As a public health precaution due to COVID-19, all Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo are temporarily closed. We are not announcing a reopening date at this time and will provide updates on our website and social media.

Online Exhibitions

Eagle statuette, around 1850

Many Voices, One Nation

Currently on view

Artificial Heart Valves

Mending Broken Hearts: Innovation Inside the Body

Mobilizing Young Minds

Mobilizing Young American Minds, 1950-1970

Shoulder of Navy Nurse Corps indoor uniform

Modern Medicine and the Great War

A More Perfect Union

A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution

Prototype Apple personal digital assistant

My Computing Device

Currently on view

the Noire Marine Atlas

The Norie Atlas and the Guano Trade

Not Lost in Translation: The Life of Clotilde Arias

Not Lost in Translation: The Life of Clotilde Arias

On the Water: Stories from Maritime America

Currently on view

On Time

Paint by Number

Paint by Number: Accounting for Taste in the 1950s

Photographing History

Photographing History: Fred J. Maroon and the Nixon Years, 1970–1974

Picturing Words

Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration

Preparing for the Oath

Preparing for the Oath: U.S. History and Civics for Citizenship

Price of Freedom

The Price of Freedom: Americans at War

Currently on view

Produce for Victory

Produce for Victory: Posters on the Home Front, 1941–1945

Project HOPE: Forty Years of American Medicine Abroad

Prarie Dawn puppet from Puppetry in America

Puppetry in America

The Jefferson Bible

Religion in Early America

Executive Order 9066

Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II

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Featured Online Exhibitions

America on the Move - How transportation has shaped our American identity.

American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith - What happens when a people decide to govern themselves?

American Enterprise - Chronicles the tumultuous interaction of capitalism and democracy.

FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950–2000 - How new technologies and cultural changes transformed how and what we eat.

Many Voices, One Nation - E pluribus unum: Out of many, one.

On the Water: Stories from Maritime America - Discover the significant role maritime activity has played in American lives.

Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education - A turning point in the history of race relations in the United States.

The Star-Spangled Banner - The flag that inspired the national anthem.

Also enjoy a variety of exhibition tours in audio format and multiple languages.