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Now on View

Local Color: Washington Painting at Midcentury

Earth and Sky: Photographs by Barbara Bosworth

Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist

The Honor of Your Company Is Requested: President Lincoln's Inaugural Ball

George Catlin's Indian Gallery (Renwick)

Upcoming in 2008

Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities

Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Glass (Renwick)

Graphic Masters I: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke

Upcoming in 2009

The Art and Craft of Greene & Greene (Renwick)

Jean Shin: Common Threads

Graphic Masters II: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Renwick Craft Invitational 2009 (Renwick)

What's It All Mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect

Upcoming in 2010

Framing the West: The Expedition Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Upcoming in 2011

Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image

"Better Angels of Our Nature": Art During the Civil War and Reconstruction

Exhibitions Currently on Tour

Past Exhibitions Archive




July 4, 2008—Oct. 13, 2008
Local Color: Washington Painting at Midcentury


June 20, 2008—Nov. 9, 2008
Earth and Sky: Photographs by Barbara Bosworth


May 9, 2008—August 3, 2008
Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist


March 8, 2008—Jan. 18, 2010
The Honor of Your Company Is Requested: President Lincoln's Inaugural Ball

  • Exhibition Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 23K)

  • Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)

  • Exhibition Checklist (Coming Soon)


On view indefinitely
George Catlin's Indian Gallery (Renwick)


Sept. 26, 2008—Jan. 4, 2009
Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities


Oct. 3, 2008—Jan. 11, 2009
Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Glass (Renwick)


Nov. 27, 2008—May 25, 2009
Graphic Masters I: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum

  • Exhibition Fact Sheet (Coming Soon)

  • Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)

  • Exhibition Checklist (Coming Soon)


Dec. 5, 2008—March 1, 2009
Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke


June 19, 2009—Jan. 10, 2010
Graphic Masters II: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum

  • Exhibition Fact Sheet (Coming Soon)

  • Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)

  • Exhibition Checklist (Coming Soon)


March 13, 2009—June 7, 2009
The Art and Craft of Greene & Greene (Renwick)

  • Exhibition Fact Sheet (Coming Soon)

  • Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)


May 1, 2009—July 26, 2009
Jean Shin: Common Threads

  • Exhibition Fact Sheet (Coming Soon)

  • Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)


Aug. 7, 2009—Jan. 3, 2010
Renwick Craft Invitational 2009 (Renwick)


Oct. 2, 2009—Jan. 24, 2010
What's It All Mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect


Feb. 12, 2010—May 9, 2010
Framing the West: The Expedition Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan

  • Exhibition Fact Sheet (Coming Soon)

  • Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)


March 11, 2011—July 10, 2011
Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image

  • Exhibition Fact Sheet (Coming Soon)

  • Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)


April 15, 2011—Sept. 5, 2011
"Better Angels of Our Nature": Art During the Civil War and Reconstruction

  • Exhibition Fact Sheet (Coming Soon)

  • Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)



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