Learn how life on Earth evolved and see highlights from the museum's unrivaled collection of 46 million fossils.

Learn how business and innovation helped the United States develop from a small dependent agricultural nation to one of the world's largest economies.

This exhibition explores the work of Alexander Gardner, who took the iconic cracked-plate portrait of President Abraham Lincoln on February 5, 1865.

Learn about the latest developments in American technology. 

Paintings, photographs, documents, and objects reveal the personal lives and professional rivalries of Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

To celebrate the history of Nigerian photography, this exhibition focuses on the collection of Chief Solomon Osagie Alonge, one of Nigeria's premiere early photographers.

This exhibition explores the "American Dream" as lived by American Indians. Through photographs, artifacts, videos, and interactive stations, learn about the Indian American experience and their dynamic role in shaping American society.

Photographs reveal Civil War activities around the Patent Office Building -- now home to the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum -- and other locations in and around the District of Columbia.

Six murals by Atlanta-based artist Hale Woodruff for Talladega College, Alabama, trace the rise of African Americans from slavery to freedom.

This new wing is dedicated to the behind-the-scenes care of the Smithsonian's collection of aircraft, spacecraft, related artifacts, and archival materials.

More than 70 works show how Latino artists tackled classic American themes and actively participated in the artistic movements of their day.

This ground-breaking exhibition explores the theme of destruction in international contemporary visual culture.

Explore how the meanings of yoga changed over time as it became a global phenomenom through more than 120 masterpieces, including 10 folios from the first illustrated compilation of asanas made for a Mughal emperor in 1602 that have never been shown in the United States.

See a collection of modern baskets that reveal the central role basketry has played in the everyday life of Americans.

See ceramics by Wayne Higby, one of the most innovative second-generation artists coming out of the post-World War II American ceramic studio movement.

Explore the relationship between the art of dance and the evolution of a modern American identity through images of performers, choreographers, and impresarios.

This new interactive gallery showcases the museum's world-class collection of philatelic objects, including noteworthy stamps that have never been on public display.

Artist Rina Banerjee's artworks invite viewers to share her fascination in materials.

See how three late-20th-century photographers view the American landscape -- as drive-through scenery rather than the entrancing wilderness of the 19th century.

Captivating images by photojournalist Brian Skerry reveal the mystery and beauty of the undersea world.