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	Art and Design

A-B:

-	African Art

-	American Art

-	American Indian Art

-	Architecture

-	Asian Art

C-D:

-	Ceramics

-	Chinese Art

-	Coins & Currency

-	Crafts
-	Design

E-F:

-	European Art

-	Fashion Design
-	Folk Art

-	Furniture
G-H:

-	Garden Design
-	Glass

-	Graphic Design

I-J:

-	Industrial Design

-	Islamic Art

-	Japanese Art

K-L:

-	Korean Art
-	Latino Art

M-N:

-	Native American Art

-	Near Eastern Art

O-P:

-	Painting
-	Photography

-	Porcelain

Q-R:

-	Quilts

S-Z:

-	Sculpture
-	Stamps & Letters
-	Textiles


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			Archives of American Art Archives of American Art Maintains materials on the history of the visual arts in the United States

			Art and Design Galaxy The Smithsonian Institution Libraries Art and Design collections online

			Art Inventories The Inventories of American Painting & Sculpture reference over 360,000 works in public and private collections nationwide

			Ask Joan of Art Art information specialists at the American Art Museum will answer your questions

			Everything Art (for kids) Create online art, make a viewfinder, or learn about George Washington by looking at his portrait—these sites will bring out the artist in you!

			Explore the African Art Museum Collection Embraces the diverse artistic expressions found throughout Africa

			Explore the American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery Collections Online collection search


			Explore the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Collection Online collection search

			Explore the Hirshhorn Collection Online collection search (modern & contemporary art)

			Explore the Freer and Sackler Gallery Collections More than six thousand objects from the collections are now available online

			Explore the Postal Museum Collection Few works of art enjoy as vast an audience as American stamps

			Eye Level: SAAM's Art Blog Conversations at the Smithsonian's first blog, Eye Level, focus on how American art reflects our history and culture

			National Portrait Gallery Portrait Search Search more than 12,000 records from the collections of the National Portrait Gallery

			Peter A. Juley & Son Collection Comprised of 127,000 negatives, it is a visual record of American art and artists photographed between 1896 and 1975

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