American Photographs: The First Century presents a wide selection of photographs from our collection. Explore photography in America from 1839 to 1939 through both familiar and lesser-known artists and their varied styles and processes.

From stunning panoramas and majestic bridges to nuclear waste dump sites, Between Home and Heaven captures the complexity of contemporary landscape photography. To approach the truth, contemporary photographers try to mediate between the sometimes harsh realities of modern life and the Edenic traditions of the genre—thus finding a balance between home and heaven.

Savor the haunting immediacy of this early photographic process in Secrets of the Dark Chamber: The Art of the American Daguerreotype, which includes 152 rarely seen images culled from public and private collections.

American Kaleidoscope: Themes and Perspectives in Recent Art presents paintings, sculpture, and installations from fourteen contemporary artists. You can also listen to many of the artists talk about their work!

Find out about a long-missing masterwork and its fascinating sculptor in Lost and Found: Edmonia Lewis's Cleopatra.