What Do Our Futures Hold?
Be the first to glimpse the FUTURES.
For its 175th anniversary, the Smithsonian is looking forward with FUTURES, the first building-wide exploration of the future on the National Mall.
Designed by the award-winning Rockwell Group, FUTURES spans 32,000 square feet inside the Arts + Industries Building.
Opening November 20, 2021, and on view until July 6, 2022, FUTURES is your guide to a vast array of interactives, artworks, technologies, and ideas that are glimpses into humanity’s next chapter. You are, after all, only the latest in a long line of future makers.
Smell a molecule. Clean your clothes in a wetland. Meditate with an AI robot. Travel through space and time. Watch water being harvested from air. Become an emoji. The FUTURES is yours to decide, debate, delight. We invite you to dream big, and imagine not just one future, but many possible futures on the horizon—playful, sustainable, inclusive. In moments of great change, we dare to be hopeful.
How will you create the future you want to live in?