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A Beautiful Dichotomy: Contrasting Pre-Columbian Peruvian Ceramics

This exhibition brings together 8 pairs of ceramic works, providing an opportunity to appreciate the extraordinary dichotomy of stylistic traditions across ...

A Century in the Gardens Exhibit

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Beatrix Farrand’s design of the Dumbarton Oaks landscape, the exhibit includes archival images, as well as newly ...

Ancient Art at Dumbarton Oaks

Viewed alongside Byzantine art, these objects from the ancient Mediterranean offer an opportunity to consider the continuities and changes in artistic ...

Early Acquisitions: Bliss Collecting in Paris and London, 1912–1919

April 25, 2017–August 2018 | This selection of objects explores the taste and acquisitions of Robert and Mildred Bliss when they lived in Paris.

Early Byzantine Furnishing Textiles and Pre-Columbian Dress

August 2017–July 2018 | This textile rotation features late Roman and early Byzantine hangings and curtains alongside Andean looped and woven garments.

Encountering Ancient America: Machu Picchu in Popular Culture, 1911–1965

February–April 2018 | This exhibit recounts how outsiders appropriated Machu Picchu for divergent and often contradictory purposes, in the process turning this ...

Lasting Impressions: People, Power, Piety

November 23, 2021–November 2022 | This exhibition explores individual stories and family histories, the concept of status, developments in popular piety, and ...

Outside/IN: Martha Jackson Jarvis at Dumbarton Oaks

February 20–September 2, 2018 (museum) and March 15–December 16, 2018 (gardens) | This installation of mixed-media sculpture and works on paper, all inspired ...

Written in Knots: Undeciphered Accounts of Andean Life

April 2–August 18, 2019 | Long before the arrival of the Spaniards, the people of South America had a system of recorded information that was portable, ...