The Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery are closed for the next three years. The Anacostia Museum Gallery reopens next spring. Music from the time of the Egyptian pharaohs to that of today's urban nightlife is an integral part of African life. Audio stations provide instrument samplings. Studies the variety of piano designs and the designers dating to the time the piano first appeared, around 1700.
Works illustrate the life of the singer-songwriter who influenced generations of musicians.
Submarines in the Cold War Learn about submarines through graphics, artifacts and hands-on interactives. On Time Explores ways Americans have measured, used and thought about time over the past 300 years. This exhibition of 28 large-format photographs coincides with the release of a book of the same title that examines the geological, environmental and cultural processes that shape our world. In commemoration of the 1,000-year anniversary of the Vikings' arrival in North America, the exhibition explores new archaeological finds that redefine the period. Among the artists who have recorded the history of flight on canvas, Smith is regarded by many as the American master.