Washington, D.C.

Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations

National Museum of the American Indian Washington, D.C.

Sep 21, 2014 — Jan 17, 2028
Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China

National Museum of Asian Art Washington, D.C.

Opened Oct 14, 2017 Ongoing
Ancient Yemen: Incense, Art, and Trade

National Museum of Asian Art Washington, D.C.

Opened Sep 3, 2022 Ongoing
Freer’s Global Network: Artists, Collectors, and Dealers

National Museum of Asian Art Washington, D.C.

Opened Oct 15, 2022 Ongoing
Spirit in the Dark: Religion in Black Music, Activism and Popular Culture

National Museum of African American History and Culture Washington, D.C.

Nov 18, 2022 — March 2027
A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt

National Museum of Asian Art Washington, D.C.

Opened Jan 28, 2023 Ongoing
Abraham Lincoln by W.F.K. Travers

National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C.

Feb 10, 2023 — Dec 31, 2027
Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky

National Museum of Natural History Washington, D.C.

Mar 23, 2023 — December 2026
The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas

National Museum of Asian Art Washington, D.C.

Opened Mar 25, 2023 Ongoing
Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art

National Museum of Asian Art Washington, D.C.

Opened Apr 29, 2023 Ongoing
Cellphone: Unseen Connections

National Museum of Natural History Washington, D.C.

Jun 23, 2023 — June 2028
Remix: The Collection

National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington, D.C.

Oct 21, 2023 — Jan 16, 2028
Knotted Clay: Raku Ceramics and Tea

National Museum of Asian Art Washington, D.C.

Opened Dec 9, 2023 Ongoing
Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington, D.C.

Mar 22, 2024 — Nov 29, 2026
Do Ho Suh: Public Figures

National Museum of Asian Art Washington, D.C.

Apr 27, 2024 — Apr 29, 2029
Ruffled Feathers: Creating Whistler’s Peacock Room

National Museum of Asian Art Washington, D.C.

Opened Jul 13, 2024 Ongoing
Shifting Boundaries: Perspectives on American Landscapes

National Museum of Asian Art Washington, D.C.

Opened Jul 13, 2024 Ongoing
NASA’s Earth Information Center @ NMNH

National Museum of Natural History Washington, D.C.

Oct 8, 2024 — Until 2028
Japanese Art from the Collection

National Museum of Asian Art Washington, D.C.

Opened Oct 26, 2024 Ongoing
Adam Pendleton: Love, Queen

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington, D.C.

Apr 4, 2025 — Jan 3, 2027
Back and Forth: Rozeal., Titian, Cezanne

National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.

Apr 26, 2025 — Jan 3, 2027
Meserve Collection Highlights: Modern Prints from Mathew Brady’s Portrait Negatives

National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C.

May 23, 2025 — May 14, 2028
Shahzia Sikander: The Last Post

Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C.

Jul 3, 2025 — Nov 8, 2026
The Peacock Room in Blue and White

National Museum of Asian Art Washington, D.C.

Opened Sep 27, 2025 Ongoing
Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe

National Museum of the American Indian Washington, D.C.

Nov 25, 2025 — Jan 18, 2027
Portrait of a Nation: 2025 Honorees

National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C.

Dec 12, 2025 — Oct 17, 2026 Closing Soon
Big Things for Big Rooms

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington, D.C.

Dec 20, 2025 — Jul 4, 2027
Clifford Ross: Digital Waves

National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.

Jan 21, 2026 — Oct 18, 2026 Closing Soon
Nick Cave: Mammoth

Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C.

Feb 13, 2026 — Jan 3, 2027
Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood’s Golden Age by George Hurrell (A Sequel)

National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C.

Feb 13, 2026 — Jan 10, 2027
Celebrating American Art

National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.

Opened Mar 1, 2026 Ongoing
Insular Horizons: Travel and the Environmental Imagination on Crete, 1598–1845

Dumbarton Oaks Museum Washington, D.C.

April 2026 — April 2027
Busy Bliss: A Collector's Passion

Dumbarton Oaks Museum Washington, D.C.

April 2026 — February 2027
Sky Hopinka: Kicking the Clouds

National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.

Apr 11, 2026 — Dec 6, 2026
Free and Independent: A Celebration of the Declaration

National Archives Museum Washington, D.C.

Apr 25, 2026 — Jul 5, 2027
Bison: Standing Strong

National Museum of Natural History Washington, D.C.

May 7, 2026 — Until May 2029
Making a Statement

National Museum of the American Indian Washington, D.C.

May 15, 2026 — Spring 2027
Imagining Bison

National Museum of Natural History Washington, D.C.

May 21, 2026 — Summer 2027
American Icon: The US Flag in Art

National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.

Jun 6, 2026 — Dec 6, 2026
Saodat Ismailova: Melted into the Sun

National Museum of Asian Art Washington, D.C.

Jun 13, 2026 — Nov 29, 2026
From These Lands: Sharing Our Natural and Cultural Heritage

National Museum of Natural History Washington, D.C.

Jun 18, 2026 — Until 2029
The Spirit of Invention: Patent Office and Patentees

National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C.

Jun 26, 2026 — Jun 6, 2027
A Museum in the Making

National Museum of Asian Art Washington, D.C.

Jun 27, 2026 — Aug 1, 2027
Homelands

National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.

Jun 27, 2026 — Aug 1, 2027
Nocturnes

National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.

Jul 23, 2026 — Jan 31, 2027
Marlo Pascual: Making Something Out of Something

National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington, D.C.

Jul 24, 2026 — Feb 28, 2027
In the Library: Reimagining America by Design Current Exhibition In the Library: Reimagining America by Design

National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.

Aug 31, 2026 — Dec 31, 2026
Much Here is Beautiful: Photography Surveys of the U.S. Bicentennial

Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C.

Sep 18, 2026 — Apr 18, 2027
Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California

National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington, D.C.

Sep 18, 2026 — Jan 17, 2027
From the Louvre: Masterpieces of Islamic Art

National Museum of Asian Art Washington, D.C.

Sep 26, 2026 — Jan 18, 2027