India, July 4 -- The US is celebrating 250 with some breathtaking displays of art and heritage.

The Smithsonian Institution's Our Shared Future: 250 spans museums, libraries, research centres and the institute's zoological park in Washington DC. New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is presenting installations, performances, talks and film screenings. The National Gallery of Art has launched a year-long programme drawing on more than 75,000 works from its collection.

Here are other, smaller shows that tell the story in intriguing ways.

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AMERICA AT 250

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

MFA has reimagined its 18th-century Art of the Americas galleries, unveiling eight new themed spaces that bring together work by American, Native American ...