Luce Foundation Center

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Open daily, 11:30 a.m.–7 p.m.

The nation’s first collection of American art, an unparalleled record of the American experience.

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Renwick Gallery

Open daily, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Located just feet from the White House, a branch of the museum that is home the nation's collection of contemporary craft and decorative art.

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How Do I Research My Art?

Want to learn more about the painting you found while clearing out the attic? For answers, be prepared for a little detective work.

How to Care for Your Collections

Regardless of the monetary value of your artwork, if it is personally meaningful, you should consider having the object conserved.

Recording a Changing Nation

This resource uses images from photographic surveys in 55 communities in 30 states across the United States as source documents to spark sustained inquiry.

Critical Thinking in Action

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.

Event Venues and Space Rental

Museum Store Online

Detail of brown ceramic jar with writing and the signature "Dave" inscribed around the top.

David “Dave” Drake: Potter and Poet

Craftsman David “Dave” Drake, enslaved for most of his life, produced uncommonly large ceramic jars in 19th-century South Carolina adorned by his poetic verses

Four people sit around a table playing a game with large cards. The cards have images of artworks on them.

Museum In My Pocket: An Off-the-Wall Art Game

SAAM educators highlight the collection with a new art-based card game

Director’s Circle

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.

A membership group for young professionals who are interested in immersing themselves in the American art experience.

Centennial Means 500 Years of Genocide!

Media - 2020.6.1 - SAAM-2020.6.1_1-000001 - 138855

Copied Ricardo Favela, RCAF, Centennial Means 500 Years of Genocide!, 1976, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2020.6.1, © 1976, Estate of Ricardo Favela

Artwork Details

Title: Centennial Means 500 Years of Genocide!
Artists: Ricardo Favela
RCAF
Date: 1976
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sheet: 24 ⁷⁄₈ × 19 in. (63.2 × 48.3 cm) image: 23 ¹⁄₄ × 16 ⁷⁄₈ in. (59.1 × 42.9 cm), irregular
Copyright: © 1976, Estate of Ricardo Favela
Credit Line: Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment
Mediums Description: screenprint on paper
Classifications: Graphic Arts
Print
Keywords: Indian
Figure male — head
Object Number: 2020.6.1
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2020.6.1

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