Museums

MUSEUMS

Openings

"AMERICAN PLACE: THE HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY AT SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS," through Nov. 14 at the Interior Department Museum, 18th and C NW. 202-208-4743.

Exhibitions

AFRICAN ART"Treasures 2008," through Aug. 17; "El Anatsui: Gawu," through Sept. 2; "African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection," through Sept. 7; "TxtStyles: Fashioning Identity," through Dec. 8. Open daily 10 to 5:30. 950 Independence Ave. SW. 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-633-5285).

AIR AND SPACE/DOWNTOWN"In Plane View: Abstractions of Flight," through Jan. 2; "Space: A Journey to Our Future," through Jan. 11. "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; "Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles"; "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 Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-633-5285).

AIR AND SPACE/UDVAR-HAZY CENTER Permanent exhibit: Displays include the space shuttle Enterprise, an SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, the "Grumman Goose," the B-29 Enola Gay and other aircraft and space artifacts. Also see 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).

ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY"Muraqqa: Imperial Mughal Albums From the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin," through Aug. 3; "Yellow Mountain: China's Ever-Changing Landscape," through Aug. 24; "Perspectives: Y.Z. Kami," through Oct. 13; "Seascapes: Tryon & Sugimoto," a series of 22 pastels of the Maine coast by American landscape painter Dwight Tryon (1849-1925) are juxtaposed with six black-and-white photographs by contemporary Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto through Jan. 25. 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).

BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART"Bonnard & Vuillard," through Aug. 10; "Meditations on African Art: Pattern," through Aug. 17; "A Grand Legacy: Five Centuries of European Art," indefinitely. Permanent exhibit: 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.

COLLEGE PARK AVIATION MUSEUM Permanent exhibit: Displays explore the history of aviation at the world's oldest continuously operating airport. Open daily 10 to 5. $4, seniors $3, children $2. 1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Dr., College Park. 301-864-6029.

CORCORAN"Access to Life," through Sunday ($6-$12); "Elena del Rivero: Home Suite," art inhabiting the space between domestic space and public activity through Nov. 16. Permanent exhibit: The collection includes the Salon Dore French gilt room, 16th-century Italian earthenware, 17th- to 20th-century European paintings and 18th- to 20th-century American paintings. Open Friday-Monday and Wednesday 10 to 5, Thursday 10 to 9 (closed Tuesday). Admission to permanent collections $6, ages 6 and younger free. 500 17th St. NW. 202-639-1700.

DAR"Telling Their Stories: 19th-Century Samplers and Silk Needlework," through Aug. 30. Permanent exhibit: Ceramics, glass and silver, period rooms and children's section. Open Monday-Friday 9:30 to 4, Saturday 9 to 5 (closed Sundays). 1776 D St. NW. 202-879-3241.

FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY"Now Thrive the Armorers: Arms and Armor in Shakespeare," through Sept. 9; Shakespeare First Folio, indefinitely. Open Monday-Saturday 10 to 4. 201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-544-7077.

FREER GALLERY"Tales of the Brush Continued: Chinese Paintings With Literary Themes," through July 27; "Japanese Arts of the Edo Period, 1615-1868, Part 2," through Sept. 7; "Tea for Everyone: Japanese Popular Ceramics for Tea Drinking," through Sept. 7. Open indefinitely: "Art for Art's Sake"; "Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas"; "Arts of the Islamic World"; "Black and White: Chinese Ceramics From the 10th-14th Centuries"; "Charles Lang Freer and Egypt"; "Shades of Blue and Green: Chinese Celadon Ceramics"; "Small Masterpieces: Whistler Paintings From the 1880s"; "South Asian Sculpture"; "Surface Beauty: American Art and Freer's Aesthetic Vision"; "Whistler Paintings at the Freer"; "Winged Figures"; Permanent exhibit: Changing displays from the museum's collection of Asian and American art; "Ancient Chinese Pottery and Bronze"; "Vietnamese Ceramics From the Red River Delta." Open daily 10 to 5:30. Jefferson Drive and 12th Street SW. 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-633-5285).