Past Exhibitions

Every Eye Is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States

Portrait Gallery Portrait Gallery November 13, 2020 – May 23, 2021

Contemporary Muslim Fashions

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Cooper Hewitt February 28, 2020 – July 11, 2021

Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists

Renwick Gallery Renwick Gallery February 21, 2020 – March 13, 2020

What Is Feminist Art?

Archives of American Art Archives of American Art November 26, 2019 – November 22, 2020

Challenging the Face of Science: The Bearded Lady Project

Natural History Museum Natural History Museum November 14, 2019 – March 13, 2020

Pat Steir: Color Wheel

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden Hirshhorn October 24, 2019 – March 13, 2020

In Memoriam: Jessye Norman, 1945-2019

Portrait Gallery Portrait Gallery October 3, 2019 – November 3, 2019

In Memoriam: Toni Morrison

Portrait Gallery Portrait Gallery August 6, 2019 – November 7, 2019

One Life: Marian Anderson

Portrait Gallery Portrait Gallery June 28, 2019 – March 13, 2020

Women of Progress: Early Camera Portraits

Portrait Gallery Portrait Gallery June 14, 2019 – June 13, 2021

In Memoriam: Leah Chase

Portrait Gallery Portrait Gallery June 4, 2019 – June 30, 2019

Portrait of Julie Packard by Hope Gangloff

Portrait Gallery Portrait Gallery April 23, 2019 – February 24, 2020

Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence

Portrait Gallery Portrait Gallery March 29, 2019 – January 5, 2020

Emily Howland Photography Album

African American History and Culture Museum African American Museum March 25, 2019 – March 31, 2019

Tiffany Chung: Vietnam, Past is Prologue

American Art Museum American Art Museum March 15, 2019 – September 2, 2019

The REDress Project

American Indian Museum American Indian Museum March 1, 2019 – March 31, 2019

Ella's Books: Volumes from the Library of Ella Fitzgerald

African American History and Culture Museum African American Museum January 1, 2019 – January 31, 2020

Portraits of the World: Korea

Portrait Gallery Portrait Gallery December 14, 2018 – November 17, 2019

In Memoriam: Aretha Franklin

Portrait Gallery Portrait Gallery August 17, 2018 – August 22, 2018

The Case of Luisa Moreno

American History Museum American History Museum July 20, 2018 – April 30, 2019

Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture

African American History and Culture Museum African American Museum June 8, 2018 – June 2, 2019

Henrietta Lacks

Portrait Gallery Portrait Gallery May 15, 2018 – March 31, 2019

In Memoriam: Barbara Bush

Portrait Gallery Portrait Gallery April 18, 2018 – April 29, 2018

Diane Arbus: A box of ten photographs

American Art Museum American Art Museum April 6, 2018 – January 27, 2019

Former First Lady, Michelle Obama by Artist Amy Sherald

Portrait Gallery Portrait Gallery February 13, 2018 – May 23, 2021

In Her Words: Women's Duty and Service in World War I

Postal Museum Postal Museum February 2, 2018 – September 5, 2018

In Memoriam: Mathilde Krim

Portrait Gallery Portrait Gallery January 22, 2018 – February 22, 2018

Murder Is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

Renwick Gallery Renwick Gallery October 20, 2017 – January 28, 2018