Address: Research and Scholars Center
750 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 3100
Washington, DC 20001
When: August 10, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Details: Open house; 25-person limit; register in advance
About: Come see selections from the museum’s extensive Photograph Archives, comprising more than one-half million images documenting American art and the American art scene from Colonial to Contemporary times. Highlights from the Peter A. Juley and Son Collection, the National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Archive, and the American Sculpture Study Collection will be on display. Learn about our efforts to document America’s cultural heritage through the Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture databases and Save Outdoor Sculpture project. Get tips from our knowledgeable Ask Joan of Art reference staff for researching art works in your own collections.
Contact: Christine Hennessey, www.americanart.si.edu/research