Museums

Museums

Openings

BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART"Looking Through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," Sunday through June 8. Continuing: "Printed Sculpture/Sculpted Prints," through March 30; "Rodin: Expression and Influence," through April 6; "Front Room: Notes on Monumentality," through May 25; "Meditations on African Art: Pattern," through Aug. 17; "A Grand Legacy: Five Centuries of European Art," indefinitely. Permanent exhibitions include the Cone Collection of postimpressionist and early-modern art, Old Masters galleries, the American Wing of American decorative arts, the Garrett and Lucas collections of prints and drawings, and the Saidie A. May collection of art since 1900. Open Friday and Wednesday-Thursday 11 to 5, Saturday-Sunday 11 to 6 (open to 9 on the first Thursday each month). Admission free. North Charles Street and Art Museum Drive, Baltimore. 443-573-1700.

CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM"Re-Mapping," Saturday through May 25. Continuing: "Double-Take: The Poetics of Illusion and Light," through May 11. Open Tuesday-Saturday 11 to 5. 100 W. Centre St., Baltimore. 410-783-5720.

KREEGER MUSEUM"Philip Johnson: Architecture as Art," Saturday through July 31. Continuing: The Philip Johnson-designed former residence of Carmen and David Kreeger displays its collection of 19th- and 20th-century paintings and sculpture, and traditional African art. Open Saturday 10 to 4; guided tours by reservation only Tuesday-Friday at 10:30 and 1:30. $8, seniors and students $5. 2401 Foxhall Rd. NW. 202-338-3552.

RENWICK"Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry From the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," through July 6. Continuing: "George Catlin's Indian Gallery," indefinitely. Permanent collection of American crafts. Open daily 10 to 5:30. 17th and Pennsylvania NW. 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-633-5285).

ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY"Perspectives: Y.Z. Kami," Saturday through Oct. 13. Continuing: "Patterned Feathers, Piercing Eyes: Edo Masters From the Price Collection," through April 13. Open indefinitely: "Arts of China"; "Contemporary Japanese Porcelain"; "Sculpture of South and Southeast Asia"; "Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia." Open daily 10 to 5:30. 1050 Independence Ave. SW. 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-633-5285).

WALTERS"Maps: Finding Our Place in the World," Sunday through June 8. Continuing: "Maps on Purpose," through May 8; "Mapping the Cosmos: Images From the Hubble Space Telescope," through July 27; "Salviati and the Antique: Ancient Inspiration for Modern Glassmaking," through Dec. 7. Open indefinitely: "Art From India, Nepal and Tibet: The John and Berthe Ford Collection"; "Art of the Ancient Americas"; "Palace of Wonders: The New Galleries of Renaissance and Baroque Art." Permanent collection of Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities, Byzantine silver, medieval armor, Faberge eggs, and 16th- through 19th-century paintings and sculpture. At Hackerman House: Chinese and Japanese porcelains, Japanese decorative arts, early Buddhist sculpture from China and Southeast Asian art. Open Friday 11 to 8, Saturday-Sunday and Wednesday-Thursday 11 to 5 (closed Monday-Tuesday). Admission free. 600 N. Charles St., Baltimore. 410-547-9000.

Exhibitions

AFRICAN ART"Body of Evidence: Selections From the Contemporary African Art Collection," through June 30; "El Anatsui: Gawu," through Sept. 2; "African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection," through Sept. 7. Open daily 10 to 5:30. 950 Independence Ave. SW. 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-633-5285).

AIR AND SPACE/DOWNTOWN"The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age"; "Voyager: Around the World Without a Pit Stop." Open indefinitely: "America by Air"; "Beyond the Limits: Flight Enters the Computer Age"; "Carrier War in the Pacific"; "Earth Today: A Digital View of Our Dynamic Planet"; "Explore the Universe"; "GPS: A New Constellation"; "How Things Fly," interactive gallery about the principles of flight; "Looking at Earth," on aerial photography; "Modern Carrier Aviation: Seapower in a Changing World"; Pershing II and SS-20 missiles; "The Golden Age of Flight"; "Treasures From American History." Large-format films in the Imax theater; "Cosmic Collisions" in the Albert Einstein Planetarium. Open daily 10 to 5:30. Seventh and Independence SW. 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-633-5285).

AIR AND SPACE/UDVAR-HAZY CENTER Permanent displays of the space shuttle Enterprise, an SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, the "Grumman Goose," the B-29 Enola Gay and other aircraft and space artifacts. Large-format films in the Imax theater. Admission free; parking $12. 14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy., Chantilly. 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-633-5285).

AMERICAN ART"John Alexander: A Retrospective," through Sunday; "Color as Field: American Painting, 1950-1975," through May 26; "Obata's Yosemite," through June 1; "Celebrating the Lucelia Artist Award, 2001-2006," through June 22; "The Honor of Your Company Is Requested: President Lincoln's Inaugural Ball," through Jan. 18, 2010. Open daily 11:30 to 7. Eighth and F streets NW. 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-633-5285).

AMERICAN U. MUSEUM"Ben L. Summerford," through Sunday; "Carlos Luna: El Gran Mambo," through Sunday; "Elena Sisto: New Work," through March 22; "Roger Brown: Southern Exposure," through March 22; "William Christenberry: Site/Possession," through March 22. Open Tuesday-Sunday 11 to 4. American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300.