This resource uses images from photographic surveys in 55 communities in 30 states across the United States as source documents to spark sustained inquiry.
These 60-to-95-minute units pair thinking patterns with works of art to instill a thinking disposition transferable across classroom curriculum and into the wider world.
A national membership group of museum friends who share a love of American art and craft and our commitment to celebrating the extraordinary creativity of our nation’s artists.
born New York City 1871-died Santa Barbara, CA 1950
Albert Herter, Self-Portrait in Costume of Hamlet, ca. 1900, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Herter 1977.100.