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A peek into our collections, one object at a time
tree
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Yoko Ono’s “Wish Tree” at the Hirshhorn

More than a million wishes from various trees around the world have been collected so far.
yellow bloom
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A Peony of a Different Color

Bartzella is one of the first peonies to have an herbaceous growth cycle and have truly yellow flowers.
Shaun White
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Shaun White in “Eye Pop”

This photo is part of an exhibition that considers image making and how personalities are constructed.
Peacock room
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“Filthy Lucre”

Darren Waterston reimagines James McNeill Whistler’s famed "Peacock Room."
LeRoy Neiman's "Big Band"
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LeRoy Neiman’s “Big Band”

This painting features 18 iconic jazz musicians.
Selena's costume
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Selena’s Legacy: Remembering the Music and Fashion Icon

Learn more about Selena’s leather outfit, her life, and her legacy.
Cherry blossom snow
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Cherry Blossom Flurry

Delicate cherry blossoms fall like snow.
black bomber style jacket
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César Chávez's Jacket

Remembering an American Labor Rights Leader.
Robert E. Peary and Matthew Henson
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Matthew Henson, Arctic Explorer

Matthew Henson participated as a navigator and translator in six expeditions to the North Pole; he reached the Pole with Matthew E. Peary in 1909.
medicine bottles
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Scary cough? Scarier Cough Medicine

A cough medicine with tar, wild cherry, etc.
diner

Richard Estes: "Diner"

spider

Wolf Spider

altar

An Altar for the Dead

Celebrating Central American Ceramics

State of the Birds: ʻIʻiwi
Smithsonian Gets “Yarnbombed”

Smithsonian Gets “Yarnbombed”

Gnat

Gnats Always Keep an Eye Out for a Good Place to Eat
cone-headed green katydid

Cone-Headed Katydid

The Art of Tea

Chigusa and the Art of Tea

Martha the passenger pigeon

Marking the Centennial of Extinction

Deborah Harry, 1978
National Portrait Gallery

Deborah Harry, 1978

One way or another, she's gonna get you.
Batman stamp

Batman stamp, 2006

John Coltrane's Saxophone

John Coltrane's Saxophone

“Fireworks at Ike-no-Hata” by Kobayashi Kiyochika (Meiji era, 1881)

Kiyochika

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