Traveling Exhibitions

The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s traveling exhibition program has circulated hundreds of exhibitions since it was established in 1951. Below are our current offerings.

On The Road

• No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man

  

  No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man presents large-scale artworks by individual artists and collectives from this annual desert gathering that highlight the ingenuity and creative spirit of this cultural movement.

  National Tour

  Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum

  in Washington, DC

  (March 30, 2018 – January 21, 2019)

  Cincinnati Art Museum

  in Cincinnati, Ohio

  (April 26, 2019 – September 2, 2019)

  Oakland Museum of California

  in Oakland, California

  (October 12, 2019 – February 16, 2020)

Will be on Tour

• Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)

  

  October 13, 2017 — March 11, 2018

  Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th and F Streets, NW)

  This exhibition of prints from SAAM’s collection features the artist’s provocative take on the Civil War.

  National Tour

  Smithsonian American Art Museum

  in Washington, DC

  (October 13, 2017 – March 11, 2018)

  The Rockwell Museum

  in Corning, New York

  (May 15, 2020 – September 7, 2020)

Are you a museum looking for available exhibitions? See what we are offering currently through our traveling exhibition program.