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Lynda Roscoe Hartigan Named Director of SAAM

The Smithsonian announced the appointment of Lynda Roscoe Hartigan as the Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, effective September 8, 2026.

Beyond Manzanar

Tamiko Thiel, Zara Houshmand, Beyond Manzanar, 2000, virtual reality installation, color, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible through Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2025.27

Tamiko Thiel, Zara Houshmand, Beyond Manzanar, 2000, virtual reality installation, color, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible through Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2025.27

Tamiko Thiel, Zara Houshmand, Beyond Manzanar, 2000, virtual reality installation, color, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible through Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2025.27

Tamiko Thiel, Zara Houshmand, Beyond Manzanar, 2000, virtual reality installation, color, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible through Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2025.27

Tamiko Thiel, Zara Houshmand, Beyond Manzanar, 2000, virtual reality installation, color, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible through Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2025.27

Copied Tamiko Thiel, Zara Houshmand, Beyond Manzanar, 2000, virtual reality installation, color, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible through Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2025.27

Artwork Details

Title: Beyond Manzanar
Artists: Tamiko Thiel
Zara Houshmand
Date: 2000
Location: Not on view
Credit Line: Museum purchase made possible through Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums: digital art
Mediums Description: virtual reality installation, color, sound
Classifications: Media Arts
Subjects: Landscape — California
History — United States — World War II
Architecture Interior
Object Number: 2025.27