Juggling the Middle Ages
October 16, 2018–March 3, 2019 | See how one tale has transformed over time, captivating medieval and modern audiences alike with its enduring messages. Art is miraculous!
Outside/IN: Martha Jackson Jarvis at Dumbarton Oaks
An installation of mixed media sculpture and works on paper, all inspired by natural forms and materials, by noted Washington artist Martha Jackson Jarvis.
Ancient Textiles
Textile Gallery | Features late Roman and early Byzantine hangings and curtains alongside Andean looped and woven garments.
Early Acquisitions: Bliss Collecting in Paris and London, 1912–1919
Bliss Gallery | Explores the taste and acquisitions of Robert and Mildred Bliss when they lived in Paris.
Transplanting the Renaissance: Italian Villa Gardens in America, 1900–1940
Orientation Gallery | Examines the transplantation of Italian gardens in the United States and explores the relationships between popular images, landscape design, and cultural identity
Ancient Bronzes in the Dumbarton Oaks Collections
Through February 8, 2018, in the Courtyard Gallery | Highlights the craft of bronze metallurgy and the use and meaning of ancient works in bronze.
Women in Art, 1850–1910
Through February 1, 2018, in the Special Exhibition Gallery | Examines the fashionably dressed urban woman of the late nineteenth century in works collected by the Blisses, who admired the art of the Impressionists.
Imagining the Empress: Theodora in Popular Culture, 1882–1922
Orientation Gallery | April - October 2017
City Water/City Life
Through August 2017 in the Rare Book Gallery | Traces the development of water elements in three historic cities and their interaction with social and cultural milieus.
75 Years/75 Objects
Celebrating seventy-five years of Dumbarton Oaks, this exhibition presents seventy-five objects from the Dumbarton Oaks Museum’s three collections.
Drink and Prosper
Three words neatly convey that we drink not only to survive but for many reasons: to pay homage, to seal deals, to perform marriages, to cultivate diplomacy, even to commune with the Divine.
Inspiring Art: The Dumbarton Oaks Birthing Figure
The exhibition traces the changing perceptions of this one-of-a-kind sculpture and illustrates its powerful hold on the human imagination.
Architectural Contrasts
This exhibition displays original drawings, photographs, and models in order to demonstrate the details of these architectural contrasts as envisioned by Dumbarton Oaks under the patronage of Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss.
50 Years of Pre-Columbian Art
In 2013, Dumbarton Oaks celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art in the Philip Johnson Pavilion.
Four Byzantine Manuscripts
FOUR BYZANTINE MANUSCRIPTS offers a glimpse into the world of handwritten illuminated texts of the New Testament.
All Sides Considered: New Research on the Maya Collection
Still Life & Landscape
The exhibition of paintings and furniture juxtaposes two distinct and yet related artistic genres.
Lasting Impressions: Body Art in the Ancient Americas
American Art at Dumbarton Oaks: Selections from the House Collection
Scattered Evidence: Excavating Antioch-on-the-Orontes
French Paintings at Dumbarton Oaks, 1850-1910: Collecting the Unexpected
The Collector's Microbe: Mildred and Roberts Woods Bliss and the Dumbarton Oaks Collections
