Theodore Roosevelt, John Singer Sargent, 1903, oil on canvas, White House Collection / White House Historical Association

Exhibit: April 28 - February 25, 2024

Gallery Hours: 11:30 AM - 7:00 PM daily. Closed December 25

This is the first major Smithsonian museum exhibition to examine the War of 1898 (often called the Spanish-American War), the Congressional Joint Resolution to annex Hawai‘i (July 1898), the Philippine-American War (1899–1913) and the legacy of this controversial chapter in history. Through the lens of portraiture and visual culture, this exhibition of more than 90 objects presents the perspectives of those who advocated for overseas expansion, those who opposed it and those who tried to have agency over their political futures when the United States brought Cuba, Guam, Hawai‘i, Puerto Rico and the Philippines into its sphere of power.