Online Exhibitions

Ceramic pot featured in the exhibition

Art in Industry

Currently on view

Leica camera, 1928

Artifact Walls - Cameras Before Digital

Hoe was celebrated for his cylinder press and type-revolving press inventions. This improvement in “Rotary Printing Presses” included type forms which attached to the printing cylinder.

Artifact Walls - Invention and the Patent Model

Artifact Walls - Science Under Glass

Artificial Anatomy

Artificial Anatomy: Papier-Mâché Anatomical Models

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820–Present

Bittersweet Harvest

Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program 1942 - 1964

Julia Child's Kitchen

Bon Appétit! Julia Child's Kitchen at the Smithsonian

Building a National Collection

Building a National Collection: 150 Years of Print Collecting at the Smithsonian

Camilla's Purse

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