Short Introduction
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is one of the largest museums dedicated to American Art and Visual Culture in the world.
Muybridge highlights from the collection include 82 numbered plates from the album “The Pacific Coast of Central America and Mexico; the Isthmus of Panama; Guatemala; and the Cultivation and Shipment of Coffee” (including title page and leather book cover).
Also included in the collection are 17 collotypes and 3 photogravures by Muybridge.
Past Exhibitions
National Museum of American Art (Smithsonian American Art Museum), Washington, DC, American Photographs: The First Century from the Isaacs Collection in the National Museum of American Art, September 22, 1996 - April 20, 1997, plus TOUR through January 31, 1999
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, The Land Through a Lens: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, May 20, 2003 - December 26, 2004
American Art Museum’s 2007 exhibition “Eadweard Muybridge: The Central American Journey.”
Works on loan for Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change, April 10, 2010 - July 2011
Rights & Reproduction Information
Personal, non commerical and educational use of images is permitted.
Other forms of use and fees attached to them are detailed at website. More Information
Online Presence
Collection Items:
Photographic Material
Prints: 103
Exhibition Material
Press Releases: Various
Photographs of Exhibitions: Various
Ephemera
Other: 1
Address:
Street Address: Smithsonian American Art Museum
750 9th Street, N.W.
Suite 3100
Washington, DC 20001
Mailing Address: Smithsonian American Art Museum, MRC 970 Box 37012 WDC 20013 - 7012
, USA
Phone: +1 (202) 633-1000
Website: www.americanart.si.edu
Email: americanartinfo@si.edu
Lead Contact:
Toby Jurovics: Curator of Photography
Open Hours:
Galleries:11:30 a.m. -7:00 p.m., Monday-Sunday
Closed December 25
Collections Study, by appointment only: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday
http://americanart.si.edu/visit/hours/
Accessibility of Muybridge Collections to Public:
All 103 images are digitised with a high level of detail online.
No permanent Muybridge displays. Works are available by appointment. Collections search at www.americanart.si.edu provides up-to-date information about works currently on view.
Appointment procedures: Please contact the Registrar’s Office at 202-633-8480 or AmericanArtRegistrar@si.edu
