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This exhibition showcases major cultural and political figures from key 19th-century historical figures to contemporary leaders who struggled to achieve civil rights National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian Institution Eighth and F streets NW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

A display of items from polar expeditions--including the first successful attempt to reach the North Pole in 1909 by Robert Peary at the Public Vaults National Archives and Records Administration Constitution Avenue between Seventh and Ninth streets NW, Washington, DC

"The Catcher in the Rye" author is immortalized in Robert Vickrey's painting National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian Institution Eighth and F streets NW, Washington, DC

The exhibit focuses on the last hours of Lincoln's life, including the bullet that killed him, the probe used to locate the bullet, bone fragments and hair from the site of the wound. National Museum of Health and Medicine 2500 Linden Ln., Silver Spring, MD | 301-319-3300

The exhibit reveals how the Nazi Party used modern techniques to sway millions with its vision for a new Germany. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC | 202-488-0400

Interactive displays and artifacts explore noteworthy innovators and inventions from the United States. National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum 600 Dulany St., Alexandria, VA | 571-272-0095

A display of naval artifacts, models, documents and fine art chronicling the history of the U.S. Navy dating back to the American Revolution. Navy Museum 736 Sicard St., Bldg. 76, Washington, DC

Fairfax Museum and Visitors Center 10209 Main St., Fairfax, VA | 703-385-8414

Corcoran Gallery of Art 500 17th St. NW, Washington, DC

Various displays about the history of crime, crime-fighting and punishment in the United States National Museum of Crime & Punishment 575 Seventh St. NW, Washington, DC