What's on in Washington, DC
Presidential artefacts in The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden exhibition

National Museum of American HistoryNational Mall

The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden

Now showingFrom 15 November 2000Free

More than 900 objects from the Smithsonian's presidential collections, bringing to life the role of the presidency in American culture.

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On nowAll of October 2026

Also at National Museum of American History

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Johnson Publishing Company photograph of Marvin Gaye featured in Spirit in the Dark

Spirit in the Dark: Religion in Black Music, Activism and Popular Culture

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Entrance to the Bison: Standing Strong exhibit with the title wall and a photograph of four bison

Bison: Standing Strong

National Museum of Natural History

Exhibit case in From These Lands containing a bison, kelp and a beaver skin

From These Lands: Sharing Our Natural and Cultural Heritage

National Museum of Natural History

All exhibitions in Washington, DC this month Coming up in November

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Exterior of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, its three-tiered bronze-coloured filigree corona seen from the National Mall

National Museum of African American History and Culture

ArtFree3 min walk
Exterior of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History on the National Mall, its domed Beaux-Arts rotunda above a columned portico

National Museum of Natural History

HistoryFree4 min walk
The granite south entrance of the Freer Gallery of Art, the Italian Renaissance-style west building of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC

National Museum of Asian Art

DesignFree5 min walk
Exterior of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, seen from 14th Street SW

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

ArchitectureFree6 min walk

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