Tuan Andrew Nguyen: The Island
• August 2, 2024

Artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen creates multimedia installations that blend fact, memory, myth, and mysticism and use lush imagery to draw out these entanglements. By digging deep into archives and collaborating […]

“Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice” Gallery Talk
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Join Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Teacher Institutes Educator Phoebe Hillemann for a highlights tour of SAAM’s exhibition Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice. Painted in the mid-1940s, these […]

Weekend Roundup, August 1-4
• August 1, 2024

We are now into the final stretch of the season the glorious dog days of summer full of sunshine and long, relaxing days. If you’re looking for something to do, […]

Art Bites Gallery Talk
• May 22, 2024

Join SAAM’s research fellows for this lunchtime series of gallery talks as they share new discoveries about artworks on view. Learn the stories behind these objects and how each one […]

Art Signs: Artful Conversations in ASL 
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Curious about American art? Join us for a 30-minute in person conversation about selected works from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection. This program is presented in American Sign Language […]

Virtual “Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women” Lecture with Mary Savig
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Join Mary Savig, the Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft, for a lecture about the exhibition “Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women”, now on view at SAAM’s Renwick Gallery. The […]

Art Bites Gallery Talk
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Join SAAM’s research fellows for this lunchtime series of gallery talks as they share new discoveries about artworks on view. Learn the stories behind these objects and how each one […]

Virtual America InSight: Verbal Description Tours
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Join the Smithsonian American Art Museum for a docent-led virtual tour designed for participants who are blind or have low vision. Discover highlights from the collection through rich verbal descriptions […]

Art Bites Gallery Talk
• May 14, 2024

Join SAAM’s research fellows for this lunchtime series of gallery talks as they share new discoveries about artworks on view. Learn the stories behind these objects and how each one […]

The Temple of Invention AR Experience
• May 2, 2024

Visit SAAM and experience the museum’s free and new AR experience, “The Temple of Invention”, now available to visitors from April 18 through May 16, 2024. Before it was an […]