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Opening in May
exhibit link May 2-Nov 30, 2008
Herblock's Presidents: Puncturing Pomposity

This exhibition reveals how one of America's greatest political cartoonists—Herbert Lawrence Block—viewed the American presidency for most of the 20th century
Portrait Gallery
 
exhibit link May 3-Aug 3, 2008
MURAQQA': Imperial Mughal Albums from the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
Mughal masterpieces that illustrate the artists' sophistication in creating the art of the book are on view
Sackler Gallery
 
exhibit link May 9-Aug 3, 2008
Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist
On view are works
—including paintings, prints, drawings, and illustrations—by Aaron Douglas (1899-1979), one of the foremost visual artists of the Harlem Renaissance
American Art Museum
 
exhibit link May 9, 2008-Feb 8, 2009
Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture

This exhibition illustrates how posters from the late 19th century to the present function as portraiture and communicate messages
Portrait Gallery
exhibit link May 18-Oct 5, 2008
Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia
This Anacostia Community Museum exhibition discusses the history of social relations from Reconstruction to the second half of the
20th century through the prism of baseball
Note location: Historical Society of Washington, 801 K St., NW
 
exhibit link May 31-Aug 24, 2008
Yellow Mountain: China's Ever-Changing Landscape
Woodblock prints and paintings from the late 17th and early 18th centuries depict the scenic Yellow Mountain (Mount Huangshan) in China's Anhui province
Sackler Gallery
 
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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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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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