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Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Keara Teeter treating William H. Johnson’s Historical Scene with Mary McLeod Bethune, ca. 1945, oil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation. Photo by Lou Molnar

Unpacking and Preserving William H. Johnson's 'Fighters for Freedom' Series

Unidentified, Luis C. González,

Traditions and Change: The Transformation of Día de los Muertos in the United States

Jennifer Angus,

Twelve Classic Halloween Movies Paired with Boo-tiful Artworks

“I’ll take Alexander von Humboldt for $500, Alex.”

Jeopardy! Champion Ken Jennings on Lessons Learned from Alexander von Humboldt

Henry Ossawa Tanner,

Road Trip: Morocco on my Mind

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“Who Run The World?” Celebrating the 19th Amendment Centennial

Level Up: Playing to Document and Preserve Video Games

Helen Cordero,

Fire, Cloud, Earth: Native Women Artists at SAAM

Girl, Simone Leigh, Chitra Ganesh,

Identity and Visibility

Paul Cadmus,

Seeing the Rainbow in SAAM’s Collection

William H. Johnson,

Hey Mom, I Made You This Card

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Mysteries of the First Mastodon

Chiura Obata,

Chiura Obata: Artist Interrupted

What's a mastodon doing at SAAM? Dr. Advait Mahesh Jukar, a Deep Time Fellow and Paleontologist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, answers our questions.

Hips Don't Lie: The American Incognitum

Chapter three begins with an image of a black walnut branch and its hanging flowers.

Designing for Humboldt: Five Questions with Karen Siatras

Frederic Edwin Church, “Study for “The Heart of the Andes,”” 1858, oil on canvas, 10 1/4 x 18 1/4 in., Olana State Historic Site, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, OL.1981.47.A.B.

A Brush with Nature: Alexander von Humboldt and Frederic Church

Jessie A. Walker,

Animals in Art and At Home

Gather your supplies for flower exploration and natural dye lab. All photos by Gloria Kenyon.

Flower Exploration and Natural Dye Lab

William Henry Holmes's

Museum from Home: Crafting Edition

Choose your background. A little bit country...with Albert Bierstadt's

The Art of the Teleconference

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