Exhibitions
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Lost & Found: Edmonia Lewis's Cleopatra
June 7, 1996 – April 14, 1997American Art MuseumSee the life and work of Edmonia Lewis, a nineteenth-century African American sculptor.
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Flight Time Barbie: Dolls from the Popular Culture Collection of the National Air and Space Museum
June 9, 1995 – September 4, 1995Air and Space MuseumTrace the history of Barbie from American Airlines stewardess in 1961 through astronaut in 1994 in this exhibit of 56 space- and aviation-related toys.
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North American Wildflowers: Watercolors by Mary Vaux WalcottApril 15, 1994 – August 29, 1994American Art Museum
Admire 50 original watercolors from North American Wildflowers published in 1925 by the Smithsonian Institution, that represent a fraction of the over 700 watercolors Walcott created.
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Patty Wagstaff: National Aerobatic Champion
March 11, 1994 – March 31, 1995Air and Space MuseumHonor the career of Patty Wagstaff, 1st woman to win the U.S. National Aerobatic Championship in 1991, and again in 1992 and 1993, in her aircraft the Extra 260.
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Lilly Martin Spencer (1822-1902): The Joys of SentimentJune 15, 1973 – September 3, 1973American Art Museum
See the first exhibition of the works of one of America's formost 19th century woman artists, including some 30 paintings, 28 drawings and 10 prints, all of pretty, sentimental and anecdotal subjects.
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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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