Exhibitions in Washington, DC
January 2023
January 2023 at a glance: 0 exhibitions opened, 0 closed, and 3 more were on view across the city.
Was on view in January
Spirit in the Dark: Religion in Black Music, Activism and Popular Cultureto 31 Mar 2027National Museum of African American History and CultureFree
Black religious life seen through Johnson Publishing Company photographs from Ebony and Jet, where the holy and the profane meet in music, protest and pop culture.
Portrait of Lloyd Pattersonto 31 Mar 2027Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
A long-term loan portrait of Lloyd Walton Patterson, who travelled to Soviet Russia in 1932 for the film Black and White and stayed, opening up the history of Black Americans in the USSR.
Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nationsto 17 Jan 2028National Museum of the American IndianFree
Original treaties on loan from the National Archives, wampum belts and peace medals tell the story of US–Native diplomacy from the colonial era to the present.
Image credits
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- Spirit in the Dark: Religion in Black Music, Activism and Popular CultureCourtesy of National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Portrait of Lloyd PattersonHillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
- Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian NationsCourtesy of National Museum of the American Indian
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