Exhibitions in Washington, DC

National Portrait GalleryFree

Nine modern prints struck from Mathew Brady's original Civil War-era negatives — Lincoln, Hawthorne, Grant and Emma, Queen of Hawai'i — shown with a glass plate and Brady's wooden storage box.

National Portrait GalleryFree

Sixteen presidential portrait medals, 1793 to 1881, that the U.S. government presented to Native American leaders during treaty negotiations and visits to Washington.

National Portrait GalleryFree

Janis Joplin's life told through her own letters, her scrapbook of her rise to fame, original paintings and the custom suit she wore on The Dick Cavett Show.

National Museum of American HistoryFree

From the streets of Havana to the dance floors of New York and beyond, this bilingual show traces how salsa grew into a defining sound of the United States.

National Museum of Asian ArtFree

On the Freer plaza facing the National Mall, a monumental empty plinth held aloft by hundreds of small striding figures, questioning who monuments are for.

National Museum of Natural HistoryFree

America's national mammal, from 100,000 years of shaping the prairie to near-extinction and recovery. A six-foot bull bison, an ancient bison skull and a North American prairie soundscape.

National Museum of Natural HistoryFree

More than 600 specimens and cultural belongings from all 50 states, DC and five US territories — fossils, minerals and treasures chosen to represent every corner of the country.