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