Results for "Art, American"
- Historic Pictures
Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery
- Date: April 18, 2011
- Description: The Smithsonian American Art Museum began as an art gallery in the Smithsonian Institution Building, the Castle. A National Gallery of Art was formally created in 1906 in the US National Museum. In 1968, the collection moved to the American Art and Portrait Galleries, and its Renwick Gallery opened in 1972. History of the Smithsonian American Art MuseumAdditional Historic
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American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery
- Date: September 5, 2013
- Description: The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) and the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) are two different museums that had their origins in the Smithsonian’s National Gallery of Art. They have been housed in the old Patent Office Building since 1968. The American Art Museum was established in 1907 under the name “National Gallery of Art.” The National Portrait Gallery was
- Webpage
Archives of American Art
- Date: March 9, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Webpage
Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Date: April 14, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Design + Archives - National Collection of Fine Arts
- Date: April 22, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: A look back at some exhibition brochures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
- Blog Post
Art and Photography at the Smithsonian
- Date: February 4, 2010
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="349" caption="Washington, D.C. 1975, from the series Archaeological Series, 6 Inch Contour Gauge, 1975, by Kenneth Josephson, Gelatin silver print on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.828."][/caption] In 1981, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (at the time it was named
Remembering the Reopening of Two Smithsonian Museums
- Date: July 1, 2021
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: After extensive renovations of the Old Patent Office Building that houses the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture held a grand opening July 1, 2006.
Design + Archives: Posters
- Date: October 6, 2016
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: A selection of posters from programs and exhibitions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (formerly National Collection of Fine Arts and National Museum of American Art) and Renwick Gallery.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Tuliza Fleming
- Date: December 26, 2018
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Dr. Tuliza Fleming, Curator of American Art at the National Museum of African American History and Culture since 2007, worked to build the museum's foundational American art collection, served as the lead curator for the inaugural exhibition Visual Art and the American Experience, curated Clementine Hunter: Life on Melrose Plantation, and co-curated the traveling exhibition
Trustees Meeting at Archives of American Art ; Interior Views of Archives of American Art
- Date: 1970 May 4, 1970
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division
- SI History Chronology
National Museum of American Art (NMAA) renamed Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), October 27, 2000
- Date: October 27, 2000
Harriet Lane Johnston: First Lady of the National Collection of Fine Arts
- Date: August 8, 2019
- Description: Learn about Harriet Lane Johnston: First Lady, globetrotter, and founding donor of the Smithsonian American Art Museum!
