Spanning the early days of the woman suffrage movement through to the present-day fights for women’s rights, Creating Icons: How We Remember Woman Suffrage shared stories of the fight to get women the vote.
Using books and objects from Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Gardens collections, Cultivating America’s Gardens highlights plant exploration and the establishment of botanical gardens, among other topics.
Using Archives Center collection materials, this display commemorates American businessman and financier Cyrus Field’s accomplishment in laying the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable in July 1866.
This exhibition featured over 30 framed color and black-and-white photographs highlighting the week-long events surrounding the historic Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama.
Doodles, Drafts, and Designs: Industrial Drawings from the Smithsonian documents two centuries of American ingenuity and industry, from inventor’s hand to investor’s boardroom, from patent office to factory floor.
Two of the greatest jazz composers were Duke Ellington (1899-1974) and Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967). The exhibition examines two of their most ubiquitous pieces, "Caravan" (1936) composed by Ellington and Juan Tizol and "Take the 'A' Train" (1941) composed by Strayhorn.
Marking the 30th anniversary of the historic African Elephant Conservation Act, Elephants and Us explored Americans’ relationship with elephants over time.
This exhibit featured the famed musician through objects from the Ella Fitzgerald Estate paired with pieces from the collections of our Archives Center.
The EV1 was the first modern electric car designed for a mass market. Beginning in 1996, General Motors built 1,117 of the cars and leased most of them to consumers in California, Arizona, and Georgia.
The EveryBody exhibition is an introduction to the history of disability in America, covering politics, relationships, work, technology, health and more.