Though our offices are closed, we're always here for you online. Our staff is available to respond to your questions at aaaemref@si.edu. More than ever, during this uncertain time, we hope our collections serve as a source of endless discovery and inspiration.
It is easy for you to investigate from home the lives of American artists, dealers, collectors, critics, and other art world figures through their personal letters, diaries, sketchbooks, scrapbooks, photo albums, and in-depth interviews. We invite you to join us online to learn more about how art has shaped our nation’s history and the diversity of the American experience.
Take advantage of our online resources. Browse our more than three million digitized items by searching the collection. Dig into our online exhibitions about the heroic Monuments Men and how networks form through Mail Art, and join us on a virtual road trip through documents from the Archives in Off the Beaten Track.
Explore our blog posts and listen to interview excerpts from the Archives' renowned oral history program. Discover connections across the Smithsonian's collections and access resources for parents and children through the Smithsonian Learning Lab. We will continue to keep you updated via email and through our social media channels.
Thank you for being a part of the Archives of American Art community.
Liza Kirwin, Interim Director
Have you ever wanted to see a handful of folders in a collection at the Archives of American Art, but you couldn't find the time to come to our DC reading room? Then the Archives of American Art’s Digitization on Demand service is for YOU!
You can help make digitized historical documents more findable and useful by transcribing their text.
Visit the Archives of American Art project page in the Smithsonian Transcription Center now.
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.
