Exhibitions
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Romaine Brooks
June 17, 2016 – October 2, 2016American Art MuseumThis exhibition brings together 50 paintings and drawings from the museum’s permanent collection.
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Althea Gibson
June 3, 2016 – June 5, 2016Portrait GallerySmithsonianmag.com voters choose between portraits of Gibson, Eleanor Holm and Helene Madison, and Duke Kahanamoku to go on view. Gibson’s photograph received the most votes.
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Kay WalkingStick: An American Artist
November 7, 2015 – September 18, 2016American Indian MuseumThis major retrospective of the Cherokee artist Kay WalkingStick, includes 75 of her most notable works, primarily paintings on board and canvas as well as a selection of works on paper and small sculpture.
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One Life: Dolores Huerta
July 3, 2015 – May 15, 2016Portrait GalleryOne Life: Dolores Huerta highlights the significant role of this Latina leader in the California farm workers movement of the 1960s and 70s.
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Elaine de Kooning: Portraits
March 13, 2015 – January 10, 2016Portrait GalleryElaine de Kooning’s gestural portraits of friends and family were much admired during her lifetime, and included many well-known Americans.
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Hewitt Sisters Collect
December 12, 2014 – October 29, 2017Cooper HewittThe remarkable story of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, who in 1897 established a museum within Cooper Union.
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A Room of Her Own: My Mother's Altar, an installation by Sandra Cisneros
October 31, 2014 – September 7, 2015American History MuseumAcclaimed author Sandra Cisneros has created an installation in the tradition of "Dia de Muertos" to honor her mother, Elvira Cordero Cisneros.
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Cupcake Katy
June 18, 2014 – July 6, 2014Portrait GalleryOn view is a portrait of pop singer Katy Perry by distinguished New York academic portrait painter Will Cotton.
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In Memoriam: Maya Angelou
May 29, 2014 – June 12, 2014Portrait GallerySee a portrait of writer, poet, and activist Maya Angelou (1928-1914) by painter Ross Rossin.
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Marian Anderson: Artist and Symbol
April 8, 2014 – November 11, 2014American History MuseumSee Marian Anderson's orange-and-black velvet ensemble, which she wore during her historic Easter Sunday performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on April 9,1939.
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Camilla's Purse
January 24, 2014 – May 4, 2014American History MuseumSee what Holocaust survivor Camilla (Mia) Klaber Gottlieb carried in her purse to preserve her memories before, during, and after World War II.
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The National Woman Suffrage Parade, 1913
February 28, 2013 – December 2, 2013American History MuseumLearn about the impact of the 1913 women's suffrage march in Washington, DC, the first civil rights parade to use the nation's capital as a backdrop.
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Gymnast Gabrielle Douglas
February 1, 2013 – April 2, 2014American History MuseumSee objects related to Olympic gymnast Gabrielle Douglas.
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Not Lost in Translation: The Life of Clotilde Arias
September 27, 2012 – May 12, 2013American History MuseumLearn about the life and times of Clotilde Arias, who in 1946 was commissioned by the US State Department to compose an official Spanish-language translation of the national anthem.
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One Life: Amelia Earhart
June 29, 2012 – May 27, 2013Portrait GalleryPortraits 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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Girl Scouts 1912-2012
June 1, 2012 – April 20, 2014American History MuseumCelebrate the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts by learning about the organization's history.
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A Will of Their Own: Judith Sargent Murray and Women of Achievement in the Early Republic
April 20, 2012 – September 2, 2013Portrait GalleryLearn about the achievements of women in the late 18th century and see portraits of eight prominent American women of the period.
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Portrait of Alice Waters
January 21, 2012 – November 30, 2012Portrait GallerySee Dave Woody's portrait of chef Alice Waters, founder of the restaurant Chez Panisse and the Edible Schoolyard and champion of the Slow Food Movement.
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Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage
January 20, 2012 – May 20, 2012American Art MuseumThe images in this collection chart a new direction for Annie Leibovitz, one of America's best known living photographers, whose career now spans more than 40 years.
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Juliette Gordon Low and the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts
January 13, 2012 – January 6, 2013Portrait GalleryCelebrate the centennial of the Girl Scouts of the United States, founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912. The Girl Scouts has grown from 18 members in 1912 to 3.3 million today.
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