Exhibitions
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Amelia Earhart's Personal Collection
November 12, 2007 – September 21, 2013Postal MuseumPortraits of aviator Amelia Earhart tell the story of her career and pay special attention to her work on behalf of women’s rights.
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Portraits of Sandra Day O'Connor
March 30, 2007 – October 8, 2007Portrait GalleryThe exhibition examines how a group of artists, The Painting Group, interprets the same subject—Justice Sandra Day O’Connor—at the same time.
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Josephine Baker: Image and Icon
November 24, 2006 – March 18, 2007Portrait GalleryThe exhibition celebrates Baker’s life during the 100th anniversary year of her birth.
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Conversation Among Blues WomenNovember 13, 2005 – April 2, 2006Anacostia Community Museum
Visit an installation that mixes masks, textiles, found objects, lighting, and sound to give voice to and document the experiences of a wide-ranging group of African American women.
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Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats
December 12, 2003 – April 25, 2004Anacostia Community MuseumExplore a tradition among African American women of wearing church hats. Get to know the “Hat Queens” and admire their collection of “crowns,” from the simple to the simply out-of-this world.
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Resonant Forms: Contemporary African American Women SculptorsApril 13, 1998 – September 30, 1998Anacostia Community Museum
See sculpture and installation art by 8 women artists that explores black women's representation and experiences.
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Marilyn Monroe in Korea: Newly Discovered Photographs by David Geary
April 1, 1998 – January 30, 1999Portrait GalleryDavid Geary, a navy medic, created several memorable portraits of the Hollywood star when she entertained the troops in Korea in 1954.
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Edith Wharton's World: Portraits of People and PlacesSeptember 26, 1997 – January 25, 1998Portrait Gallery
Some 100 paintings, miniatures, manuscripts, and memorabilia evoke the life and milieu of novelist Edith Wharton.
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Gathered Visions: Selected Works by African American Women
November 18, 1990 – April 28, 1991Anacostia Community MuseumThis exhibition gathers works by a diverse group of African American women artists based in metropolitan Washington, DC.
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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: Artist and Patron (1875-1942)July 8, 1983 – November 27, 1983Portrait Gallery
See a small exhibition that includes photographs, papers, letters and personal notebooks documenting the art patron's support of American artists— support which culminated in the creation of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Mary McLeod Bethune and Roosevelt's "Black Cabinet"
January 24, 1982 – September 30, 1982Anacostia Community MuseumIn commemoration of the centennial of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s birth (1882), learn more about the contributions of world-renowned educator Mary McLeod Bethune to FDR’s New Deal administration.
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Portrait of Sarah Porter
May 17, 1976 – June 15, 1976Portrait GalleryView a portrait of the founder of Miss Porter's School.
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Black Women: Achievement Against the Odds
February 8, 1976 – January 2, 1977Anacostia Community MuseumLearn about black women whose accomplishments have changed our lives, from 1700 to 1977.
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Collection of Period Costumes
1914 – Before 1955Arts and Industries BuildingThe Collection of Period Costumes exhibition opened in 1914 in the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building.
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