Two historic locations
The Smithsonian American Art Museum shares its collections, programs, and exhibitions in two locations in Washington, DC. SAAM’s main building is located at the heart of a vibrant downtown cultural district, while its recently renovated branch museum for contemporary craft and decorative art, the Renwick Gallery, is located nine blocks west, near the White House.
SAAM
Open daily, 11:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m
Closed December 25, open usual hours all other days
Free Admission
American art museum featuring works from the colonial era to the present
8th and F Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20004
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Renwick Gallery
Open daily, 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Closed December 25, open usual hours all other days
Free Admission
Branch museum featuring contemporary craft and decorative arts
Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
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Featured Exhibitions
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Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen
June 21, 2018 — January 6, 2019
Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th and F Streets, NW)Trevor Paglen blurs the lines between art, science, and investigative journalism to construct unfamiliar and at times unsettling ways to see and interpret the world around us.
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No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man
March 30, 2018 - January 21, 2019
Renwick Gallery (Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW)No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man brings the large-scale work from this annual desert gathering to the nation’s capital for the first time.
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Diane Arbus: A box of ten photographs
April 6, 2018 — January 27, 2019
Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th and F Streets, NW)This exhibition traces the history of A box of ten photographs between 1969 and 1973, telling the crucial story of the portfolio that established the foundation for Arbus’s posthumous career.