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Picture This: The Winners of the Renwick Postcard Contest

February 1, 2012

Top: the winning postcard of our Renwick 40th Anniversary postcard contest by Becca Kallem. Bottom: Our runner-up entry is by Joanna Barnum. American Art's Renwick Gallery is celebrating its 40th year—40 years of the best in American craft, decorative arts,...

Picture This: The Best for the New Year

December 28, 2011

John Henry Twachtman's The Brook, Greenwich, Connecticut is on view in the Renwick Gallery's Grand Salon. American Art and the Renwick Gallery are open this week. If you want to take a break from all the holiday cheer, come see...

Picture This: In the Pumpkin Field at Lewes

October 31, 2011

James Barlett Rich's In the Pumpkin Field at Lewes (The Photographer's Wife, his Daughter, and Friends) In 1898, photographer James Bartlett Rich took this photo of his family and friends in a pumpkin field in Lewes, Delaware. It looks like...

Picture This: How Do You Clean the Kogod Courtyard Canopy?

October 14, 2011

How do you clean the canopy over American Art's Kogod Courtyard? Very carefully. One of the best perks I have working at American Art is taking colleagues on tours of our museum. The building is rich with history. President Abraham...

Picture This: Something of Splendor

September 30, 2011

William Allman, curator of the White House tells a story about the Monroe Plateau, a centerpiece that adorned the dinner table at White House functions. In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the White House Historical Association, established by First...