Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
The Archives of American Art is the world's pre-eminent and most widely used research center dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to primary sources that document the history of the visual arts in America.
The Archives' collections—spanning more than 200 years—include letters, diaries, scrapbooks, and audio-visual materials of artists, dealers, and collectors; manuscripts of critics and scholars; business and financial records of museums, galleries, and associations; photographs; works of art on paper; and oral history interviews.
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Meet the Archives of American Art: Jennifer
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Reference Services: Requesting Microfilm
Reference Services: Digitization On Demand
Asking a Reference Question
Introducing our Reference Services Team
Join us at the 2023 Archives of American Art Gala
Unboxed Lunch featuring Frances Jean Colpitt with Josh T Franco
Annie Ronan, “Curated Chronologies” presentation to the Kress Fellows, October 14, 2022.
Unboxed Lunch featuring Cleopatra's with Jacob Proctor
Unboxed Lunch featuring the New Arts program with Josh T Franco
Unboxed Lunch featuring Stanley and Elyse Grinstein with Matthew Simms
Sound excerpts from interview with John Cale, 1966 September
Unboxed Lunch featuring Paul J. Smith with Jacob Proctor
Unboxed Lunch featuring Diogenes Ballester with Josh T Franco
Unboxed Lunch featuring Lucy Lippard with Josh T Franco
Unboxed Lunch featuring George Picken with Jacob Proctor
Unboxed Lunch featuring The Eternal Network with Josh T Franco
Unboxed Lunch featuring Manuel Bromberg with Josh T Franco
Unboxed Lunch featuring Roberta Allen with Jacob Proctor
Unboxed Lunch featuring Marie Romero Cash with Josh T Franco
Unboxed Lunch featuring Robert Hughes with Jacob Proctor
Unboxed Lunch featuring Four Walls with Jacob Proctor
Unboxed Lunch featuring Lily Yeh with Josh T Franco
Unboxed Lunch featuring Elyn Zimmerman with Jacob Proctor
Unboxed Lunch featuring Rimer Cardillo with Josh T Franco
Unboxed Lunch featuring Susan Schwalb with Josh T Franco