Smithsonian American Art Museum & National Portrait Gallery
Historic Building Tour
Introduction
Either entrance
3:10
Either entrance
A short history of our building
Kogod Courtyard
2:26
Kogod Courtyard
The living museum
Kogod Courtyard
2:09
Kogod Courtyard
The first female federal employee: Clara Barton
Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900
2:12
Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900
A man named Littleton: a personal history of enslaved labor
Early America
3:19
Early America
A food fight at Abraham Lincoln’s Inaugural Ball
2nd Floor Spiral Staircase
2:38
2nd Floor Spiral Staircase
Lincoln's Patent
2:23
Knock it down and build a parking lot: A building under threat
America's Presidents
2:46
America's Presidents
The hall of rejected patents
Luce Center
2:03
Luce Center
Innovation on fire
Luce Center
2:07
Luce Center
The Adams Memorial
Luce Center
2:11
Luce Center
The cavern of curiosities
Great Hall
2:36
Great Hall
When peace is pierced: art as activism
Great Hall
3:27
Great Hall
A space for all: Queer(ing) a historic building
Third Floor Contemporary Galleries
2:00
Third Floor Contemporary Galleries
A makeshift Civil War hospital
Lincoln Galleries
2:34
Lincoln Galleries
The Building Today
Third Floor Contemporary Galleries
3:16
Third Floor Contemporary Galleries