Babe Ruth is the focus of a 32-item exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery called “One Life: Babe Ruth,” which opens June 24 and runs through May 15, 2017.

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will explore the man, the legend and the portrayal of Ruth in a new exhibition that will run from June 24 through May 15, 2017.

The Babe kept his memory alive of being sent at age seven to an orphanage and reform school. ... (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution) 5. Ruth’s bats by Hellerich and Bradsby Co. In the ...

WASHINGTON — Babe Ruth was a man with many names — “Big Bam,” “The Great Bambino” and the “Sultan of Swat,” to name a few — and a new exhibit at Smithsonian’s National Portrait ...