| Smithsonian American Women's History

Online Exhibitions

Exhibitions from across the Smithsonian that feature the stories of American women in history, the arts, and sciences.

Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women
Renwick Gallery

May 24, 2024 – October 27, 2024
We Belong Here: Marking the 50th Anniversary of Title IX
American History Museum

June 23, 2022 – Indefinitely
Music HerStory: Women and Music of Social Change
American History Museum

June 22, 2022 – February 20, 2024
Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands, 1968-2020
Portrait Gallery

August 27, 2021 – May 30, 2022
The Only One in the Room: Women Achievers in Business and the Cost of Success
American History Museum

November 20, 2020 – TBA
Every Eye Is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States
Portrait Gallery

November 13, 2020 – May 23, 2021
Janet Echelman's 1.8 Renwick
Renwick Gallery

September 18, 2020 – Reopens April 19, 2023
Creating Icons: How We Remember Women's Suffrage
American History Museum

March 6, 2020 – January 2, 2022
Contemporary Muslim Fashions
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

February 28, 2020 – July 11, 2021
Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists
Renwick Gallery

February 21, 2020 – March 13, 2020
Portrait of Julie Packard by Hope Gangloff
Portrait Gallery

April 23, 2019 – February 24, 2020
Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence
Portrait Gallery

March 29, 2019 – January 5, 2020
All Work and No Pay: A History of Women's Invisible Labor
American History Museum

March 4, 2019 – May 30, 2022
Special Olympics at 50
American History Museum

July 10, 2018 – October 17, 2021
In Her Words: Women's Duty and Service in World War I
Postal Museum

February 2, 2018 – September 5, 2018
Uniformed Women in the Great War
American History Museum

April 6, 2017 – April 28, 2019
The First Lady of Song: Ella Fitzgerald at 100
American History Museum

April 1, 2017 – July 15, 2018
One Life: Dolores Huerta
Portrait Gallery

July 3, 2015 – May 15, 2016
Camilla's Purse
American History Museum

January 24, 2014 – May 4, 2014
The Four Justices
Portrait Gallery

October 28, 2013 – Indefinitely

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