum) |
| 2011_DC_Fords_Museum | 1 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Museum) |
| 2012_DC_Fords_Museum | 239 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Museum)
I'd photographed the exhibit in 2009 when it reopened but, back then, my approach was to type up the text of the signs and then delete the pictures of the signs. Since then, I've changed my way of processing this. |
| 2013_DC_Fords_Museum | 25 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Museum) |
| 2015_DC_Fords_Museum | 15 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Museum) |
| 2016_DC_Fords_Museum | 12 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Museum) -- Painting: Lincoln Borne by Loving Hands
"LINCOLN BORNE BY LOVING HANDS" 151 YEAR OLD ASSASSINATION EYEWITNESS PAINTING NOW ON DISPLAY
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND FORD’S THEATRE SOCIETY ANNOUNCE DISPLAY OF CARL BERSCH’S OIL PAINTING "LINCOLN BORNE BY LOVING HANDS"
PAINTING DEPICTS THE STREETSCAPE AS PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S BODY WAS CARRIED... |
| 2010_DC_GAHM | 15 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum |
| 2015_DC_GAHM | 11 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum |
| 2022_DC_GAHM | 3 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum |
| 2015_DC_GAHM_Hollywood_150620 | 38 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Event: 100 Years of Hollywood Panel Tie-In
Delve into 100 years of Hollywood history and learn about the contributions and achievements made by German-Americans this Saturday at our guided tour and film screening at the GAHM!
Stop by and celebrate the opening of this exciting new exhibit with us on Saturday, June 20th, 2015, from 11:00 AM -... |
| 2012_DC_GAHM_Christmas_121209 | 98 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Event: Christmas celebration
"Oh Thou Joyful Day"
The German-American Heritage Museum invites you to an open house to experience some of the traditional elements of authentic German Christmas at Hockemeyer Hall.
Enjoy traditional German Christmas carols performed by the Washington Saengerbund.
Get a taste of German Christmas... |
| 2015_DC_GAHM_Laemmle | 203 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Exhibit: 1915 – 2015: 100 Years of Hollywood – The “Laemmle Effect“
Exhibition: 1915 – 2015: 100 Years of Hollywood – The “Laemmle Effect“
June 18 - September 30, 2015
This multimedia traveling exhibition explores the influence of German immigrants on the American film and entertainment industry from 1915 to today, and pays tribute to Hollywood visionary Carl Laemmle,... |
| 2012_DC_GAHM_ACW | 113 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Exhibit: American Civil War w/Thomas Nast and Adalbert Volck
The American Civil War Seen Through the Eyes of German-American Caricaturists: Thomas Nast and Adalbert Volck
Jun 14, 2012 - Sep 30, 2012 | Washington, DC
The German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA presents a new exhibit that compares the illustrations of two German-American caricaturists:... |
| 2013_DC_GAHM_Berlins | 36 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Exhibit: Berlins -- Made in USA
On June 27, 2013 the German-American Heritage Museum of the USA™ will be opening an unprecedented exhibition, BERLINS-MADE IN USA, about the many towns, villages, and communities throughout the United States named Berlin, after the German Capital. By telling their stories, we will highlight the many... |
| 2014_DC_GAHM_BerlinW | 22 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Exhibit: Fall of the Berlin Wall
Join us for the Official Opening of "The Fall of the Berlin Wall" Photo Exhibit!
The distinguished San Francisco-based photographer Colin Campbell will unveil his photo exhibit at the GAHM. Called "The Fall of the Berlin Wall Seen From an American Perspective" this exhibit will take you back to the day... |
| 2011_DC_GAHM_Fix_Foxi | 66 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Exhibit: Fix and Foxi
Rolf Kauka's Fix & Foxi Cartoon Universe on Show in Washington
Sep 16, 2011
Known as the German Walt Disney, Rolf Kauka is best remembered for his iconic Fix & Foxi characters. A new exhibition at the German-American Heritage Museum of the USA in Washington is now showcasing Kauka's cartoon... |
| 2014_DC_GAHM_Karneval | 173 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Exhibit: German Karneval - Then & Now -- incl Setting Up
"German Karneval - Then & Now":
Since the rich, colorful, and diverse Karneval traditions, celebrated in many regions in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland for centuries, are largely unknown in North America, we are very happy to showcase an unprecedented mix of Karneval artifacts, vintage costumes, and... |
| 2012_DC_GAHM_Costumes | 28 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Exhibit: Germany and its Costumes
From the Mountains to the Sea - Germany and its Costumes - Dirndl & Lederhosen:
Many German-American festivals are opportunities to see Dirndl and Lederhosen fashions in all varieties. But it is the dance groups who can verge at the annual Steuben Parade or at many local and regional "Oktoberfests"... |
| 2016_DC_GAHM_Pencils | 31 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Exhibit: In Praise of the Pencil
In Praise of the Pencil:
The German-American Heritage Museum of the USA™ is proud to host another exhibit from a member organization. On Thursday, April 14th, 2016, the Museum will open In Praise of the Pencil, carefully researched and curated by the staff of the German-American Heritage Center in... |
| 2016_DC_GAHM_Lawyers | 45 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Exhibit: Lawyers Without Rights
“LAWYERS WITHOUT RIGHTS”
On January 30, 1933 German President Paul von Hindenburg reluctantly named Adolf Hitler to the post of Chancellor of Germany. Not even 2 months later one of the most impactful actions to destroy the rule of law was taken: Jewish judges, prosecutors and lawyers were disbarred... |
| 2015_DC_GAHM_Unity | 81 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Exhibit: Path to German Unity
THE PATH TO GERMAN UNITY
Travel back in time to the peaceful revolution of 1989, the fall of the wall, and the abolition of the East-German state.
Washington, DC: On display until December 31, 2015
Exhibition Summary:
This poster exhibit was created by the Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der... |
| 2019_DC_GAHM_Stripes | 63 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Exhibit: Stars and Stripes Over the Rhine
Stars and Stripes Over the Rhine: The American Occupation in Germany After World War I, 1918 - 1923
Curated by Kai Sprenger for Wunderbar Together: DeutschlandJahr USA 2018/2019 and supported by the government of Rheinland-Palatinate
July 17 - August 30
The majority of Americans learned about... |
| 2014_DC_GAHM_Utopia | 47 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Exhibit: Utopia
Exhibit: "Utopia: Revisiting a German State in America" at the German-American Heritage Museum of the USA
Sep 6, 2014 - Oct 25, 2014 | Washington, DC
Five-hundred people left their homeland together, in order to live together in their Utopia. They came from all over Germany, all led by one ideal. The... |
| 2015_DC_GAHM_LaemmleO_150618 | 173 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Opening: 1915 – 2015: 100 Years of Hollywood – The “Laemmle Effect“ |
| 2013_DC_GAHM_BerlinsO_130627 | 108 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Opening: Berlins: Made in USA exhibit
Join the German-American Heritage Museum and the City of Berlin for an exciting afternoon event when the Mayors of Berlin, USA meet Mayor Frank Henkel of Berlin, Germany!
The German-American Heritage Museum in Washington, DC is proud to announce the upcoming exhibit "Berlins - Made in USA" which, for... |
| 2014_DC_GAHM_BerlinWO_141102 | 128 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Opening: Fall of the Berlin Wall photo exhibit
Join us for the Official Opening of "The Fall of the Berlin Wall" Photo Exhibit!
The distinguished San Francisco-based photographer Colin Campbell will unveil his photo exhibit at the GAHM. Called "The Fall of the Berlin Wall Seen From an American Perspective" this exhibit will take you back to the day... |
| 2014_DC_GAHM_BerlinWOP_141102 | 79 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Opening: Fall of the Berlin Wall photo exhibit -- Presentation
Join us for the Official Opening of "The Fall of the Berlin Wall" Photo Exhibit!
The distinguished San Francisco-based photographer Colin Campbell will unveil his photo exhibit at the GAHM. Called "The Fall of the Berlin Wall Seen From an American Perspective" this exhibit will take you back to the day... |
| 2016_DC_GAHM_PencilsO_160414 | 44 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Opening: In Praise of the Pencil |
| 2013_DC_Berlin50_130626 | 179 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum & City of Berlin -- Event: 50th Anniversary of JFK's Speech
The German-American Heritage Museum and the City of Berlin invite you to
A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the President John F. Kennedy's Famous Speech made in Berlin, Germany June 26th, 1963
Honored Guests and Speakers to Include:
* Berlin Mayor and Minister of the Interior, Mr Frank... |
| 2015_DC_GWU_Museum_Bldg | 10 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Building |
| 2022_DC_GWU_Museum_ArtistDC | 31 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: An Artist's Washington
An Artist's Washington
Through March 25, 2023
Landscapes from the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection show how artists past and present look beyond iconic landmarks to depict neighborhood streetscapes and natural features of the capital city.
About the Exhibition
Washington, D.C. is most... |
| 2023_02_15B5_GWU_Museum_Lindberg | 10 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Anne Lindberg: what color is divine light?
Anne Lindberg: what color is divine light?
Through July 1, 2023
Contemporary artist Anne Lindberg’s immersive installation transforms light and thread into a site for contemplation and reflection on connections with ourselves, communities and individual conceptions of the divine. A series of programs... |
| 2023_05_18D4_GWU_Museum_Lindberg | 16 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Anne Lindberg: what color is divine light?
Anne Lindberg: what color is divine light?
Through July 1, 2023
Contemporary artist Anne Lindberg’s immersive installation transforms light and thread into a site for contemplation and reflection on connections with ourselves, communities and individual conceptions of the divine. A series of programs... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2022_DC_GWU_Museum_Edge | 57 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: At the Water's Edge: DC and the Potomac
At the Water's Edge: DC and the Potomac
Through August 27, 2022
Washington, D.C.’s history is intertwined with the Potomac River, which flows for hundreds of miles through Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia before emptying into the Chesapeake Bay. This exhibition of historical maps,... |
| 2019_DC_GWU_Museum_Laid | 27 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Best Laid Plans: Designs for a Capital City
Best Laid Plans: Designs for a Capital City
Detail of print showing plans for the National Mall
June 15–December 22, 2019
Every landmark in Washington, D.C., has a story. Some never made it past the drawing board. This exhibition examines unrealized designs for the Washington Monument, Memorial... |
| 2015_DC_GWU_Museum_Making | 81 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Civil War & Making of Modern Washington
The Civil War and the Making of Modern Washington
March 21–October 15, 2015
Washington, D.C. underwent remarkable changes, both physically and politically, as a result of the American Civil War. The Civil War and the Making of Modern Washington examines the city’s transformations from the beginning of... |
| 2023_05_18D1_GWU_Museum_CWash | 89 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Classical Washington
Classical Washington
Through November 18, 2023
Public architecture and monuments across the city of Washington reveal the influence of the ancient world. Organized with GW professor Elise Friedland, this exhibition demonstrates how the Founding Fathers and subsequent government leaders favored Greek... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2020_DC_GWU_Museum_Cotsen | 90 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Delight in Discovery: The Global Collections of Lloyd Cotsen
Delight in Discovery: The Global Collections of Lloyd Cotsen
Through July 5, 2020
A prolific collector, Lloyd Cotsen (1929–2017) assembled thousands of textile fragments, garments, and other artworks that reflected his admiration for indigenous cultures and vanishing artistic traditions. His ultimate... |
| 2022_DC_GWU_Museum_Salon | 43 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Downstairs Salon
I had never been down the stairs in the Albert Small section but they had a salon-type area of framed prints and engravings. |
| 2019_DC_GWU_Museum_4Freedoms | 687 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms (Multiple visits)
Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms
February 13, 2019 through April 29, 2019
Norman Rockwell’s masterpieces make their way to Washington as part of a major international traveling exhibition on the Four Freedoms famously outlined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech;... |
| 2018_DC_GWU_Museum_Eye | 152 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Eye of the Bird: Visions and Views of D.C.'s Past
Eye of the Bird: Visions and Views of D.C.'s Past
Through December 23, 2018
This exhibition examines the evolution of Washington, D.C., through two newly commissioned panoramic landscape paintings by local artist Peter Waddell and related works. One painting shows the grand city that planner Peter... |
| 2017_DC_GWU_Museum_Found | 116 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Foundations for a Nation
Foundations for a Nation: Architectural Images from the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection
To today’s visitor, the U.S. Capitol and White House buildings are so familiar they feel both permanent and inevitable. In the early nineteenth century, however, the look and use of these symbols of... |
| 2020_DC_GWU_Museum_World | 105 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: George Washington and His World
George Washington and His World
Through July 26, 2020
Washington, D.C., is inextricably linked with its namesake, George Washington. Two other sites are also part of this founding father’s story: Mount Vernon and Alexandria, Va. Curated by GW students, this display of letters, prints, and artifacts... |
| 2017_DC_GWU_Museum_Woodhall | 19 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Historic Woodhull House |
| 2017_DC_GWU_Museum_Ebony | 90 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair
Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair
Through July 24, 2017
For fifty years, the Ebony Fashion Fair shaped a new vision of black America through contemporary fashion. This exhibition of stunning ensembles by leading designers tells the story of the fair’s creator Eunice W. Johnson, who... |
| 2022_DC_GWU_Museum_KoreanF | 60 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Korean Fashion: From Royal Court to Runway
Korean Fashion: From Royal Court to Runway
Through December 22, 2022
Innovations in fashion, music, film, and other arts have propelled Korea to the forefront of the world’s creative stage. This major exhibition explores the extraordinary transformation of Korean costume and fashion over the last 125... |
| 2022_DC_GWU_Museum_PennAve | 35 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Life on Pennsylvania Avenue
Life on Pennsylvania Avenue
Through March 25, 2023
Take a walk down Pennsylvania Avenue through photographs, prints and artifacts from the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection. From the White House to the Capitol, this exhibition explores the federal buildings and businesses that lined America’s... |
| 2023_05_18D3_GWU_Museum_Prayer | 18 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Prayer and Transcendence
Prayer and Transcendence
Through July 1, 2023
In the Muslim faith, carpets create physically and spiritually “clean” spaces during the daily ritual of prayer. Drawn from five collections, this exhibition introduces the purpose and iconography of classical prayer rugs from across the Islamic world, as... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2015_DC_GWU_Museum_Seat | 53 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Seat of Empire
Seat of Empire: Planning Washington, 1790–1801
March 21–October 15, 2015
Washington, D.C. was the result of political compromise and artistic imagination. In 1792, George Washington charged French-born architect Peter L’Enfant with a momentous task: to envision the capital of a new nation from a swath... |
| 2019_DC_GWU_Museum_Songs | 60 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Songs of the Civil War
Songs of the Civil War
June 15–December 22, 2019
During the American Civil War, music had the power to inspire patriotism and service, and to capture loss on the battlefield. This exhibition showcases historical sheet music that provided the soundtrack to a nation divided by war. |
| 2022_DC_GWU_Museum_Maps | 34 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: The Language of Maps
The Language of Maps
Through August 27, 2022
Before the digital age, generations of explorers, governments, scientists and travelers relied on printed maps for navigation, urban planning, military strategy and more. Drawing from the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection, this exhibition brings... |
| 2023_05_18D2_GWU_Museum_NavalM | 51 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: The New Naval and Military Map of the United States
The New Naval and Military Map of the United States
Through November 18, 2023
The Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection holds a rare map of North America during the Civil War, which is embellished with portraits of political and military leaders, nationalistic scenes and statistical charts. GW... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2015_DC_GWU_Museum_Treasure | 2 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection |
| 2017_DC_GWU_Museum_Treasure | 46 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection |
| 2019_DC_GWU_Museum_Treasure | 17 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection |
| 2020_DC_GWU_Museum_Treasure | 48 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection |
| 2022_DC_GWU_Museum_Treasure | 30 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection
Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection
Ongoing
Visit the Albert H. Small Gallery to explore the history of Washington, D.C., through this selection of maps, letters, prints and artifacts from the museum’s Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection.
About the Display:
Highlights of the... |
| 2015_DC_GWU_Museum_Textile | 24 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Unraveling Identity
Unraveling Identity: Our Textiles, Our Stories
March 21–August 24, 2015
The largest exhibition in Textile Museum history, Unraveling Identity unites textiles from across cultures to explore expressions of individual, cultural, political, and social identity throughout the ages.
Throughout time and... |
| 2019_DC_GWU_Museum_Woven | 67 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Woven Interiors: Furnishing Early Medieval Egypt
Woven Interiors: Furnishing Early Medieval Egypt
Through January 5, 2020
In the early medieval era, the eastern Mediterranean’s palaces, villas, and sacred spaces were richly decorated with hangings, curtains, and other luxury fabrics. Bringing together rarely displayed artworks from the fourth to the... |
| 2018_DC_GWU_Churchill | 45 | DC -- GWU -- The National Churchill Library and Center |
| 2020_DC_Spy | 5 | DC -- International Spy Museum |
| 2021_DC_Spy | 4 | DC -- International Spy Museum |
| 2014_DC_Spy_1Intro | 8 | DC -- International Spy Museum -- 1. Introduction to Espionage |
| 2014_DC_Spy_2Covers | 6 | DC -- International Spy Museum -- 2. Covers & Legends |
| 2014_DC_Spy_3School | 189 | DC -- International Spy Museum -- 3. School for Spies |
| 2014_DC_Spy_4History | 139 | DC -- International Spy Museum -- 4. Secret History of History |
| 2014_DC_Spy_5Among | 150 | DC -- International Spy Museum -- 5. Spies Among Us |
| 2014_DC_Spy_6Bond | 228 | DC -- International Spy Museum -- 6. Exquisitely Evil: 50 Years Of Bond Villains |
| 2014_DC_Spy_721st | 25 | DC -- International Spy Museum -- 7. 21st Century |
| 2017_DC_Spy | 40 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location)
The new location goes up in L'Enfant Plaza. |
| 2018_DC_Spy | 12 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location) |
| 2019_DC_Spy | 77 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location) |
| 2019_DC_Spy_1Stealing | 389 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location) -- 1. Stealing Secrets |
| 2019_DC_Spy_2Codes | 80 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location) -- 2. Codes |
| 2019_DC_Spy_3Sense | 81 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location) -- 3. Making Sense of Secrets |
| 2019_DC_Spy_4Covert | 226 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location) -- 4. Covert Action |
| 2019_DC_Spy_5History | 315 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location) -- 5. Spying that Shaped History |
| 2019_DC_Spy_6Uncertain | 228 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location) -- 6. An Uncertain World |
| 2019_DC_SpyPP_190507 | 18 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location) -- Press Preview |
| 2010_DC_LA_Small | 28 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum |
| 2015_DC_LA_Small | 23 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum
The building is going to get moved again in preparation of the I395 work. |
| 2016_DC_LA_Small | 12 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum
The building is getting ready to be moved as part of the building over I-395. |
| 2017_DC_LA_Small | 5 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum |
| 2018_DC_LA_Small | 6 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum |
| 2019_DC_LA_Small | 26 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum
I hadn't realized they had moved it the rest of the way. There was a big ceremony when it moved its first 50 feet. |
| 2020_DC_LA_Small | 11 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum |
| 2021_DC_LA_Small | 21 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum |
| 2022_DC_LA_Small | 26 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum |
| 2016_DC_LA_Small_Move_161103 | 204 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum -- Event: The move!
Make History With Us
The 1876 synagogue is moving again!
Bring your family and friends to witness the historic building make its SECOND move, an exciting step in our transformation. The move is estimated to take an hour.
The Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum will move 30-40 feet into Third Street,... |
| 2019_DC_Korean_Old_LM | 14 | DC -- Logan Circle -- Old Korean Legation Museum (1500 13th St NW) |
| 2013_DC_NAS_Service | 30 | DC -- National Academy of Sciences Bldg -- Exhibit: In Service to the Nation |
| 2018_DC_NAS_Service | 47 | DC -- National Academy of Sciences Bldg -- Exhibit: In Service to the Nation |
| 2022_DC_NAS_Service | 23 | DC -- National Academy of Sciences Bldg -- Exhibit: In Service to the Nation |
| 2021_DC_SIAIR_Revitalizing | 20 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Board Exhibit: Building and Revitalizing: The National Air and Space Museum |
| 2023_DC_SIAIR_Revitalizing | 6 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Board Exhibit: Building and Revitalizing: The National Air and Space Museum |
| 2016_DC_SIAIR_Mars | 29 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Board Exhibit: Mars: Fantasy, Fact, and Fiction |
| 2019_DC_SIAIR_MoF | 31 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Board Exhibit: Milestones of Flight |
| 2017_DC_SIAIR_WWI_Aviation | 63 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Board Exhibit: World War I Aviation (boards) |
| 2018_DC_SIAIR_Foodcourt | 11 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Food Court
The last time I'd been in the foodcourt area was when it was a McDonald's. My brother Kevin and his wife and granddaughter were in town on June 27, 2014. Summer museum lines were long and they needed to eat. Since they were already in the Air and Space Museum, we ate at the McDonald's which they said... |
| 2020_DC_SIAIR_4Ward | 5 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Forward Into Light |
| 1997_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 16 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight |
| 1999_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 2 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight |
| 2002_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 15 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight |
| 2003_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 13 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight |
| 2005_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 35 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight |
| 2007_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 5 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight |
| 2008_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 4 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight |
| 2010_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 21 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight |
| 2012_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 19 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight |
| 2015_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 170 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight
The Spirit of St. Louis was being checked out so it was on the floor of the museum for the first time in decades. |
| 2016_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 169 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight
The updated gallery is prepared and opened. Later, the John Glenn tribute after his death is shown. |
| 2017_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 58 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight |
| 2018_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 31 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight |
| 2019_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 41 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight |
| 2020_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 5 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight |
| 1997_DC_SIAIR_Gall102A | 4 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 102: America by Air |
| 1999_DC_SIAIR_Gall102A | 3 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 102: America by Air |
| 2002_DC_SIAIR_Gall102A | 5 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 102: America by Air |
| 2003_DC_SIAIR_Gall102A | 5 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 102: America by Air |
| 2005_DC_SIAIR_Gall102A | 6 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 102: America by Air |
| 2006_DC_SIAIR_Gall102A | 2 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 102: America by Air |
| 2007_DC_SIAIR_Gall102A | 9 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 102: America by Air |
| 2008_DC_SIAIR_Gall102A | 9 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 102: America by Air |
| 2010_DC_SIAIR_Gall102A | 9 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 102: America by Air |
| 2012_DC_SIAIR_Gall102A | 141 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 102: America by Air |
| 2016_DC_SIAIR_Gall102A | 3 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 102: America by Air
Including the military band playing the 4th of July concert there. |
| 2022_DC_SIAIR_Gall102A | 58 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 102: America by Air |
| 2023_DC_SIAIR_Gall102A | 34 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 102: America by Air |
| 2022_DC_SIAIR_Gall103B | 103 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 103: (b) Early Flight |
| 2023_DC_SIAIR_Gall103B | 4 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 103: (b) Early Flight |
| 2010_DC_SIAIR_Gall104A | 8 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 104/204: (a) Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) |
| 2012_DC_SIAIR_Gall104A | 1 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 104/204: (a) Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) |
| 2018_DC_SIAIR_Gall104A | 33 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 104/204: (a) Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) |
| 2022_DC_SIAIR_Gall104B | 5 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 104/204: (b) West Gallery |
| 2008_DC_SIAIR_Gall105A | 8 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 105: (a) The Golden Age of Flight |
| 2010_DC_SIAIR_Gall105A | 18 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 105: (a) The Golden Age of Flight |
| 2015_DC_SIAIR_Gall105A | 117 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 105: (a) The Golden Age of Flight |
| 2022_DC_SIAIR_Gall105B | 2 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 105: (b) Innovations |
| 2010_DC_SIAIR_Gall106A | 6 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 106: (a) Jet Aviation |
| 2015_DC_SIAIR_Gall106A | 61 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 106: (a) Jet Aviation |
| 2022_DC_SIAIR_Gall106B | 44 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 106: (b) We All Fly |
| 2010_DC_SIAIR_Gall107A | 19 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 107: (a) Early Flight |
| 2015_DC_SIAIR_Gall107A | 111 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 107: (a) Early Flight |
| 2022_DC_SIAIR_Gall107B | 422 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 107: (b) Wright Brothers |
| 2023_DC_SIAIR_Gall107B | 6 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 107: (b) Wright Brothers & the Invention of the Aerial Age |
| 2016_DC_SIAIR_Enterprise | 31 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 108: U.S.S. Starship Enterprise Model |
| 2017_DC_SIAIR_Enterprise | 25 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 108: U.S.S. Starship Enterprise Model |
| 2018_DC_SIAIR_Enterprise | 25 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 108: U.S.S. Starship Enterprise Model |
| 2019_DC_SIAIR_Enterprise | 8 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 108: U.S.S. Starship Enterprise Model |
| 2022_DC_SIAIR_Enterprise | 26 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 108: U.S.S. Starship Enterprise Model |
| 2023_DC_SIAIR_Enterprise | 4 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 108: U.S.S. Starship Enterprise Model |
| 2012_DC_SIAIR_Gall108A | 4 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 108: (a) Welcome Center |
| 2015_DC_SIAIR_Gall108A | 12 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 108: (a) Welcome Center |
| 2016_DC_SIAIR_Gall108A | 90 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 108: (a) Welcome Center
The Enterprise model and new information desk get installed. |
| 2017_DC_SIAIR_Gall108A | 10 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 108: (a) Welcome Center
The Star Trek Enterprise model is now lit 30 minutes a day. I'd never seen this before and just happened to be there at the right time so this was a first for me. |
| 2022_DC_SIAIR_Gall108B | 12 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 108: (b) South Lobby |
| 2012_DC_SIAIR_Gall109A | 2 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 109: (a) How Things Fly |
| 2015_DC_SIAIR_Gall109A | 19 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 109: (a) How Things Fly |
| 2011_DC_SIAIR_Gall110A | 27 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 110: (a) Looking at Earth |
| 2012_DC_SIAIR_Gall110A | 4 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 110: (a) Looking at Earth |
| 2018_DC_SIAIR_Gall110A | 4 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 110: (a) Looking at Earth
The gallery has been closed for the renovation. |
| 2014_DC_SIAIR_Gall111A | 36 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 111: (a) Explore the Universe |
| 2002_DC_SIAIR_Gall112A | 1 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 112: (a) Lunar Exploration Vehicles |
| 2003_DC_SIAIR_Gall112A | 1 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 112: (a) Lunar Exploration Vehicles |
| 2010_DC_SIAIR_Gall112A | 2 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 112: (a) Lunar Exploration Vehicles |
| 2010_DC_SIAIR_Gall113A | 14 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 113: (a) Moving Beyond Earth |
| 2013_DC_SIAIR_Gall113A | 86 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 113: (a) Moving Beyond Earth |
| 2014_DC_SIAIR_Gall113A | 41 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 113: (a) Moving Beyond Earth |
| 1997_DC_SIAIR_Gall114A | 21 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 114: (a) Space Race |
| 1998_DC_SIAIR_Gall114A | 2 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 114: (a) Space Race |
| 2002_DC_SIAIR_Gall114A | 6 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 114: (a) Space Race |
| 2003_DC_SIAIR_Gall114A | 11 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 114: (a) Space Race |
| 2005_DC_SIAIR_Gall114A | 1 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 114: (a) Space Race |
| 2007_DC_SIAIR_Gall114A | 2 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 114: (a) Space Race |
| 2008_DC_SIAIR_Gall114A | 1 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 114: (a) Space Race |
| 2009_DC_SIAIR_Gall114A | 3 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 114: (a) Space Race |
| 2010_DC_SIAIR_Gall114A | 3 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 114: (a) Space Race |
| 2011_DC_SIAIR_Gall114A | 1 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 114: (a) Space Race |
| 2012_DC_SIAIR_Gall114A | 5 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 114: (a) Space Race |
| 2014_DC_SIAIR_Gall114A | 6 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 114: (a) Space Race |
| 2015_DC_SIAIR_Gall114A | 149 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 114: (a) Space Race |
| 2021_DC_SIAIR_Gall114A | 7 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 114: (a) Space Race |
| 2003_DC_SIAIR_Gall203A | 3 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 203: (a) Sea-Air Operations |
| 2005_DC_SIAIR_Gall203A | 7 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 203: (a) Sea-Air Operations |
| 2012_DC_SIAIR_Gall203A | 10 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 203: (a) Sea-Air Operations |
| 2022_DC_SIAIR_Gall203B | 66 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 203: (b) Nation of Speed |
| 2023_DC_SIAIR_Gall203B | 9 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 203: (b) Nation of Speed |
| 2003_DC_SIAIR_Gall205A | 2 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 205: (a) World War II Aviation |
| 2005_DC_SIAIR_Gall205A | 7 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 205: (a) World War II Aviation |
| 2008_DC_SIAIR_Gall205A | 13 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 205: (a) World War II Aviation |
| 2010_DC_SIAIR_Gall205A | 7 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 205: (a) World War II Aviation |
| 2012_DC_SIAIR_Gall205A | 16 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 205: (a) World War II Aviation |
| 2022_DC_SIAIR_Gall205B | 35 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 205: (b) Exploring the Planets |
| 2023_DC_SIAIR_Gall205B | 11 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 205: (b) Exploring the Planets |
| 2005_DC_SIAIR_Gall206A | 8 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 206: (a) Legend, Memory and the Great War in the Air (WWI Aviation) |
| 2008_DC_SIAIR_Gall206A | 4 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 206: (a) Legend, Memory and the Great War in the Air (WWI Aviation) |
| 2010_DC_SIAIR_Gall206A | 23 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 206: (a) Legend, Memory and the Great War in the Air (WWI Aviation) |
| 2012_DC_SIAIR_Gall206A | 5 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 206: (a) Legend, Memory and the Great War in the Air (WWI Aviation) |
| 2022_DC_SIAIR_Gall206B | 124 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 206: (b) Destination Moon |
| 2023_DC_SIAIR_Gall206B | 16 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 206: (b) Destination Moon |
| 2014_DC_SIAIR_Gall207A | 30 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 207: (a) Exploring the Planets |
| 2022_DC_SIAIR_Gall207B | 72 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 207: (b) One World Connected |
| 2023_DC_SIAIR_Gall207B | 1 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 207: (b) One World Connected |
| 1997_DC_SIAIR_Gall208A | 3 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 208: (a) Pioneers of Flight, Barron Hilton |
| 2003_DC_SIAIR_Gall208A | 1 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 208: (a) Pioneers of Flight, Barron Hilton |
| 2005_DC_SIAIR_Gall208A | 15 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 208: (a) Pioneers of Flight, Barron Hilton |
| 2009_DC_SIAIR_Gall208A | 3 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 208: (a) Pioneers of Flight, Barron Hilton |
| 2010_DC_SIAIR_Gall208A | 62 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 208: (a) Pioneers of Flight, Barron Hilton |
| 2012_DC_SIAIR_Gall208A | 17 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 208: (a) Pioneers of Flight, Barron Hilton |
| 2019_DC_SIAIR_Gall208A | 97 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 208: (a) Pioneers of Flight, Barron Hilton |
| 2022_DC_SIAIR_Gall208A | 3 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 208: (a) Pioneers of Flight, Barron Hilton
The Spirit of St. Louis craft is being stored there during the reconstruction and you see it from a distance. |
| 2023_DC_SIAIR_Gall208A | 1 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 208: (a) Pioneers of Flight, Barron Hilton |
| 2003_DC_SIAIR_Gall209A | 17 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 209: (a) Wright Brothers and Invention of the Aerial Age |
| 2005_DC_SIAIR_Gall209A | 5 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 209: (a) Wright Brothers and Invention of the Aerial Age |
| 2010_DC_SIAIR_Gall209A | 22 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 209: (a) Wright Brothers and Invention of the Aerial Age |
| 2012_DC_SIAIR_Gall209A | 3 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 209: (a) Wright Brothers and Invention of the Aerial Age |
| 2013_DC_SIAIR_Gall209A | 24 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 209: (a) Wright Brothers and Invention of the Aerial Age |
| 2006_DC_SIAIR_Gall210A | 18 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 210: (a) Apollo to the Moon |
| 2010_DC_SIAIR_Gall210A | 12 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 210: (a) Apollo to the Moon |
| 2015_DC_SIAIR_Gall210A | 45 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 210: (a) Apollo to the Moon |
| 2018_DC_SIAIR_Gall210A | 5 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 210: (a) Apollo to the Moon
Another one of the galleries closed for the renovation. |
| 2011_DC_SIAIR_Gall213A | 1 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 213: (a) Time and Navigation |
| 2013_DC_SIAIR_Gall213A | 206 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 213: (a) Time and Navigation |
| 1981_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 1 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General |
| 1997_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 7 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General |
| 1998_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 2 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General |
| 1999_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 2 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General |
| 2002_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 1 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General
Part of the area was being closed off for a black-tie event that night (which I obviously wasn't invited to). |
| 2008_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 3 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General
Including plant reflections outside of the main building at night. This has nothing to do with the museum itself but the plants were interesting anyway. |
| 2009_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 10 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General
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| 2010_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 4 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General |
| 2013_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 2 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General |
| 2015_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 10 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General |
| 2016_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 10 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General
Flag-raising on the 4th. |
| 2017_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 6 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General |
| 2018_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 11 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General |
| 2019_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 46 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General
Large crowds as always despite large chunks of the inside galleries being closed during the renovation. |
| 2020_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 33 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General |
| 2021_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 74 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General |
| 2022_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 120 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General
The main Air and Space Museum building downtown reopened to the public on October 14 and I had a 10am timed ticket so I'd be one of the first to see it. At this point, eight of the 23 galleries are open, just over 34%. |
| 2023_03_26A5_SIAIR_Bldg | 2 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General |
| 2023_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 19 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General |
| 2018_DC_SIAIR_Jurassic | 10 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Jurassic World LEGO set |
| 2019_DC_SIAIR_Voyage | 52 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Outside Exhibit: Voyage -- A Journey Through Our Solar System |
| 2023_DC_SIAIR_Artley | 10 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Personal: Steve and Jennifer Artley visit |
| 2009_DC_SIAIR_POP | 22 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Phoebe Waterman Haas Public Observatory
The new outdoors observatory opened this year. |
| 2018_DC_SIAIR_POP | 28 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Phoebe Waterman Haas Public Observatory |
| 2018_DC_SIAIR_SWPromo | 6 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Star Wars Last Jedi Costume (Promo) |
| 2020_DC_SIAIR_Tranquility | 26 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: 50 Years from Tranquility Base
50 Years from Tranquility Base
March 25, 2019 – March 13, 2020
On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, while their colleague Michael Collins orbited overhead. This case, installed for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo... |
| 2015_DC_SIAIR_Above | 54 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Above and Beyond (in Gallery 211)
Above and Beyond
August 1, 2015 – January 3, 2016
Above and Beyond celebrates the power of innovation. Packed with interactive challenges; vehicle concept models and prototypes; immersive media presentations; and inspiring innovator stories, this exhibition invites you to experience what it takes to... |
| 2009_DC_SIAIR_Bean | 29 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Alan Bean: Painting Apollo First Artist on Another World (in Gallery 211)
Alan Bean: Painting Apollo, First Artist on Another World
July 16, 2009 – January 13, 2010
On view are approximately 40 original paintings and drawings of the moon's landscape, fellow Apollo moonwalkers, and views of Earth from space by Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth astronaut and only... |
| 2015_DC_SIAIR_Airport_Tower | 49 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Art of the Airport Tower (in Gallery 104)
Art of the Airport Tower
November 11, 2015 – November 2016
Art of the Airport Tower explores contemporary and historic air traffic control towers in the United States and around the world. This exhibition brings a heightened awareness to the simple beauty of these architectural structures and a call... |
| 2017_DC_SIAIR_Artist | 199 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Artist Soldiers: Artistic Expression in the First World War (in Gallery 211)
Artist Soldiers: Artistic Expression in the First World War
April 6, 2017 – November 11, 2018
Artistic expression during the war contributed to this transformation. Before World War I, war art largely depicted heroic military leaders and romanticized battles, done long after the fact, far from the... |
| 2012_DC_SIAIR_Marines | 97 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Fly Marines! (in Gallery 211)
Fly Marines! The Centennial of Marine Corps Aviation: 1912-2012
January 14, 2012 – January 13, 2013
Artworks and artifacts are on view to tell the story of the United States Marine Corps aviation over the past 100 years. Artworks include oils, watercolors, drawings, and poster art from such artists as... |
| 2014_DC_SIAIR_Hawaii | 64 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Hawaii By Air (in Gallery 104)
Hawaii by Air
July 25, 2014 – July 2015
You may not realize it, as you while away the time on your long flight from the mainland to Hawaii, but you are traveling to one of the most remote places on Earth. Jetliner travel makes it easy to forget how challenging it once was to reach Hawaii by air. The... |
| 2013_DC_SIAIR_Goldilocks | 44 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: High Art / Searching for Goldilocks / Suited for Space (in Gallery 211)
High Art: A Decade of Collecting
July 26, 2013 – January 1, 2014
On view are 50 artworks in a range of styles and media acquired by the museum from 2003 to 2013, organized in the following sections:
* Visions of Flight features conceptual works by photographic collage artist Fran Forman and Dutch... |
| 2018_DC_SIAIR_Spruce_Goose | 18 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Hughes H-4 Spruce Goose |
| 2013_DC_SIAIR_Leonardo | 10 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Leonardo da Vinci's Codex on the Flight of Birds
Leonardo da Vinci's Codex on the Flight of Birds
September 13, 2013 – October 22, 2013
Leonardo da Vinci was fascinated with flight and made observations of birds to try to discover how humans could fly. His Codex on the Flight of Birds contains 18 pen and brown-ink folios that offer insight into the... |
| 2011_DC_SIAIR_Art50 | 85 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: NASA / Art: 50 Years of Exploration (in Gallery 211)
NASA / ART: 50 Years of Exploration
May 28, 2011 – October 10, 2011
Commissioned by the NASA Art Program, 72 works ranging from the illustrative to the abstract communicate the accomplishments, setbacks, and sheer excitement of space exploration over the past five decades. The selected works span the... |
| 2019_DC_SIAIR_Armstrong | 20 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Spacesuit
Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Spacesuit
July 16, 2019 – 2022
Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit from the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing is on display for the first time in 13 years in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. The spacesuit recently underwent an extensive conservation process funded by... |
| 2015_DC_SIAIR_Outside | 35 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Outside the Spacecraft: 50 Years of Extra-Vehicular Activity (in Gallery 211)
Outside the Spacecraft: 50 Years of Extra-Vehicular Activity
January 8, 2015 – June 8, 2015
Extra-vehicular activity, or EVA—working outside a spacecraft—changed the nature of human spaceflight. It made possible walking on the Moon, servicing the Hubble Space Telescope, and building the International... |
| 1997_DC_SIAIR_SW | 245 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Star Wars: The Magic of Myth (in Gallery 211)
Star Wars: The Magic of Myth
October 31, 1997 – January 31, 1999
Original props, models, costumes, characters, and artwork from the Star Wars trilogy are used to compare elements of the films to elements of mythology, following a classic mythological "hero's journey." The exhibition commemorates the... |
| 1998_DC_SIAIR_SW | 196 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Star Wars: The Magic of Myth (in Gallery 211)
Star Wars: The Magic of Myth
October 31, 1997 – January 31, 1999
Original props, models, costumes, characters, and artwork from the Star Wars trilogy are used to compare elements of the films to elements of mythology, following a classic mythological "hero's journey." The exhibition commemorates the... |
| 2006_DC_SIAIR_TreasuresAH | 177 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Treasures of American History (in Gallery 211)
Treasures of American History
November 17, 2006 – April 13, 2008
While the American History Museum is closed for renovation (Sept. 5, 2006-fall 2008), more than 150 highlights from the museum are on view here. The exhibition is divided into four sections: Creativity and Innovation, American Biography,... |
| 2007_DC_SIAIR_TreasuresAH | 6 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Treasures of American History (in Gallery 211)
Treasures of American History
November 17, 2006 – April 13, 2008
While the American History Museum is closed for renovation (Sept. 5, 2006-fall 2008), more than 150 highlights from the museum are on view here. The exhibition is divided into four sections: Creativity and Innovation, American Biography,... |
| 2015_DC_SIAIR_Elephant | 10 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Why Is This Elephant In This Room? |
| 2018_DC_SIAIR_Barmecide | 105 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum --Temporary Exhibit: The Barmecide Feast (2001: A Space Odyssey room) (in Gallery 104)
2001: A Space Odyssey Immersive Art Exhibit
April 8, 2018 – May 28, 2018
Immerse yourself in “The Barmecide Feast,” a fully realized, full-scale reflection of the iconic, neo-classical hotel room from the penultimate scene of Stanley Kubrick’s and Arthur C. Clarke’s landmark film, 2001: A Space... |
| 2018_DC_SIAH_Cultivating | 47 | DC -- 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_Fantastic | 66 | DC -- 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_Fold | 14 | DC -- 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_Little | 59 | DC -- 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_YCollect | 58 | DC -- 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_1939 | 22 | DC -- 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_WorldsFair | 40 | DC -- 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_DDay | 36 | DC -- 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_Perfect | 2 | DC -- 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_Perfect | 4 | DC -- 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_Grieves | 37 | DC -- 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_Lincoln | 130 | DC -- 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_AdWar | 30 | DC -- 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_AgHall | 11 | DC -- 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_Work | 57 | DC -- 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_Firefighting | 17 | DC -- 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_Listening | 39 | DC -- 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_Listening | 44 | DC -- 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_Move | 66 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: America on the Move |
| 2005_DC_SIAH_On_Move | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: America on the Move |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_On_Move | 21 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: America on the Move
Time for a few pictures with the wide angle lens. |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_On_Move | 490 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: America on the Move |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_On_Move | 34 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: America on the Move |
| 2021_DC_SIAH_On_Move | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: America on the Move |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_Democracy | 563 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Democracy: The Great Leap of Faith |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_Enterprise | 45 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Enterprise |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Enterprise | 687 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Enterprise |
| 2014_DC_SIAH_Nisei | 6 | DC -- 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_Stories | 127 | DC -- 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_Stories | 32 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Stories |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_Stories | 65 | DC -- 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_Stories | 30 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Stories |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_Stories | 57 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Stories |
| 2020_DC_SIAH_Stories | 17 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Stories |
| 2010_DC_SIAH_Apollo | 20 | DC -- 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_Armed | 2 | DC -- 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_Armed | 2 | DC -- 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_Armed | 1 | DC -- 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_Industry | 30 | DC -- 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_Bollywood | 40 | DC -- 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_BigBand | 5 | DC -- 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_BigBand | 40 | DC -- 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_Dollhouse | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Bradford Dolls' House |
| 2010_DC_SIAH_Dollhouse | 6 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Bradford Dolls' House |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Dollhouse | 34 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Bradford Dolls' House |
| 2014_DC_SIAH_Purse | 35 | DC -- 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_Celebration | 20 | DC -- 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_Ceremonial | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ceremonial Court |
| 2003_DC_SIAH_Ceremonial | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ceremonial Court |
| 2006_DC_SIAH_Ceremonial | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ceremonial Court |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_Changing | 124 | DC -- 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_Hope | 49 | DC -- 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_Amb | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Clara Barton’s Red Cross Ambulance, 1898 |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_CBarton_Amb | 12 | DC -- 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_Amb | 11 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Clara Barton’s Red Cross Ambulance, 1898 |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_Conestoga | 4 | DC -- 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_Cosmos | 9 | DC -- 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_Office | 10 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Country Store Post Office |
| 2020_DC_SIAH_Icons | 152 | DC -- 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_Cyrus | 42 | DC -- 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_Dream | 17 | DC -- 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_Sense | 87 | DC -- 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_Disneyland | 1 | DC -- 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_Disneyland | 2 | DC -- 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_Lighting | 237 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Electricity: Lighting the World |
| 2021_DC_SIAH_Lighting | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Electricity: Lighting the World |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_Elephants | 116 | DC -- 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_Entertainment | 418 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Entertainment Nation |
| 2022_DC_SIAH_EntertainmentO | 22 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Entertainment Nation (Related to Opening) |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_EV1 | 11 | DC -- 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_Righting | 181 | DC -- 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_Attack | 4 | DC -- 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_Attack | 6 | DC -- 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_Water | 2 | DC -- 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_Gowns | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: First Ladies |
| 2004_DC_SIAH_Gowns | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: First Ladies |
| 2006_DC_SIAH_Gowns | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: First Ladies |
| 2009_DC_SIAH_Gowns | 36 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: First Ladies |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_Gowns | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: First Ladies |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Gowns | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: First Ladies
The Nancy Reagan RIP sign was up. |
| 2018_DC_SIAH_Gowns | 11 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: First Ladies
I had not seen the Melania Trump gown since it had been installed. |
| 2013_DC_SIAH_Food | 46 | DC -- 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_Forgotten | 30 | DC -- 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_Sinatra | 9 | DC -- 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_Pershing | 15 | DC -- 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_Sidney | 39 | DC -- 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_Girlhood | 376 | DC -- 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_Girlhood | 6 | DC -- 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_Girlhood | 33 | DC -- 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_Giving | 61 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Giving in America |
| 2018_DC_SIAH_Giving | 45 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Giving in America
The exhibit had been updated with Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton costume. |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_Giving | 19 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Giving in America |
| 2020_DC_SIAH_Giving | 22 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Giving in America |
| 2021_DC_SIAH_Giving | 22 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Giving in America |
| 2001_DC_SIAH_Burden | 4 | DC -- 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_Burden | 16 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden |
| 2003_DC_SIAH_Burden | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden |
| 2006_DC_SIAH_Burden | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden |
| 2008_DC_SIAH_Burden | 38 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden |
| 2009_DC_SIAH_Burden | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden |
| 2010_DC_SIAH_Burden | 16 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_Burden | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Burden | 338 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_Burden | 22 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden |
| 2014_DC_SIAH_Google | 4 | DC -- 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_Piano | 9 | DC -- 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_Gunboat | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Gunboat Philadelphia |
| 2002_DC_SIAH_Gunboat | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Gunboat Philadelphia |
| 2004_DC_SIAH_Gunboat | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Gunboat Philadelphia |
| 2005_DC_SIAH_Gunboat | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Gunboat Philadelphia |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_Gunboat | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Gunboat Philadelphia |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_Gunboat | 47 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Gunboat Philadelphia |
| 2013_DC_SIAH_Fire_Engine | 11 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Hand-Pumped Fire Engine, 1842 |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Fire_Engine | 10 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Hand-Pumped Fire Engine, 1842 |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_Hart_Celler | 23 | DC -- 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_Voice | 51 | DC -- 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_Holidays | 4 | DC -- 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_Hooray | 45 | DC -- 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_Cream | 1 | DC -- 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_Stonewall | 41 | DC -- 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_Innovation | 20 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Innovation Wing |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_Inventing | 53 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Inventing in America |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Inventing | 25 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Inventing in America |
| 2013_DC_SIAH_Patent | 5 | DC -- 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_JFK100 | 13 | DC -- 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_Julia | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Julia Child’s Kitchen |
| 2004_DC_SIAH_Julia | 7 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Julia Child’s Kitchen |
| 2009_DC_SIAH_Julia | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Julia Child’s Kitchen |
| 2002_DC_SIAH_July1942 | 3 | DC -- 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_Armstrong | 1 | DC -- 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_CWDraft | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Civil War Draft Wheel |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_CWDraft | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Civil War Draft Wheel |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_CWDraft | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Civil War Draft Wheel |
| 1997_DC_SIAH_GWStatue | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841 |
| 2002_DC_SIAH_GWStatue | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841 |
| 2006_DC_SIAH_GWStatue | 10 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841 |
| 2008_DC_SIAH_GWStatue | 9 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841 |
| 2009_DC_SIAH_GWStatue | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841 |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_GWStatue | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841 |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_GWStatue | 11 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841 |
| 2022_DC_SIAH_GWStatue | 22 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841 |
| 2009_DC_SIAH_Counter | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Greensboro Lunch Counter |
| 2010_DC_SIAH_Counter | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Greensboro Lunch Counter |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_Counter | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Greensboro Lunch Counter |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_Counter | 9 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Greensboro Lunch Counter |
| 2005_DC_SIAH_John_Bull | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: John Bull Locomotive |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_John_Bull | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: John Bull Locomotive |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_John_Bull | 10 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: John Bull Locomotive |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Laughing | 25 | DC -- 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_InnovationL | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: LEGO flag (from Innovation wing opening) |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_LEGO_Liberty | 9 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: LEGO Statue of Liberty |
| 2018_DC_SIAH_LEGO_Liberty | 14 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: LEGO Statue of Liberty |
| 2003_DC_SIAH_Lemelson | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Lemelson Center |
| 2006_DC_SIAH_Lemelson | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Lemelson Center |
| 2008_DC_SIAH_Lemelson | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Lemelson Center |
| 2009_DC_SIAH_Lemelson | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Lemelson Center |
| 2018_DC_SIAH_Get_It_Right | 53 | DC -- 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_LCarriage | 15 | DC -- 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_Ahead | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Looking Ahead |
| 2004_DC_SIAH_Ahead | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Looking Ahead |
| 2018_DC_SIAH_Moreno | 12 | DC -- 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_ModernM | 72 | DC -- 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_Voices | 8 | DC -- 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_Voices | 25 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Many Voices, One Nation |
| 2021_DC_SIAH_Many_Voices | 277 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Many Voices, One Nation |
| 2023_05_07C_SIAH_Mirror | 146 | DC -- 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_ModMed | 62 | DC -- 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_Camels | 61 | DC -- 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_Muppets | 28 | DC -- 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_HerStory | 106 | DC -- 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_Musical | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Musical Instruments |
| 2008_DC_SIAH_Musical | 3 | DC -- 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_Computing | 76 | DC -- 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_Comp | 64 | DC -- 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_Guano | 51 | DC -- 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_Water | 357 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: On the Water: Stories from Maritime America |
| 2021_DC_SIAH_Picturing | 51 | DC -- 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_Invent | 99 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Places of Invention |
| 2002_DC_SIAH_PopCult | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture |
| 2003_DC_SIAH_PopCult | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture |
| 2004_DC_SIAH_PopCult | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture |
| 2005_DC_SIAH_PopCult | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture |
| 2006_DC_SIAH_PopCult | 31 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture |
| 2008_DC_SIAH_PopCult | 19 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture |
| 2009_DC_SIAH_PopCult | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture |
| 2010_DC_SIAH_PopCult | 29 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture |
| 2011_DC_SIAH_PopCult | 24 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_PopCult | 24 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture |
| 2013_DC_SIAH_PopCult | 24 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture |
| 2014_DC_SIAH_PopCult | 24 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_PopCult | 9 | DC -- 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_Power | 15 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Power Machinery |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_Power | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Power Machinery |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Power | 182 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Power Machinery |
| 2021_DC_SIAH_Power | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Power Machinery |
| 2004_DC_SIAH_Price_Civil | 18 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Civil War |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_Price_Civil | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Civil War |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_Price_Civil | 196 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Civil War |
| 2004_DC_SIAH_Price_Cold | 11 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Cold War (Korea, Vietnam, etc) |
| 2005_DC_SIAH_Price_Cold | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Cold War (Korea, Vietnam, etc) |
| 2009_DC_SIAH_Price_Cold | 10 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Cold War (Korea, Vietnam, etc) |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_Price_Cold | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Cold War (Korea, Vietnam, etc) |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_Price_Cold | 106 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Cold War (Korea, Vietnam, etc) |
| 2004_DC_SIAH_Price_Exp | 14 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Expansion/Imperialism |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_Price_Exp | 111 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Expansion/Imperialism |
| 2004_DC_SIAH_Price_Ind | 13 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Independence (American Revolution, War of 1812) |
| 2005_DC_SIAH_Price_Ind | 6 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Independence (American Revolution, War of 1812) |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_Price_Ind | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Independence (American Revolution, War of 1812) |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_Price_Ind | 153 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Independence (American Revolution, War of 1812) |
| 2004_DC_SIAH_Price_Misc | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Miscellaneous (Intro, Terror, Medal of Honor) |
| 2005_DC_SIAH_Price_Misc | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Miscellaneous (Intro, Terror, Medal of Honor) |
| 2009_DC_SIAH_Price_Misc | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Miscellaneous (Intro, Terror, Medal of Honor) |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_Price_Misc | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Miscellaneous (Intro, Terror, Medal of Honor) |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_Price_Misc | 25 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Miscellaneous (Intro, Terror, Medal of Honor) |
| 2020_DC_SIAH_Price_Misc | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Miscellaneous (Intro, Terror, Medal of Honor) |
| 2004_DC_SIAH_Price_WW1 | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- World War I |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_Price_WW1 | 22 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- World War I |
| 2004_DC_SIAH_Price_WW2 | 20 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- World War II |
| 2005_DC_SIAH_Price_WW2 | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- World War II |
| 2006_DC_SIAH_Price_WW2 | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- World War II |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_Price_WW2 | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- World War II |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_Price_WW2 | 229 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- World War II |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Yellow_Cloud | 14 | DC -- 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_Puppetry | 60 | DC -- 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_Puppetry | 63 | DC -- 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_Rallying | 8 | DC -- 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_Ray | 29 | DC -- 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_Money | 55 | DC -- 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_Recent | 9 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Recent Acquisitions
Items from "Mad Men" and ... |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_Recent | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Recent Acquisitions (Fantasia cel) |
| 2021_DC_SIAH_Till | 41 | DC -- 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_AmCult | 52 | DC -- 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_AmCult | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ruby Slippers and American Culture Displays |
| 2020_DC_SIAH_AmCult | 13 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ruby Slippers and American Culture Displays |
| 2021_DC_SIAH_AmCult | 17 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ruby Slippers and American Culture Displays |
| 2004_DC_SIAH_SAL | 7 | DC -- 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_SAL | 1 | DC -- 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_Scurlock | 4 | DC -- 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_Separate | 1 | DC -- 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_Separate | 3 | DC -- 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_911 | 17 | DC -- 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_911 | 7 | DC -- 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_911 | 67 | DC -- 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_Monticello | 85 | DC -- 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_Solar | 40 | DC -- 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_Sounding | 6 | DC -- 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_SpecialO | 24 | DC -- 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_Stanley | 2 | DC -- 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_Stanley | 1 | DC -- 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_Flag | 7 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Star Spangled Banner sculpture |
| 2009_DC_SIAH_Flag | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Star Spangled Banner sculpture |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_Flag | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Star Spangled Banner sculpture |
| 2011_DC_SIAH_Money | 87 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Stories on Money |
| 2018_DC_SIAH_Superheroes | 54 | DC -- 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_Superheroes | 47 | DC -- 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_TTelevision | 36 | DC -- 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_TTelevision | 29 | DC -- 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_Boxes | 66 | DC -- 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_Telescope | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Telescope, 1865 |
| 2018_DC_SIAH_Batmobile | 79 | DC -- 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_Franklin | 27 | DC -- 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_Ella | 44 | DC -- 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_Muppets | 27 | DC -- 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_Muppets | 11 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: The Muppets Take American History |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_TNWBT | 14 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: The Nation We Build Together exhibit cases |
| 2021_DC_SIAH_Only_One | 14 | DC -- 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_TJBible | 16 | DC -- 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_AALens | 130 | DC -- 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_Toys | 18 | DC -- 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_Attic | 5 | DC -- 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_Tucker | 19 | DC -- 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_12Years | 194 | DC -- 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_Uniformed | 19 | DC -- 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_Upending | 40 | DC -- 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_Value | 62 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Value of Money |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_Unity_Square | 20 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Wallace H. Coulter Unity Square |
| 2022_DC_SIAH_Remembrance | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: War and Remembrance |
| 2018_DC_SIAH_Waterloo_Boy | 13 | DC -- 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_Belong | 40 | DC -- 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_Point | 6 | DC -- 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_Polio | 1 | DC -- 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_Walls | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Within These Walls |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_Walls | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Within These Walls |
| 2022_DC_SIAH_Avedon | 54 | DC -- 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_Pleibol | 160 | DC -- 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_Bldg | 7 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots |
| 2001_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
Including flags half-staff after 9/11 |
| 2002_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots |
| 2003_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots |
| 2004_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots |
| 2006_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots |
| 2008_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 12 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots |
| 2009_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 11 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots |
| 2010_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 7 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots |
| 2013_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots |
| 2014_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 10 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 6 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 23 | DC -- 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_Bldg | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots |
| 2018_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots |
| 2020_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 38 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
Closed due to Covid-19. Signs are in both English and Spanish. |
| 2021_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 17 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots
New security bollards being delivered? |
| 2022_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 28 | DC -- 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_4Ward | 7 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Forward Into Light |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_Perf | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Historical Reenactors and Performers |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Perf | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Historical Reenactors and Performers |
| 2018_DC_SIAH_Perf | 10 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Historical Reenactors and Performers |
| 2001_DC_SIAH_Int | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots
Some cancellations after 9/11. |
| 2003_DC_SIAH_Int | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots |
| 2004_DC_SIAH_Int | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots |
| 2006_DC_SIAH_Int | 7 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots |
| 2008_DC_SIAH_Int | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots |
| 2010_DC_SIAH_Int | 10 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots |
| 2011_DC_SIAH_Int | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots |
| 2012_DC_SIAH_Int | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots |
| 2014_DC_SIAH_Int | 7 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots |
| 2015_DC_SIAH_Int | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Int | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_Int | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots |
| 2020_DC_SIAH_Int | 33 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots |
| 2021_DC_SIAH_Int | 63 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots |
| 2022_DC_SIAH_Int | 9 | DC -- 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_Latino | 13 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Molina Family Latino Gallery |
| 2022_DC_SIAH_Latino_Tree | 75 | DC -- 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_Latino | 278 | DC -- 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_SIAHV | 11 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Views from... |
| 2017_DC_SIAHV | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Views from...
Views from the not-yet-opened third floor. |
| 1997_DC_NMHMDC | 6 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) |
| 2005_DC_NMHMDC | 33 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) |
| 2007_DC_NMHMDC | 45 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) |
| 2008_DC_NMHMDC | 37 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) |
| 2009_DC_NMHMDC | 20 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) |
| 2010_DC_NMHMDC | 19 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) |
| 2011_DC_NMHMDC | 46 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) |
| 2008_DC_NMHMDC_BS_080114 | 19 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Event: Backstage Tour |
| 2009_DC_Barnard_091205 | 36 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Event: Bryn Barnard
The Art and Science of "OUTBREAK: Plagues that Changed History" with the artist Bryn Barnard
Bryn Barnard, author and artist of "OUTBREAK," will host three exciting programs, including an illustration workshop and a special session aimed at younger audiences.
10:00 a.m.: Writing and Illustrating... |
| 2009_DC_Macaulay_090613 | 76 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Event: David Macaulay
David Macaulay, Author Talk and Book Signing:
Join David Macaulay for a discussion about his new book, The Way We Work, as he illuminates the most important machine of all — the human body. Your body is made up of various complex systems, and Macaulay is a master at making the complex understandable.... |
| 2005_DC_NMHMDC_Visibly | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: A Healthy Heart (Visibly Human)
A description of the "A Healthy Heart" exhibit from http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/news/healthyheart.html :
The National Museum of Health and Medicine has opened the exhibit "A Healthy Heart,” based on a book called, “The Invision Guide to a Healthy Heart,” by Alexander Tsiaras. The exhibit, which... |
| 2008_DC_NMHMDC_Visibly | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: A Healthy Heart (Visibly Human)
A description of the "A Healthy Heart" exhibit from http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/news/healthyheart.html :
The National Museum of Health and Medicine has opened the exhibit "A Healthy Heart,” based on a book called, “The Invision Guide to a Healthy Heart,” by Alexander Tsiaras. The exhibit, which... |
| 2005_DC_NMHMDC_Korea | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Blood, Sweat and Saline (Korean War Medicine) |
| 2007_DC_NMHMDC_Korea | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Blood, Sweat and Saline (Korean War Medicine) |
| 2010_DC_NMHMDC_Korea | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Blood, Sweat and Saline (Korean War Medicine) |
| 2011_DC_NMHMDC_Korea | 19 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Blood, Sweat and Saline (Korean War Medicine) |
| 2007_DC_NMHMDC_Smoking | 55 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Cartoonists Take Up Smoking
The museum hosted an evening symposium to highlight its new exhibit “Cartoonists Take Up Smoking,” with attendees at the 13th annual World Conference on Tobacco or Health as its invited guests. The event, entitled, “Thank you for Smiling: An evening of humor and satire,” was presented by Dr. Alan Blum,... |
| 1997_DC_NMHMDC_CW | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2005_DC_NMHMDC_CW | 11 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2007_DC_NMHMDC_CW | 22 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2008_DC_NMHMDC_CW | 17 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2009_DC_NMHMDC_CW | 29 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2011_DC_NMHMDC_CW | 56 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2005_DC_NMHMDC_Microscopes | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Evolution of the Microscope |
| 2007_DC_NMHMDC_Microscopes | 6 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Evolution of the Microscope |
| 2008_DC_NMHMDC_Microscopes | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Evolution of the Microscope |
| 2009_DC_NMHMDC_Microscopes | 26 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Evolution of the Microscope |
| 2011_DC_NMHMDC_Microscopes | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Evolution of the Microscope |
| 2008_DC_NMHMDC_Expression | 10 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Expression of Hope
A description of the "Expression of Hope" exhibit from http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/news/news.html
"Expression of Hope" exhibit opens:
“I am ten years old and have MPS I. My painting of a dragon expresses the courage that everyone needs when they have MPS.” Artist Nicklas Harkins describes his... |
| 1997_DC_NMHMDC_Lincoln | 6 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: His Wound is Mortal: The Final Hours of President Abraham Lincoln |
| 2005_DC_NMHMDC_Lincoln | 6 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: His Wound is Mortal: The Final Hours of President Abraham Lincoln |
| 2007_DC_NMHMDC_Lincoln | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: His Wound is Mortal: The Final Hours of President Abraham Lincoln |
| 2008_DC_NMHMDC_Lincoln | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: His Wound is Mortal: The Final Hours of President Abraham Lincoln |
| 2009_DC_NMHMDC_Lincoln | 15 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: His Wound is Mortal: The Final Hours of President Abraham Lincoln |
| 2011_DC_NMHMDC_Lincoln | 19 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: His Wound is Mortal: The Final Hours of President Abraham Lincoln |
| 2011_DC_NMHMDC_History | 20 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: History of the Medical Museum |
| 2007_DC_NMHMDC_Being | 6 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Human Body, Human Being |
| 2009_DC_NMHMDC_Being | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Human Body, Human Being |
| 2009_DC_NMHMDC_Barnard | 6 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Outbreak: Plagues that Changed History: Bryn Barnard |
| 2008_DC_NMHMDC_ID_Dead | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Resolved: Advances in Forensic Identification of U.S. War Dead |
| 2009_DC_NMHMDC_ID_Dead | 22 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Resolved: Advances in Forensic Identification of U.S. War Dead |
| 2011_DC_NMHMDC_ID_Dead | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Resolved: Advances in Forensic Identification of U.S. War Dead |
| 2007_DC_NMHMDC_Scarred | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Scarred for Life |
| 2009_DC_NMHMDC_Trauma_Bay | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Trauma Bay II (Iraq) |
| 2011_DC_NMHMDC_Trauma_Bay | 7 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Trauma Bay II (Iraq) |
| 2008_DC_NMHMDC_Whitman | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Walt Whitman's Soldiers |
| 2009_DC_NMHMDC_Whitman | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Walt Whitman's Soldiers |
| 2011_DC_NMHMDC_Whitman | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Walt Whitman's Soldiers |
| 2010_DC_NMHMDC_Wounded | 36 | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) -- Exhibit: Wounded in Action |
| 2018_DC_Amerind_Amer_Gal | 87 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Americans -- Gallery
Americans -- Room: Gallery
January 18, 2018 – 2022
American Indians represent less than 1 percent of the U.S. population, yet names and images of Indians are everywhere: military weapons, town names, advertising, and that holiday in November. Americans invites visitors to take a closer look, and to... |
| 2018_DC_Amerind_Amer_Que | 59 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Americans -- Queen of America
Americans -- Room: Queen of America: Why did Pocahontas captivate people in her own time and every generation that followed?
January 18, 2018 – 2022
American Indians represent less than 1 percent of the U.S. population, yet names and images of Indians are everywhere: military weapons, town names,... |
| 2018_DC_Amerind_Amer_Win | 63 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Americans -- The Indians Win
Americans -- Room: The Indians Win: The Battle of Little Bighorn was one of the most shocking events in American history
January 18, 2018 – 2022
American Indians represent less than 1 percent of the U.S. population, yet names and images of Indians are everywhere: military weapons, town names,... |
| 2018_DC_Amerind_Amer_Act | 99 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Americans -- The Removal Act
Americans -- Room: The Removal Act: Trail of Tears: Not what you think. Not even close.
January 18, 2018 – 2022
American Indians represent less than 1 percent of the U.S. population, yet names and images of Indians are everywhere: military weapons, town names, advertising, and that holiday in... |
| 2015_DC_AmerInd_Dakota | 65 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Commemorating Controversy: The Dakota-U.S. War of 1862
Commemorating Controversy: The Dakota—U.S. War of 1862
January 14, 2015 – December 29, 2015
In the late summer of 1862, a war raged across southern Minnesota between Dakota akicitas (warriors) and the U.S. military and immigrant settlers. In the end, hundreds were dead and thousands more would lose... |
| 2018_DC_AmerInd_Design | 39 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Design Competition for National Native American Veterans Memorial
Five Designs Competing for the National Native American Veterans Memorial to built in Washington, D.C.
Five potential designs for a National Native American Veterans Memorial can be seen through May 30 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York and Washington, D.C. From the... |
| 2007_DC_AmerInd_Design | 10 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses
Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses
March 24, 2007 – August 3, 2008
Dresses are more than simple articles of clothing for Native women -- they are aesthetic expressions of culture and identity. Embodying messages about the life of the wearer, dresses offer... |
| 2004_DC_AmerInd_Nighthorse | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Jewelry Designed by Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Jewelry Designed by Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell
September 21, 2004 – April 3, 2005
This exhibition features jewelry designed by Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Northern Cheyenne, R-Colo.), a leading artist working in contemporary Native American jewelry. This collection covers various periods and... |
| 2021_DC_AmerInd_Kwel_Hoy | 21 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Kwel' Hoy: We Draw the Line
Kwel' Hoy: We Draw the Line
July 2, 2021 – September 9, 2021
Kwel’ Hoy: We Draw the Line is a cross-country tour, traveling museum exhibition, and series of public programs that uplift Indigenous leadership in struggles to protect water, land, sacred sites, and our collective future. The Lummi, also... |
| 2006_DC_AmerInd_Listening | 28 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life along the North Pacific Coast
Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life along the North Pacific Coast
February 3, 2006 – January 2, 2007
This exhibition presents the art and culture of the people of the Northwest Coast and features 11 Native communities from Washington state, British Columbia, and Alaska, including the... |
| 2014_DC_AmerInd_Nation | 254 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Nation to Nation
Nation to Nation: Treaties between the United States and American Indian Nations
September 21, 2014 – December 2021
From a young age, most Americans learn about the Founding Fathers, but are told very little about equally important and influential Native diplomats and leaders of Indian nations.... |
| 2018_DC_AmerInd_Nation | 33 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Nation to Nation
Nation to Nation: Treaties between the United States and American Indian Nations
September 21, 2014 – December 2021
From a young age, most Americans learn about the Founding Fathers, but are told very little about equally important and influential Native diplomats and leaders of Indian nations.... |
| 2004_DC_AmerInd_Modernism | 29 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Native Modernism: The Art of George Morrison and Allan Houser
Native Modernism: The Art of George Morrison and Allan Houser
September 21, 2004 – November 6, 2005
This exhibition introduces the art of George Morrison (Grand Portage Chippewa) and Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache), two artists who have significantly influenced the direction of contemporary Native... |
| 2005_DC_AmerInd_Modernism | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Native Modernism: The Art of George Morrison and Allan Houser
Native Modernism: The Art of George Morrison and Allan Houser
September 21, 2004 – November 6, 2005
This exhibition introduces the art of George Morrison (Grand Portage Chippewa) and Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache), two artists who have significantly influenced the direction of contemporary Native... |
| 2004_DC_AmerInd_Contemporary | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Our Lives: Contemporary Life and Identities |
| 2009_DC_AmerInd_Contemporary | 16 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Our Lives: Contemporary Life and Identities |
| 2004_DC_AmerInd_Our_Peoples | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Our Peoples: Giving Voice to Our Histories |
| 2005_DC_AmerInd_Our_Peoples | 19 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Our Peoples: Giving Voice to Our Histories |
| 2009_DC_AmerInd_Our_Peoples | 92 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Our Peoples: Giving Voice to Our Histories |
| 2004_DC_AmerInd_Our_Univ | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World |
| 2009_DC_AmerInd_Our_Univ | 6 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World |
| 2015_DC_AmerInd_Our_Univ | 10 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World |
| 2017_DC_AmerInd_Patriot | 71 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Patriot Nations: Native American in our Nation’s Armed Forces
Patriot Nations: Native American in our Nation’s Armed Forces
January 27, 2017 – January 2018
This banner exhibition chronicles the largely unknown history of Native American veterans. Native peoples have served the U.S. in every major military encounter from the Revolutionary War to today’s conflicts... |
| 2020_DC_AmerInd_Patriot | 75 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Patriot Nations: Native Americans in Our Nation’s Armed Forces
Patriot Nations: Native Americans in Our Nation’s Armed Forces
Through October 18, 2021
Patriot Nations: Native Americans in Our Nation’s Armed Forces tells the remarkable history of the brave American Indian and Alaska Native men and women who have served in the United States military. Native peoples... |
| 2022_DC_AmerInd_Singletary | 127 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight
Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight
January 28, 2022 – January 29, 2023
Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight features works from internationally acclaimed artist Preston Singletary (Tlingit American, 1963), and tells the story of Raven, the creator of the world and giver of... |
| 2015_DC_AmerInd_Algonquian | 15 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Return to a Native Place: Algonquian Peoples of Chesapeake
Return to a Native Place: Algonquian Peoples of Chesapeake
November 13, 2006 – Permanent
Through photographs, maps, ceremonial and everyday objects, and interactives, this small display provides an overview of the history of the Native peoples of the Chesapeake Bay region (what is now Delaware,... |
| 2019_DC_AmerInd_Section14 | 70 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Section 14: The Other Palm Springs, California
Section 14: The Other Palm Springs, California
March 1, 2019 – January 2020
This exhibition exposes a land battle at the core of the conflict between Western expansion and Indigenous peoples. A one-square-mile tract in downtown Palm Springs, California, Section 14 forms the heart of the reservation... |
| 2015_DC_AmerInd_Inca_Road | 199 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire
The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire
June 26, 2015 – June 1, 2018
Construction of the Inka Road stands as one of the monumental engineering achievements in history. A network more than 20,000 miles long, crossing mountains and tropical lowlands, rivers and deserts, the Great Inka Road linked... |
| 2019_DC_AmerInd_REDress | 12 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: The REDress Project
The REDress Project
March 1 - March 31, 2019
To commemorate Women’s History Month, the National Museum of the American Indian presents The REDress Project, an outdoor art installation by artist Jaime Black (Métis). Showing in Washington, D.C. for the first time, the installation of red dresses hung in... |
| 2018_DC_AmerInd_Tears | 78 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal
Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal
April 12, 2018 – January 2019
This powerful exhibition takes a deeper look at Indian removal from the Cherokee perspective. How did it happen? Who made the decisions? What was the human cost? Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal dispels misconceptions... |
| 2019_DC_AmerInd_Trail | 39 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal
Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal
April 12, 2018–January 2019
This powerful exhibition takes a deeper look at Indian removal from the Cherokee perspective. How did it happen? Who made the decisions? What was the human cost? Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal dispels misconceptions... |
| 2016_DC_AmerInd_Hawaii | 88 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Ua Mau Ke Ea: The Sovereign Hawaiian Nation
Ua Mau Ke Ea: The Sovereign Hawaiian Nation
January 17, 2016 – January 2017
Hawai`i was an independent kingdom until 1893, when non-Native businessmen, supported by U.S. diplomats and Marines, overthrew the monarchy and declared themselves the new government. Ua Mau Ke Ea: The Sovereign Hawaiian... |
| 2010_DC_AmerInd_Vantage | 32 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Vantage Point: The Contemporary Native Art Collection
Vantage Point: The Contemporary Native Art Collection
September 25, 2010 – August 7, 2011
This exhibition highlights the museum's young but vital collection of contemporary art, with 31 significant works by 25 artists ranging from paintings, drawings, and photography to video projection and... |
| 2022_DC_AmerInd_Why_Serve | 86 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces
Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces
November 10, 2021–November 30, 2023
This poignant exhibition tells personal stories of Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Native veterans who have served in the armed forces of the United States—often in extraordinary... |
| 2020_DC_AmerInd_4Ward | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Forward Into Light |
| 2004_DC_AmerInd_Int | 37 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
| 2005_DC_AmerInd_Int | 21 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
| 2009_DC_AmerInd_Int | 21 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
| 2010_DC_AmerInd_Int | 6 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
| 2012_DC_AmerInd_Int | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
| 2014_DC_AmerInd_Int | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
| 2015_DC_AmerInd_Int | 9 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
| 2018_DC_AmerInd_Int | 34 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby)
Tourists posing in the prism light. |
| 2019_DC_AmerInd_Int | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
| 2020_DC_AmerInd_Int | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
| 2021_DC_AmerInd_Int | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
| 2022_DC_AmerInd_Int | 18 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
| 2002_DC_AmerInd | 6 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas
Under construction. |
| 2003_DC_AmerInd | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas
View of the construction of the American Indian Museum currently under construction from the Air and Space Museum's employee's cafeteria. |
| 2004_DC_AmerInd | 32 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas
Several visits including on opening day, September 21, 2004 |
| 2005_DC_AmerInd | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas
I hadn't been back to this museum since its opening month and was curious how it was doing. The timed tickets for entry ended after about six months and, while crowded, it wasn't the packed anymore. None of the exhibits had changed since I was there almost a year ago -- they said the temporary exhibits... |
| 2007_DC_AmerInd | 6 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
| 2009_DC_AmerInd | 20 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
| 2014_DC_AmerInd | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
| 2017_DC_AmerInd | 40 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
| 2018_DC_AmerInd | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
| 2019_DC_AmerInd | 66 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
| 2020_DC_AmerInd | 62 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas
Multiple visits including:
* August 8: It was nice to see the water on again in the outside area although you could see the discolored edges where skateboarders had damaged things before.
* September 19: Outdoor signage indicates the museum is about to reopen. |
| 2021_DC_Amerind | 23 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
| 2022_DC_AmerInd | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
| 2017_DC_AmerIndV | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- View from... |
| 2020_DC_NativeAmer_Vet_Mem | 156 | DC -- Natl Native American Veterans Memorial (@ Natl Museum of the American Indian)
In mid-year, I hadn't realized they had started on building the memorial. It's was dedicated on Veterans Day, 2020. The ceremony of course ended up being virtual because of the pandemic. |
| 2021_DC_NativeAmer_Vet_Mem | 4 | DC -- Natl Native American Veterans Memorial (@ Natl Museum of the American Indian) |
| 2023_DC_NativeAmer_Vet_Mem | 4 | DC -- Natl Native American Veterans Memorial (@ Natl Museum of the American Indian) |
| 2011_DC_SIPM_Owney | 13 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Case): Art of the Stamp: Owney the Postal Dog
Art of the Stamp: Owney the Postal Dog
July 20, 2011 – August 5, 2012
Bill Bond's original painting of Owney, created for the Owney commemorative postage stamp, is accompanied by 6 sketches of Owney in various poses that Bond created as he developed his final portrait. As background for his stamp art,... |
| 2015_DC_SIPM_Owney | 7 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Case): Art of the Stamp: Owney the Postal Dog
Art of the Stamp: Owney the Postal Dog
July 20, 2011 – August 5, 2012
Bill Bond's original painting of Owney, created for the Owney commemorative postage stamp, is accompanied by 6 sketches of Owney in various poses that Bond created as he developed his final portrait. As background for his stamp art,... |
| 2022_DC_SIPM_BaseballC | 36 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Case): Baseball: America's Homerun (2 of 3) -- Counterfeits
Baseball: America's Homerun
April 9, 2022 – January 5, 2025
Level 2, Postmasters Gallery Floor Plan
The National Postal Museum presents a blockbuster exhibition exploring America’s national pastime. Featuring hundreds of U.S. and international stamps commemorating great players and historic moments,... |
| 2007_DC_SIPM_Disasters | 5 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Case): Disaster: Response and Recovery
Disaster: Response and Recovery
June 27, 2007 – January 25, 2008
This exhibition reveals how the Postal Service responds to disasters -- natural or manmade -- that dramatically affect everyday life in an instant. Among the objects representing disaster in two cases are postal keys recovered from the... |
| 2021_DC_SIPM_Earth_Rise | 5 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Case): Earth Rise |
| 2016_DC_SIPM_Royal_Mail | 12 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Case): From Royal Mail to Public Post
From Royal Mail to Public Post
October 21, 2016 – January 16, 2017
The United Kingdom’s postal service, Royal Mail, observes its 500th anniversary in 2016. To mark the occasion, the National Postal Museum presents a temporary display of original documents from 1635 and 1840, pivotal years in the... |
| 2018_DC_SIPM_Her_Words | 20 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Case): In Her Words: Women's Duty and Service in World War I
In Her Words: Women's Duty and Service in World War I
February 2, 2018 – May 8, 2018
World War I was a watershed for global political, economic, and social change, and for women’s rights and labor in the United States. During the war, women officially served in and alongside the military in... |
| 2018_DC_SIPM_Lennon | 9 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Case): John Lennon: The Green Album
John Lennon: The Green Album
September 7, 2018 – February 3, 2019
John Lennon’s boyhood stamp album—including 565 stamps on more than 150 pages are on display. The exhibition coincides with the U.S. Postal Service’s issuance of the John Lennon Forever stamp, honoring the legendary singer and... |
| 2017_DC_SIPM_Wings | 15 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Case): Letters With Wings (Preview)
Letters With Wings: The Dream of Airmail, 1918-1938
In 2018, the National Postal Museum will celebrate the 100th anniversary of regularly scheduled airmail by presenting a special exhibition tentatively titled "Letters With Wings".
These cases contain a sampling of the material that will be included... |
| 2011_DC_SIPM_Negro_Leagues | 12 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Case): Negro Leagues Baseball Stamp Art
Negro Leagues Baseball Stamp Art
October 20, 2010 – June 5, 2011
On view is original art produced by Kadir Nelson for the creation of the Negro Leagues Baseball stamps, which pay tribute to the all-black professional baseball leagues that operated from 1920 to approximatley 1960. |
| 2017_DC_SIPM_Recent | 25 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Case): Recent Acquisitions |
| 2005_DC_SIPM_Takes_Flight | 3 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Case): Stamps Take Flight
Stamps Take Flight
March 15, 2005 – March 19, 2006
This exhibition uses stamps and other materials with air and space themes to illustrate the creative processes and printing techniques behind America's stamps. It features materials from the U.S. Postmaster General's Collection to explore every major... |
| 2017_DC_SIPM_Mail_Trolleys | 28 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Case): Trolley Car Mail
Trolley Car Mail
May 19, 2017 – September 10, 2017
In 1892 St. Louis, Missouri added specially-outfitted cars to their mail vehicles. The service sped up mail deliveries, making it especially popular with businesses. Twelve other cities across the country jumped on board. By 1908 there were mail... |
| 2015_DC_SIPM_Elephant | 30 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Case): Why is This Elephant in This Room? |
| 2016_DC_SIPM_Guiana | 14 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Galleries 6): 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta
1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta
June 4, 2015 – November 2017
The National Postal Museum will display the world’s rarest postage stamp, the 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta. The exhibition of the stamp will be the longest and most publicly accessible showing ever.
No postage stamp is rarer... |
| 2015_DC_SIPM_Freedom | 165 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Galleries 7): Freedom Just Around the Corner
Freedom Just Around the Corner: Black America from Civil War to Civil Rights
February 12, 2015 – January 15, 2016
A chronicle of the African American experience told from the perspective of stamps and mail. Includes letters carried by enslaved Americans, mail to and from famous leaders of the civil... |
| 2013_DC_SIPM_Stamps_World | 27 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 1): World of Stamps |
| 2018_DC_SIPM_Stamps_World | 33 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 1): World of Stamps |
| 2013_DC_SIPM_Gems | 24 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 2): Gems of American Philately |
| 2013_DC_SIPM_Mail_Marks | 84 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 3): Mail Marks History |
| 2014_DC_SIPM_Mail_Marks | 89 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 3): Mail Marks History |
| 2018_DC_SIPM_Mail_Marks | 30 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 3): Mail Marks History |
| 2021_DC_SIPM_Mail_Marks | 1 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 3): Mail Marks History |
| 2013_DC_SIPM_Stamps_Connect | 30 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 4): Connect with U.S. Stamps |
| 2021_DC_SIPM_Stamps_Connect | 1 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 4): Connect with U.S. Stamps |
| 2013_DC_SIPM_Stamp_Salon | 18 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 5): National Stamp Salon |
| 2014_DC_SIPM_Stamp_Salon | 1 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 5): National Stamp Salon |
| 2015_DC_SIPM_Stamp_Salon | 72 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 5): National Stamp Salon |
| 2013_DC_SIPM_Stamps_Globe | 23 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 6): Stamps Around the Globe |
| 2014_DC_SIPM_Stamps_Globe | 34 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 6): Stamps Around the Globe |
| 2015_DC_SIPM_Stamps_Globe | 135 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 6): Stamps Around the Globe |
| 2018_DC_SIPM_Hamilton | 62 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 7): Alexander Hamilton: Soldier, Secretary, Icon
Alexander Hamilton: Soldier, Secretary, Icon
May 25, 2018 – March 3, 2019
Explore the extraordinary life of Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) through original mail sent and signed by him in his role as the first Secretary of the Treasury and through portraits of him and his contemporaries on postage and... |
| 2022_DC_SIPM_BaseballM | 163 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 7): Baseball: America's Homerun (1 of 3) -- Main Gallery
Baseball: America's Homerun
April 9, 2022 – January 5, 2025
Level 2, Postmasters Gallery Floor Plan
The National Postal Museum presents a blockbuster exhibition exploring America’s national pastime. Featuring hundreds of U.S. and international stamps commemorating great players and historic moments,... |
| 2014_DC_SIPM_PacificX | 54 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 7): Pacific Exchange: China & US Mail
Pacific Exchange: China & U.S. Mail
March 6, 2014 – January 4, 2015 (new title)
Examine the relationship between China and the United States through stamps and mail. Rare stamp proofs from the China Bureau of Engraving and Printing (1912-1928) reveal commerce and culture between 1860 and 1980, while... |
| 2016_DC_SIPM_Trailblazing | 177 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 7): Trailblazing: 100 Years of Our National Parks
Trailblazing: 100 Years of Our National Parks
June 9, 2016 – March 25, 2018
Did you know that a village at the bottom of the Grand Canyon eats most of its mail? Or that America’s newest national park was once so secret it used an undercover address? Trailblazing: 100 Years of Our National Parks... |
| 2022_DC_SIPM_BaseballS | 132 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MAI Galleries 2A): Baseball: America's Homerun (3 of 3) -- Stadiums
Baseball: America's Homerun
April 9, 2022 – January 5, 2025
Level 2, Postmasters Gallery Floor Plan
The National Postal Museum presents a blockbuster exhibition exploring America’s national pastime. Featuring hundreds of U.S. and international stamps commemorating great players and historic moments,... |
| 2002_DC_SIPM_Moving | 1 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 1): Moving the Mail |
| 2005_DC_SIPM_Moving | 3 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 1): Moving the Mail |
| 2007_DC_SIPM_Moving | 7 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 1): Moving the Mail |
| 2011_DC_SIPM_Moving | 12 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 1): Moving the Mail |
| 2014_DC_SIPM_Moving | 2 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 1): Moving the Mail |
| 2015_DC_SIPM_Moving | 21 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 1): Moving the Mail |
| 2019_DC_SIPM_Swifter | 72 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 2A): None Swifter Than These: 100 Years of Diplomatic Couriers
None Swifter Than These: 100 Years of Diplomatic Couriers
September 14, 2019 – January 26, 2020
In wartime and peacetime, the U.S. Diplomatic Courier Service carries the sensitive materials, equipment and information that make diplomacy possible. The U.S. Diplomatic Courier Service traces its origins... |
| 2018_DC_SIPM_Postmen_Skies | 47 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 2A): Postmen of the Skies
Postmen of the Skies
May 1, 2018 – May 27, 2019
Level 1: Mail in America Galleries
May 15, 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the world’s first regularly scheduled airmail service. President Wilson was on hand in Washington, DC to watch the historic take off. At first the service only operated... |
| 2015_DC_SIPM_PostSecret | 113 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 2A): PostSecret: The Power of a Postcard
PostSecret: The Power of a Postcard
August 3, 2015 – September 2016
Level 1: Mail in America Galleries
The exhibition communicates a contemporary narrative of mail and the postal service, highlighting the aesthetics of the communication tool itself and the juxtaposition between anonymity and shared... |
| 2012_DC_SIPM_Binding | 43 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 2): Binding the Nation (incl Pony Express) |
| 2015_DC_SIPM_Binding | 45 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 2): Binding the Nation (incl Pony Express) |
| 2019_DC_SIPM_Binding | 109 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 2): Binding the Nation (incl Pony Express) |
| 2002_DC_SIPM_Communities | 8 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 3): Customers and Communities |
| 2005_DC_SIPM_Communities | 5 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 3): Customers and Communities |
| 2014_DC_SIPM_Communities | 44 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 3): Customers and Communities |
| 2012_DC_SIPM_Systems | 48 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 4): Systems at Work |
| 2018_DC_SIPM_Badge | 108 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 5): Behind the Badge |
| 2012_DC_SIPM_Fire_Ice | 162 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 5): Fire & Ice: Hindenburg and Titanic
Fire & Ice: Hindenburg and Titanic
March 22, 2012 – January 6, 2014
Level 1: Mail in America Galleries
As the largest, fastest, and most glamorous ships of their eras, the Hindenburg and the Titanic share many similarities. The human tragedy associated with each stunned the world . . . a shock that... |
| 2005_DC_SIPM_Lennon | 3 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 5): John Lennon: The Lost Album
John Lennon: The Lost Album
October 6, 2005 – April 10, 2006
Level 1: Mail in America Galleries
On view is John Lennon's childhood stamp album, to coincide with the 65th anniversary of his birth and National Stamp Collecting Month. The album has 145 pages and features more that 550 stamps from... |
| 2011_DC_SIPM_AtoZ | 182 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 6): Alphabetilately: An Alphabet of Philately
Alphabetilately: An Alphabet of Philately
September 26, 2008 – October 12, 2015
Level 1: Mail in America Galleries
This exhibition presents an alphabet of philately through 26 topics, in which each letter stands for some aspect of stamp collecting or the sending of mail. From Advertising Covers to... |
| 2017_DC_SIPM_Blooms | 68 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 6): Beautiful Blooms: Flowering Plants on Stamps
Beautiful Blooms: Flowering Plants on Stamps
October 20, 2017 – July 14, 2019
Level 1: Mail in America Galleries
This exhibition highlights the variety of flowering plants commemorated on US postage stamps during the past 50 years and explores artistic themes that emerged during this period. For... |
| 2015_DC_SIPM_NYStamps | 37 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 6): New York City: A Portrait Through Stamp Art
New York City: A Portrait Through Stamp Art
December 10, 2015 – March 13, 2017
Level 1: Mail in America Galleries
This exhibition of original artwork explores the diversity of topics highlighting the cultural heritage of New York City. The exhibition provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the... |
| 2012_DC_SIPM_Mail_Call | 4 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 7): Mail Call |
| 2021_DC_SIPM_Mail_Call | 27 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 7): Mail Call |
| 2017_DC_SIPM_Mail_Call_WWI | 21 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 7): Mail Call: My Fellow Soldiers: Letters from World War I
My Fellow Soldiers: Letters from World War I
April 6, 2017 – November 29, 2018
Through personal correspondence written on the frontlines and home front, this centennial exhibition uncovers the history of America’s involvement in World War I. The compelling selection of letters illuminates emotions and... |
| 2018_DC_SIPM_Mail_Call_WWI | 32 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 7): Mail Call: My Fellow Soldiers: Letters from World War I
My Fellow Soldiers: Letters from World War I
April 6, 2017 – November 29, 2018
Through personal correspondence written on the frontlines and home front, this centennial exhibition uncovers the history of America’s involvement in World War I. The compelling selection of letters illuminates emotions and... |
| 2005_DC_SIPM_XMas | 2 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit: Holiday Tree |
| 2015_DC_SIPM_Xmas | 10 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit: Holiday tree |
| 2017_DC_SITES_Mail_Call | 128 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit: Mail Call (SITES exhibit @ Rayburn HOB) |
| 1997_DC_SIPM | 2 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 1998_DC_SIPM | 9 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 1999_DC_SIPM | 3 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2002_DC_SIPM | 12 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2005_DC_SIPM | 4 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2007_DC_SIPM | 9 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2011_DC_SIPM | 6 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2013_DC_SIPM | 33 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2014_DC_SIPM | 6 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2015_DC_SIPM | 22 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2016_DC_SIPM | 1 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2018_DC_SIPM | 1 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2020_DC_SIPM | 2 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere
Closed due to Covid-19. |
| 2021_DC_SIPM | 39 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2022_DC_SIPM | 3 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2017_DC_Climate_NewseumV_170429 | 152 | DC -- Newseum -- Views from terrace of People's Climate March
People's Climate March:
Trump’s game plan has been to relentlessly attack our communities and shock us into despair.
It hasn’t worked because our people-powered movement is stronger than he is — together, the resistance stopped his attempts to overturn the Affordable Care Act and stymied his... |
| 2023_03_24A1_SINMAA_AfroFuturism | 317 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit (Concourse Level): Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures
Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures
March 24, 2023 – March 24, 2024
Investigating Afrofuturist expression through art, music, activism and more, this exhibition explores and reveals Afrofuturism’s historic and poignant engagement with African American history and popular culture. From the... |
| 2021_DC_SINMAA_Promises | 250 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit (Concourse Level): Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies
Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies
September 24, 2021 – August 21, 2022
Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies is a 4,300-square-foot exhibition exploring the Reconstruction era through an African American lens. It features more than 175 objects, 300 images, and... |
| 2018_DC_SINMAA_Oprah | 128 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit (Concourse Level): Watching Oprah
Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture
June 8, 2018 – June 30, 2019
This exhibition explores the era that shaped Oprah Winfrey’s life and early career in TV, her talk show that dominated daytime TV for 25 years, and the ways in which she has influenced American popular culture. It... |
| 2019_DC_SINMAA_Return | 284 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit (Concourse Level): We Return Fighting: The African American Experience in World War I
We Return Fighting: The African American Experience in World War I
December 13, 2019 – June 14, 2020
Composed of three sections: Pre-War, During the War, and Post-War, the exhibition highlights nine African American historical luminaries, A. Philip Randolph, W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Col. Charles... |
| 2020_DC_SINMAA_Uncle_Tom | 22 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: Uncle Tom's Cabin: Early and Notable Editions
Uncle Tom's Cabin: Early and Notable Editions
February 28, 2020 – May 6, 2021
There are varying opinions about the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, yet it is inarguably one of the most influential books in American history. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) to inform readers of the appalling... |
| 2016_DC_SINMAA_Changing | 165 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C1) A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond |
| 2020_DC_SINMAA_Changing | 4 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C1) A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond |
| 2021_DC_SINMAA_Changing | 1 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C1) A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond |
| 2016_DC_SINMAA_Defining | 356 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C2) Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: Era of Segregation 1876-1968 |
| 2020_DC_SINMAA_Defining | 36 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C2) Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: Era of Segregation 1876-1968 |
| 2021_DC_SINMAA_Defining | 60 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C2) Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: Era of Segregation 1876-1968 |
| 2022_DC_SINMAA_Defining | 6 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C2) Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: Era of Segregation 1876-1968 |
| 2016_DC_SINMAA_Slavery | 423 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C3) Slavery and Freedom 1400-1877 |
| 2017_DC_SINMAA_Slavery | 18 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C3) Slavery and Freedom 1400-1877
Including Ed Ayers' first visit to the museum. |
| 2020_DC_SINMAA_Slavery | 16 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C3) Slavery and Freedom 1400-1877 |
| 2021_DC_SINMAA_Slavery | 12 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C3) Slavery and Freedom 1400-1877 |
| 2022_DC_SINMAA_Slavery | 49 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C3) Slavery and Freedom 1400-1877 |
| 2016_DC_SINMAA_Century | 47 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C) A Century in the Making |
| 2016_DC_SINMAA_CCourt | 19 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C) Contemplative Court |
| 2017_DC_SINMAA_CCourt | 13 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C) Contemplative Court |
| 2019_DC_SINMAA_CCourt | 13 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C) Contemplative Court |
| 2020_DC_SINMAA_CCourt | 6 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C) Contemplative Court |