American art

With more than 5,000 objects spanning the 17th century to the present, our American art collection is the most comprehensive in the American West.

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Fashion / History: A Fresh Look at American Impressionism + Realism

What can the fashions depicted in art tell us?

By Hannah Waiters, curatorial cataloguing fellow, American and contemporary art

Then + Now: Sharing Ruth Asawa’s Art

Letting visitors take a piece of the art home.

By Stuart Hata, director of retail operations

Article Behind the scenes Women in art American art
Looking Back at the Lens: Japanese Americans on Ansel Adams at Manzanar

Watch oral histories about life in Manzanar and being photographed by Ansel Adams.

By Rose Masters, park ranger, oral history, Manzanar National Historic Site

Article Photography American art AAPI voices
Same Sight, Different Views: Revisiting Ansel Adams’s Landscapes

Compare Ansel Adams’s images with contemporary photographs of the same sights.

By Magnolia Molcan

Article Photography Environment American art

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