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Artful Abe is an online scavenger hunt that takes you from outdoor sculptures of Abraham Lincoln around America to discover related artworks in the collection of the American Art Museum.

Follow Cappy the giraffe on an adventure through American art.

Discover buffalo hide art and create your own painting!

Play dress up with traditional or modern African styles.

Are you a brainiac on the subject of the human brain? An authority on American authors? An ace on astronomy? A whiz on The Wizard of Oz? If not, don’t worry. The game Digging for Answers tests your research skills as well as your expertise.

Take a vivid journey through the American Art Museum’s collection in this interactive adventure.

Pheon is a new mission-based, alternate reality or “big” game at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. A variation on the classic game Capture the Flag, Pheon is a competition to obtain the game's virtual talisman, the pheon, which will occur online and at live events during the course of a year.

Stay connected with Smithsonian Channel’s original series, documentaries and fun facts — on the go, anytime, anywhere with the Smithsonian Channel app for iPhone and iPod Touch. View full episodes and hundreds of video clips of your favorite Smithsonian Channel programs. Check the schedule for what’s on tonight, tomorrow or next week.

Find lots of fast, fun, cool, scary, patriotic, and beautiful things from the Smithsonian and send free E-cards to your friends!
 

An activity to see how museum professionals study and preserve wooden santos from Puerto Rico and New Mexico.

The National Portrait Gallery marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War through a series of four alcove exhibitions -- one each year -- commemorating this period of American history. The first of these exhibitions recounts the death of Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, a friend of President Lincoln, in Alexandria, Virginia.

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Smithsonian, this exhibition looks back at the America of 1846.

The portraits reflect the range of the gallery's collection, from Joseph Siffred Duplessis' 1785 classic depiction of Benjamin Franklin to Andy Warhol's 1984 pop portrait of singer Michael Jackson.

On view are some 30 daguerreotypes by Augustus Washington, including the earliest know image of abolitionist John Brown.

The exhibition highlights Gussman's gift to the museum and include 75 objects representing 30 African cultures.