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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...

Picture This: A Balancing Act

August 30, 2011

Photo via Flickr. © Pablo Benavente I can't stop looking at this photo: how perfectly the photographer captured the moment. A woman balances on a unicycle near a poster for The Great American Hall of Wonders, the current exhibition at...

Picture This: Exploring The Great American Hall of Wonders

July 14, 2011

American Art's The Great American Hall of Wonders exhibition opens tomorrow, July 15 and runs through January 8, 2012. Examining the 19th-century belief that Americans shared a special genius for innovation, the show is divided into six rooms which explore...