Past Special Exhibitions
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
