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.

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A detail of stained glass with a figure, in a fetal position, at the middle

Contemporary Craft in Focus: The Birth of Eve

Artist Judith Schaechter uses the labor-intensive medium of stained glass to capture a singular moment in time

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

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.

Dr. Charles Doolittle Walcott

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Copied Moses Wainer Dykaar, Dr. Charles Doolittle Walcott, before 1925, marble, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Charles Doolittle Walcott, 1927.11.1

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Artwork Details

Title: Dr. Charles Doolittle Walcott
Artist: Moses Wainer Dykaar
Date: before 1925
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: dimensions unavailable
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Charles Doolittle Walcott
Mediums: marble
Mediums Description: marble
Classifications: Sculpture
Keywords: Occupation — medicine — doctor
Portrait male — Walcott, Charles Doolittle — bust
Object Number: 1927.11.1
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1927.11.1

Artwork Description

The scientist Dr. Charles D. Walcott was the fourth secretary of the Smithsonian, serving from 1907 until 1927. His fascination with geology began when he was thirteen years old and a wagon wheel uncovered a vein of fossils near his home. He traveled all over the world in support of his research, collecting fossils and plants from Canada, South America, and China.