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APWH Things to See in DC Museum

Current or upcoming exhibitions in the DC area that are relevant to the APWH class. The museums listed often will have other permanent exhibits that would also be of interest to an APWH student. Some have online exhibitions as well that are worth exploring, as do some museums out of the area.

Foundations:

• Egypt's Mysterious Book of the Faiyum at the Walters Art Gallery from Sunday, October 06, 2013
• Yoga: The Art of Transformation at the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery from October 19, 2013 – January 26, 2014

600-1450

• Exploring the Early Americas at the Library of Congress in DC - including post-contact America

1450-1750

• Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake - Smithsonian Museum of Natural History February 7, 2009 – January 6, 2014
• Mud Masons of Mali at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum from August 31, 2013 – April 2014 (TBA)

1750-1900

• Time and Navigation: The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There at the Smithonian's Air and Space Museum from April 12, 2013 – Permanent
• Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Highlights at the African Art Museum - closes October 13, 2013
• Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863, and the March on Washington, 1963 at the Smithonian American History Museum from December 14, 2012 – September 7, 2014
• Strange and Wondrous: Prints of India from the Robert J. Del Bonta Collection at the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery from October 19, 2013 – January 5, 2014
• The Civil War in America at the Library of Congress until January 4, 2014

1900- present

• Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863, and the March on Washington, 1963 at the Smithonian American History Museum from December 14, 2012 – September 7, 2014