Traveling Exhibitions

The following National Portrait Gallery exhibitions are available to travel:

  • Silhouetted face comprised of letters and numbers

    Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now

    May 11, 2018 - March 17, 2019

    With both historical and contemporary explorations into the silhouette, Black Out reveals new pathways between our past and present.

    Tour Schedule:
    Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS / April 27 to August 25, 2019
    Birmingham Museum of Art, AL / September 28, 2019 to January 12, 2020

  • Black and white photo of Charlie Parker playing the saxophone

    In the Groove: Jazz Portraits by Herman Leonard

    August 5, 2016 - February 20, 2017
    First floor

    This exhibition featured Herman Leonard’s iconic images of jazz legends such as Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk and Sarah Vaughan.

    This exhibition is available for booking.