Spring arts preview: Museum highlights
Jacqueline Trescott | Updated 04/20/2012
Even with the National Museum of American History shutting some of its exhibition halls for renovation, plenty of action of the history and science variety rolls out in the spring.
Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty
Washington, DC | Through 12/12
Most anticipated:
"Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty," an exhibition at the National Museum of American History, is presented in partnership between the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Monticello is the best-researched plantation in the country regarding its slave past. This exhibit is a strong indication of how the Smithsonian's future African American museum will handle the reality and legacy of American slavery.
X-Ray Vision: Fish Inside Out
Washington, DC | Through 8/5
Stay with it:
Want to know what the insides of that rockfish look like? Maybe not. But the National Museum of Natural History has organized a show of 40 X-rays of its huge fish collection. The method was used so the preserved specimens would not be damaged, and the photography is glowing.
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