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

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

  

  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)

• African American Art in the 20th Century

  

  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

  (January 19, 2019 – April 21, 2019)

  Cornell Fine Arts Museum

  in Winter Park, Florida

  (September 20, 2019 – December 29, 2019)

  The Westmoreland Museum of American Art

  in Greensburg, Pennsylvania

  (February 15, 2020 – August 16, 2020)

  Hudson River Museum

  in Yonkers, New York

  (October 9, 2020 – January 17, 2021)

  Wichita Art Museum

  in Wichita, Kansas

  (February 6, 2021 – May 23, 2021)

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