Exhibitions
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Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné OkuboNovember 15, 2024 – August 17, 2025American Art Museum
An in-depth look at three trailblazing American artists of Japanese descent in the story of modernism.
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Sublime Light: Tapestry Art of DY BegaySeptember 20, 2024 – July 13, 2025American Indian Museum
Sublime Light celebrates more than three decades of innovation by DY Begay and showcases 48 of her most remarkable tapestries.
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Forces for Change: Mary McLeod Bethune and Black Women’s ActivismJuly 19, 2024 – OngoingAfrican American History and Culture Museum
Learn about renowned educator and reformer Mary McLeod Bethune and other Black women social change agents, past and present.
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¡De última hora!: Latinas Report Breaking NewsSeptember 15, 2023 – May 2026American History Museum
Working in the fast-paced, ever-changing environment of broadcast news, these women shaped and shape the narrative for major historical events.
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Jessica Diamond: Wheel Of LifeJuly 14, 2023 – January 5, 2025Hirshhorn Museum
Wheel Of Life fills the Hirshhorn’s second-floor inner-circle galleries with 15 text-and-image-based artworks.
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From the Deep: In the Wake of Drexciya with Ayana V. JacksonApril 29, 2023 – January 6, 2025African Art Museum
In this exhibition, Jackson creates a series of haunting, yet profoundly beautiful and empowering encounters that draw upon African water spirits from Senegal to South Africa.
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We Belong Here: Marking the 50th Anniversary of Title IXJune 23, 2022 – IndefinitelyAmerican History Museum
Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the federal legislation that unintentionally helped bring equality to sports, this 30-foot display case illuminates three athletes’ stories.
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Music HerStory: Women and Music of Social ChangeJune 22, 2022 – March 24, 2025American History Museum
Music HerStory explores the countless contributions of women changemakers, groundbreakers, and tradition-bearers through unique media collections from the Smithsonian.
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Picturing Women InventorsMay 21, 2021 – OngoingAmerican History Museum
Featuring stories of contemporary and historic women, this display of photos and graphics is dominated by lively, larger-than-life images of female inventors.
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The Only One in the Room: Women Achievers in Business and the Cost of SuccessNovember 20, 2020 – TBAAmerican History Museum
This display features the stories of eight strong women who made it to the top.
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The First LadiesNovember 19, 2011 – IndefinitelyAmerican History Museum
Learn how first ladies have shaped the role of first lady as the role of women in society evolved.
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