Exhibits | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/exhibits/RSS feed for ExhibitsenThu, 17 Sep 2026 19:12:24 +0000Pope Leo XIV Makes a Splash for His 71st Birthday, Announcing a Water-Themed Art Exhibition at the Vatican Libraryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pope-leo-xiv-makes-a-splash-for-his-71st-birthday-announcing-a-water-themed-art-exhibition-at-the-vatican-library-180989515/Contemporary sculptures, fish made from typographic elements, centuries-old treatises and historical global cookbooks will feature in the new ‘Catastrophe and Wonder’ art showThu, 17 Sep 2026 19:12:24 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pope-leo-xiv-makes-a-splash-for-his-71st-birthday-announcing-a-water-themed-art-exhibition-at-the-vatican-library-180989515/What If Emmett Till Had Lived? A New Exhibition Imagines an Alternate Future for the Murdered Black Teenagerhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-if-emmett-till-had-lived-a-new-exhibition-imagines-an-alternate-future-for-the-murdered-black-teenager-180989498/Featuring photographs by more than 110 artists, the show honors Till’s memory by inviting viewers to contemplate the person he might have become had he made it to adulthoodTue, 15 Sep 2026 16:01:58 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-if-emmett-till-had-lived-a-new-exhibition-imagines-an-alternate-future-for-the-murdered-black-teenager-180989498/A New York City Exhibition Celebrates Snoopy’s Enduring Influence on Art and Fashionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-york-city-exhibition-celebrates-snoopys-enduring-influence-on-art-and-fashion-180989455/The beloved "Peanuts" character’s many costumes and brand collaborations are featured in a new showcaseFri, 04 Sep 2026 21:22:36 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-york-city-exhibition-celebrates-snoopys-enduring-influence-on-art-and-fashion-180989455/To Capture the Beauty and Wonder of Flight, These Celebrated Artists Created Spectacular Visions of Astronauts, Aviators, Rocket Launches and the Moonhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/to-capture-the-beauty-and-wonder-of-flight-these-celebrated-artists-created-spectacular-visions-of-astronauts-aviators-rocket-launches-and-the-moon-180989437/At the National Air and Space Museum, a recently opened gallery space features artworks by Norman Rockwell, Alma Thomas, Francisco Goya and other luminariesThu, 03 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/to-capture-the-beauty-and-wonder-of-flight-these-celebrated-artists-created-spectacular-visions-of-astronauts-aviators-rocket-launches-and-the-moon-180989437/Freddie Mercury's Boundary-Pushing Costumes Take Center Stage at the Victoria and Albert Museum to Mark the 80th Anniversary of His Birthhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/freddie-mercurys-boundary-pushing-costumes-take-center-stage-at-victoria-and-albert-museum-to-mark-80th-anniversary-his-birth-180989403/Eight ensembles from the Queen frontman's career will be displayed across six stops in the London museum's permanent galleries, offering a glimpse into the clothes behind his legendary stage personaThu, 27 Aug 2026 14:34:47 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/freddie-mercurys-boundary-pushing-costumes-take-center-stage-at-victoria-and-albert-museum-to-mark-80th-anniversary-his-birth-180989403/Closed to the Public Since WWII, a ‘Hidden’ Gallery at London’s Natural History Museum Opens Its Doors Once Againhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/closed-to-public-since-wwii-hidden-gallery-at-london-natural-history-museum-opens-doors-once-again-180989380/Animal skeletons, Neolithic tools and pop culture memorabilia are among the dozens of objects to be displayed in the reopened “Nature and Us” exhibitionMon, 24 Aug 2026 17:18:09 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/closed-to-public-since-wwii-hidden-gallery-at-london-natural-history-museum-opens-doors-once-again-180989380/These ‘Extremely Rare’ 17th-Century Drawings Were Astonishingly Well-Preserved. Now They Are on Display for the First Time in Nearly a Centuryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/extremely-rare-artworks-from-17th-century-drawing-book-were-astonishingly-well-preserved-now-they-are-on-display-for-first-time-in-nearly-century-180989374/Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum acquired the drawing book, which has artwork attributed to Rombout Uylenburgh, a celebrated 17th-century Dutch painter whose legacy later fell into obscurityFri, 21 Aug 2026 12:00:40 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/extremely-rare-artworks-from-17th-century-drawing-book-were-astonishingly-well-preserved-now-they-are-on-display-for-first-time-in-nearly-century-180989374/This Man Turned Human Corpses Into Popular Museum Displays. Now, the Creator of These Controversial ‘Body Worlds’ Has Donated His Own Body to Sciencehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-man-turned-human-corpses-into-popular-museum-displays-now-the-creator-of-these-controversial-body-worlds-has-donated-his-own-body-to-science-180989242/Gunther von Hagens, who invented plastination, a method of preserving bodies by replacing their natural fluids with polymers, recently died at age 81Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:56:10 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-man-turned-human-corpses-into-popular-museum-displays-now-the-creator-of-these-controversial-body-worlds-has-donated-his-own-body-to-science-180989242/Stanford University's Founding Matriarch Was a Travel-Loving Philanthropist Who Met a Tragic End. A New Exhibition Explores Her Life, Grief and Death by Poisonhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/stanford-universitys-founding-matriarch-was-a-travel-loving-philanthropist-who-met-a-tragic-end-a-new-exhibition-explores-her-life-grief-and-death-by-poison-180989211/Jane Stanford's legacy is the focus of a new showcase at the California university. The display features artifacts that have never previously been exhibitedThu, 30 Jul 2026 11:45:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/stanford-universitys-founding-matriarch-was-a-travel-loving-philanthropist-who-met-a-tragic-end-a-new-exhibition-explores-her-life-grief-and-death-by-poison-180989211/