Exhibitions

Women in America who made major contributions to reform, politics, and national life during a time that came to be called the Progressive Era is the focus of this exhibition.  

Examine the standards of appearance and behavior for men and women in American culture from the 18th to the 20th century. 

This exhibition commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first comprehensive exhibit of works by American women. The show includes approximately 70 etchings by such artists as Mary Cassatt, Ellen Day Hale, Martha Scudder Twachtman, and Gabrielle Clements.

The exhibition focuses on the evolution of the Girl Scout organization, which began with 18 members and, over its 75-year history, has grown into the world's largest voluntary organization for girls.

Commemorating the centennial of Eleanor Roosevelt's birth with more than 100 objects, including photographs, memorabilia, and radio and filmed interviews.

See a small exhibition that includes photographs, papers, letters and personal notebooks documenting the art patron's support of American artists— support which culminated in the creation of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Photographs and objects are used to contrast Eleanor Roosevelt's life at the Roosevelt home in Hyde Park with her later life of growing independence at the stone cottage of Val-Kill.  

Photographs, woodcuts, and other representations feature women working at a variety of tasks, from unpaid housework to factory labor.

Inspired by exotic and intricate motifs of Egyptian, Islamic and American Indian cultures, the New York artist transforms one of the Renwick's galleries into a striking array of color and pattern.

View articles given to the Museum of American History by Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, from her days at the White House.  

See the gifts, dresses, bags and bedspreads presented to the White House maid and her mother, Maggie Rogers, by its occupants.  

Four outstanding women from the turn of the century are featured. 

Founded in 1880 by Maria Longworth Nichols in Cincinnati, the company developed various types of art pottery which influenced the art pottery movement of the late 19th century. 

The role of women is traced from supportive to active, through the suffrage struggle to current activities.  

See the first exhibition of the works of one of America's formost 19th century woman artists, including some 30 paintings, 28 drawings and 10 prints, all of pretty, sentimental and anecdotal subjects.