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From the Smithsonian Museums

SAAM's Senior Curator Eleanor Jones Harvey and Dean Howarth take a closer look at mastodon bones in the exhibition Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture. Charles Willson Peale's painting in the background shows similar bones. Photo by Carol Wilson

Capturing Humboldt in the 21st Century Using an 18th-Century Tool

Discover how one teacher is inspired by the world of Alexander von Humboldt

Volunteer Helen Dickerson (L) and staff member Colleen Brown (R) connected with students for virtual lessons from 2004-2011; Photo by SAAM staff.

Across the Nation and Around the Globe: Learning with American Art

Two Covers from

New Comic Series Presents Ten Visionaries and Rule Breakers in SAAM’s Collection

Paul Manship, Four Angels (sketch for Altar Triptych, American Military Cemetery, Anzio, Italy), ca. 1955, pen and ink and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Paul Manship, 1966.47.147

Discoveries from the Collection: Honoring Service and Sacrifice in American Art

Alma Thomas, Autumn Leaves Fluttering in the Breeze, 1973, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist, 1980.36.9

Five Women Changemakers in American Art

Lauren Fensterstock, The totality of time lusters the dusk, 2020, glass, Swarovski crystal, quartz, obsidian, onyx, hematite, paper, Plexiglas, wood, cement, lath, and mixed media, dimensions variable, (Courtesy Claire Oliver Gallery. Photo by Ron Blunt)

Lauren Fensterstock in Focus: Finding Inspiration in the End of the World

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

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

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Mysteries of the First Mastodon

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

Jessie A. Walker,

Animals in Art and At Home

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

The Art of the Teleconference

Still from Jen Liu,

Women's Films, All of Our Futures

The

Burning Man: Through the Fire

Melissa encounters a buffalo (or is it a bison?) on the Q Street Bridge in Washington, DC.

Reframing American Art

SAAM Arcade 2018. Photo by Libby Weiler.

SAAM Arcade 2019: Representation Matters

Testing out Virtual Reality at SAAM Arcade 2018. Photo by Libby Weiler.

SAAM Arcade 2019: Art, Video Games, and Empathy

Goeffrey Cohrs on Playa. All photos by the author.

Embrace the Dust: A Burning Man Journal

Looking at works on paper by Nam June Paik at SAAM.

Museum: A Tale of Art, Life and Everything In Between

Howard Russell Butler, Desert Landscape (#69), n.d., pastel on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Howard Russell Butler, Jr., 1978.65.4

Road Trip: Painted Deserts

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