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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

  • Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975

    Martha Rosler, Red Strip Kitchen

    Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975 makes vivid an era in which artists endeavored to respond to the turbulent times and openly questioned issues central to American civic life.

    National Tour

    Smithsonian American Art Museum
    in Washington, DC
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    Minneapolis Institute of Art
    in Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man

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    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
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    Cincinnati Art Museum
    in Cincinnati, Ohio
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    Oakland Museum of California
    in Oakland, California
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  • African American Art in the 20th Century

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    The Smithsonian American Art Museum is home to one of the most significant collections of African American art in the world. Highlights from this collection are traveling to several cities across the United States in the exhibition African American Art in the 20th Century.

    National Tour

    Dubuque Museum of Art
    in Dubuque, Iowa
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    Cornell Fine Arts Museum
    in Winter Park, Florida
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    The Westmoreland Museum of American Art
    in Greensburg, Pennsylvania
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Will be on Tour

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

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    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
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    The Rockwell Museum
    in Corning, New York
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Are you a museum looking for available exhibitions? See what we are offering currently through our traveling exhibition program.