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exhibit link Aug 23, 2008-Feb 22, 2009
Guests of the Hills: Travelers and Recluses in Chinese Landscape Painting
Paintings from the mid-11th to the mid-18th centuries depict recluses and recreational travelers in Chinese landscapes
Freer Gallery
 
exhibit link Aug 25-Dec 14, 2008
Black Box: Semiconductor
On view are short films by Ruth Jarman and Joseph Gerhart, including Magnetic Movie (run continuously)
Hirshhorn Museum
exhibit link Sep 6-Nov 30, 2008
Moving Perspectives -- Yang Fudong/Cao Fei and Ou Ning
Two recent works of video art address the many changes taking place in contemporary Asia (run continuously)
Sackler Gallery
 
exhibit link Sep 12, 2008-Mar 1, 2009
Curators Select: Recent Acquisitions, 2003-2008
The museum showcases acquisitions recently added to its collecting departments
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
exhibit link Sep 12, 2008-Jan 18, 2009
Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico, 1949-1989
Examples of Puerto Rican posters were produced to help transform the island's rural population into a modern society
Ripley Center
exhibit link Sep 12, 2008-Jan 25, 2009
Four Indian Kings
The earliest surviving full-length oil portraits of North American aboriginal people are on view
Portrait Gallery
 
exhibit link Sep 17, 2008-Jan 4, 2009
Green Light: A National Juried Exhibit for Young Artists with Disabilities, Ages 16-25
These award-winning works of art reveal how the disabilities of these young artists transformed their lives
Ripley Center
exhibit link Sep 26, 2008-Jan 4, 2009
Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities
Paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe and photographs by Ansel Adams reveal both artists’ deep commitment to the American landscape
American Art Museum
 
exhibit link Sep 26, 2008-TBA
Alphabetilately
The museum celebrates its 15th anniversary with an exhibition organized around the 26 letters of the alphabet
Postal Museum
exhibit link Sep 27, 2008-New Permanent
The Sant Ocean Hall
In this major new hall, the museum highlights the importance and complexity of the ocean
Natural History Museum
 
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Highlights of ongoing exhibitions at the Smithsonian
Giant Pandas Giant Pandas
Meet Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and cub Tai Shan
National Zoo
Hope Diamond   Hope Diamond
The world's largest deep blue diamond
Natural History Museum
Milestones of Flight Milestones of Flight
From the Wright Flyer to the Breitling Orbiter
Air and Space Museum
Triceratops Triceratops
The museum's 65-million-year-old treasure has received a 21st-century face-lift
Natural History Museum
America’s Presidents Lansdowne Portrait Gilbert Stuart’s original “Lansdowne” portrait of George Washington
Portrait Gallery
American Art American Art
Paintings by Edward Hopper entice visitors to the American Experience, introductory galleries
American Art Museum
Nam June Paik's Video Flag Nam Paik's Video Flag
The American flag is instantly recognizable on this bank of 70 monitors, in which stars and stripes share air time with split-second images
Hirshhorn Museum
The Peacock Room The Peacock Room
Whistler brightened the room with golden peacocks, painting every inch of the ceiling and walls to create an elegant setting
Freer Gallery
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Traveling Exhibitions
Key Ingredients: America by Food Key Ingredients: America by Food
Explores the connections between Americans and the foods they produce, prepare, preserve, and present at the table
Museum on Main Street
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