Dig deeper with staff-curated collection highlights that focus on a variety of themes and subjects.
Additional Resources
Learn more through additional content developed by the Archives. Resources include curated groupings of collection materials and surveys of the art-related archival materials held by other repositories.
Discover art-related archival materials located in other libraries and archival repositories.
The Archives of American Art is pleased to make these new resources available for download.
Listen to podcasts of oral history interviews produced by the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art.
Donating Papers
The Archives of American Art collects primary source materials—original letters, writings, preliminary sketches, scrapbooks, photographs, financial records and the like—that have significant research value for the study of art in America.
Find out how to give your papers, records, recordings, or other primary source material to the Archives of American Art.
Get Involved
Internship, fellowship, and volunteer opportunities provide students and lifelong learners with the ability to contribute to the study and preservation of visual arts records in America.
Visit a Research Center
Original material can be consulted by appointment in our Washington, D.C. Headquarters.
Select holdings are available on microfilm at the Archives' offices in Washington, D.C. and at our New York Office.
Copies of unrestricted microfilm materials can be obtained through one of our affiliated research centers.