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Now on View

Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection (Renwick)

Color as Field: American Painting, 1950—1975

Obata's Yosemite

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

Celebrating the Lucelia Artist Award, 2001—2006

George Catlin's Indian Gallery (Renwick)

Upcoming in 2008

Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist

Earth and Sky: Photographs by Barbara Bosworth

Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities

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

Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke

Upcoming in 2009

Graphic Masters: 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

Exhibitions Currently on Tour

Past Exhibitions Archive




Feb. 29, 2008—May 26, 2008
Color as Field: American Painting, 1950—1975


Feb. 22, 2008—June 1, 2008
Obata's Yosemite


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


March 14, 2008—July 6, 2008
Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection (Renwick)


Sept. 21, 2007—June 22, 2008
Celebrating the Lucelia Artist Award, 2001—2006


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


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


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


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)


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


Feb. 27, 2009—Aug. 30, 2009
Graphic Masters: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum

  • Exhibition Fact Sheet (Coming Soon)

  • Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)


Aug. 7, 2009—Jan. 10, 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)



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