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Albert Einstein Planetarium
African Art Museum
Ceramics at the National Museum of African Art Ceramics
The beauty and richness of Africa's pottery resonates through traditional and modern ceramic works of art
Air and Space Museum
The Wright Flyer The Wright Flyer
On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright made the first powered, piloted, and controlled flight in this heavier-than-air craft in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Spirit of St. Louis Spirit of St. Louis
The Ryan NYP was the airplane that Charles Lindbergh made his historic solo, nonstop, transcontinental flight from New York to Paris, May 20-21, 1927
Mercury Friendship 7 Mercury Friendship 7
In this craft, John Glenn circled the globe three times in five hours before splashing down in the Atlantic
American Art Museum
Folk Art Folk Art
The museum’s Folk Art galleries display objects that affirm the basic human impulse to create
Modern and Contemporary Art Modern and Contemporary Art
Art created since 1945 is featured in galleries dedicated to Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting and Pop Art
American History Museum
America on the Move America on the Move
Examines how transportation has shaped our American identity
First Ladies Gowns First Ladies Gowns
Gowns and premier objects from the nearly century-old collection
Bon Appétit! Julia Child's Kitchen at the Smithsonian Julia Child's Kitchen
Gives visitors a peek into the working kitchen of one of the world’s best-known cooks
The Price of Freedom: Americans at War The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
Surveys the history of America’s military from the French and Indian Wars to the present conflict in Iraq
American Indian Museum
Our Lives: Contemporary Life and Identities Our Lives: Contemporary Life and Identities
Explores the forces in modern Native life that Native peoples are profoundly influenced by
Our Peoples: Giving Voice to Our Histories Our Peoples: Giving Voice to Our Histories
Events that shaped the lives and outlook of Native peoples from 1491 to the present
Within These Walls... Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World
Explores the annual ceremonies of Native peoples as a window on their ancestral teachings
Anacostia Community Museum
Real Justice Real Justice
Installed outside near the front entrance, this 15-foot weathered iron sculpture is dedicated to the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall
Freer Gallery
Japanese Screens Japanese Screens
Nearly twenty of the most important and stunning screens from the Freer Gallery of Art's Japanese collection
Japanese Screens Freer and Egypt
Small Glass Vessels and Sculpture Collected by Charles Lang Freer
South Asian Sculpture South Asian Sculpture
The sculpted human form, created in a range of media that includes stone, metal, wood, and clay, is the most striking and exuberant expression of South Asian art
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Calder Mobiles and Stabiles Calder Mobiles and Stabiles
Alexander Calder's genius is epitomized by his found-object "Fish" and several mobiles on the third floor. Outdoors, see his red-blue "Six Dots over a Mountain" and soaring "Two Discs"
Pop Art Pop Art
1960s Pop Art and similar responses to American mass culture by Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Arneson, Wayne Thiebaud and George Segal enliven galleries
Nam June Paik's Video Flag Nam Paik's Video Flag
The American flag is instantly recognizable on this bank of 70 monitors, in which stars and stripes share air time with split-second images
National Zoo
Sumatran Tigers Sumatran Tigers
Watch living, breathing, roaring tigers—get to know each of these ambassadors for wild tigers personally
Think Tank Think Tank
A ground-breaking exhibit tackling the complex field of animal cognition
Amazonia Amazonia
leads visitors into the realm of the Amazon River Basin
Komodo dragons Komodo dragons
Lizards, snakes, turtles, frogs, and other smooth or scaly animals swim, step, and slither through numerous indoor exhibits at the Reptile Discovery Center
Natural History Museum
Dinosaurs Dinosaurs
Assembled here are fossils of dinosaurs that lived between 213 and 65 million years ago
African Voices African Voices
Examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africa’s peoples and cultures over time in the realms of family, work, community, and the natural environment
Giant Squid Mammal Hall
Explores the incredible diversity of mammals, including humans, and the processes by which they arose and continue to adapt
O. Orkin Insect Zoo O. Orkin Insect Zoo
Live spiders, centipedes, millipedes, crustaceans and insects that visitors can hold year-round
Portrait Gallery
America’s Presidents America’s Presidents
The nation’s only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House
Pocahontas Portrait Pocahontas Portrait
American Origins, 1600-1900 takes the visitor from the days of contact between Native Americans and European explorers through the struggles of independence to the Gilded Age
Postal Museum
Airmail Service Airmail Service
Mail service and commercial aviation moved forward together aboard the Wiseman-Cooke, the DeHavilland 4B, and the Stinson Reliant – vintage aircraft from the first half of the 20th century
Stamps and Stories Stamps and Stories
The beauty and lore of national and international stamps from 1847 to the present, highlighted by rarities from the National Philatelic Collection
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Game Fish Game Fish
Transforms a trophy fish into a flamboyant multi-dimensional collage
Ghost Clock Ghost Clock
A masterpiece of artistic illusion by one of America's leading art furniture makers
Portal Gates Portal Gates
A handsome image of fluid organic growth in rigid handwrought iron
Sackler Gallery
Chinese Jades and Bronzes Chinese Jades and Bronzes
A variety of materials, techniques, and motifs, which span almost six thousand years, are explored in this exhibition of 228 objects
Modern Japanese Ceramics Modern Japanese Ceramics
Twentieth-century Japanese artists give fresh interpretations to the time-honored art of porcelain
Islamic Metalwork Islamic Metalwork
The Nuhad Es-Said collection, arguably the finest collection of Islamic metalwork in private hands, consists of twenty-seven inlaid brass, bronze, and steel objects dating from the tenth to the nineteenth century
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