Exhibitions

The remarkable story of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, who in 1897 established a museum within Cooper Union.

On view is a portrait of pop singer Katy Perry by distinguished New York academic portrait painter Will Cotton.

See a portrait of writer, poet, and activist Maya Angelou (1928-1914) by painter Ross Rossin.

Portraits of aviator Amelia Earhart tell the story of her career and pay special attention to her work on behalf of women's rights.

Learn about the achievements of women in the late 18th century and see portraits of eight prominent American women of the period.

See Dave Woody's portrait of chef Alice Waters, founder of the restaurant Chez Panisse and the Edible Schoolyard and champion of the Slow Food Movement.

The images in this collection chart a new direction for Annie Leibovitz, one of America's best known living photographers, whose career now spans more than 40 years.

Celebrate the centennial of the Girl Scouts of the United States, founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912. The Girl Scouts has grown from 18 members in 1912 to 3.3 million today.

More than 50 artifacts and 100 works of art reveal Gertrude Stein in her many roles.

The exhibition narrates key moments in the Washington Post publisher's extraordinary life during extraordinary times.

See pins from former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's collection, highlighting her use of jewelry as a tool of diplomacy and capturing her wit.

Visit 39 works that chronicle the social, economic, and cultural realities of Inuit life in the Canadian North by Annie Pootoogook (Inuit, b. 1969).

Women of Our Time is a photographic celebration of 91 women who have challenged and changed America.

Photographer Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869-1933) was an important figure in the pictorialist photography movement in late 19th and early 20th century New York.

This exhibition is dedicated to Hepburn, who carefully constructed and maintained her own myth through more than 50 years on stage, screen, and television.

The exhibition examines how a group of artists, The Painting Group, interprets the same subject—Justice Sandra Day O’Connor—at the same time.

The exhibition celebrates Baker’s life during the 100th anniversary year of her birth.